As gardeners curl up on the couch each January, dreaming of abundant summer, a war of words rages in that cozy corner of literature inhabited by seed catalogs. It’s your wits against those of seedsmen ...

WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania -- If you've ever pulled a Burpee carrot out of the ground, munched on a salad of Burpee iceberg lettuce or sniffed a bouquet of Burpee zinnas, it's because those plants ...

Snow may be on the ground today, but it won’t be there forever. So, why let it get you down? Brew up a nice mug of hot tea, sit back, relax and let your fingers do the walking through some seed and ...

WARMINSTER, Pa. — The drawback to being a household name is that people tend to take you for granted. Even when you’re W. Atlee Burpee & Co., the company that was first to sell seed through the mail ...

If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...

What’s going to be in your garden this summer? Burpee knows. According to the giant seed catalog’s 2015 retail seed forecast, California’s many backyard fruit and vegetable farmers dig tomatoes most ...

Are more gardeners in my shade-blocked predicament these days? To my joy, since I garden under very large trees, plants that get by on minimal sun seem more plentiful in this year's offerings. Check ...

The morning glory flower can take months to blossom, but seeing their stunning trumpet-shape blooms finally pop from their spindly tendrils is so worth the wait. “We call the morning glory ‘happiness, ...

Antique Rose Emporium. Own-root roses. 9300 Lueckemeyer Road, Brenham, TX 77833; 800-441-0002. Baxter Seed. Mail-order vegetable seed company, 416 Missouri Ave ...