Re: Select Seeds and other US seed companies

Lpuise Wallace wrote:
>
>Graham

>Thank you for posting the address for Select Seeds..it is indeed a wonderful
>source for annuals!
>
>You seemed surprised that such a gem existed here in the colonies! I am
>wondering if you are aware of the seed list available to members of The
>Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group. As chair of the Seed Exchange, I can
>tell you our list has expanded far beyond mere "hardy" plants and includes
>many outstanding annuals, tender perennials and woodies! Many of us are
>quite interested in obtaining and sharing seeds and sources for annuals.
>
>Look forward to seeing your new book!
>
>Lorraine Wallace

On the contrary, as a Brit I know that there are some splendid catalogues
from the US. The Stokes catalogue in particular has wonderful range - I
only wish they exported to the UK. I've already enthused in this list about
The Flowery Path, the Johnnys list is great and the Park catalogue is very
impressive. All these I judge by content and presentation, I should say; I
haven't yet experienced the service. So far in my researches my feeling is
that US flower seed catalogues are both better and worse than their British
equivalents.

The mainstream British catalogues look more similar to each other in shape
and design - and to some extent in content. But I'm also gathering the
feeling that while British catalogues sometimes change the names of
varieties to make it appear that they have something diferrent, US
catalogues sometimes do the same thing. Any thoughts on that? But we have
nothing like the catalogue from RH Shumway - which arrived today!

Graham Rice
Northamptonshire, UK
Zone 8
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