Hi Mandy,

I think the best deals are at your local garden centers. But I've heard good things about Spring Hill Nursery although personally I haven't had much luck with online purchases for the garden. Good luck with yours.

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I have ordered from QVC, and they do have an unconditional guarentee.. you don't like it, it didn't perform well, it didn't come up **the following spring** they return or refund your $$..
I simply have no complaints with them..
Not many nurseries have a guarentee like that,
if you buy something and it didn't come up that year or even next year, and you tried to come back and say, "It didn't grow" they'd look at you like about returning your money.....
EVEN IF IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR PLANTING IT WRONG, OR PUTTING IT IN TOO DEEP, WRONG SPOT, ETC..
(and they have several companies that sell there,
like Cottage Gardens, Roberta's Exotic's, Instanta Gardens too..)

For Catalogs,
~~~~>I have not personally ordered from any of these,
(Only cause I don't have much "extra" money, but when I win the lottery to be able spend some $$ on something else than groceries... these are the FIRST PLACES I'D GO)<~~~

Plants Delight Nursery, Inc.
If they put into their service as they do their catalog, I don't think you can go wrong.. I personally have not ordered from there, but they do have alot of unusual plants, and their catalog is sooooooo good, funny, veryyyyyy informative..
and just a nice catalog...
**and I love reading FREEEEEE CATALOGS, in the dead of winter, after Christmas, when I am dreaming of spring to come**

For Seeds,
Seeds of Change also has a great catalog,
Again, very informative, and lot's of recipes and such for the things you grow.. as well as growing info...

Cooks Garden also has a great little catalog they put some time into, recipes and growing info...

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
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Hey thanks everyone for all of the information! This will definately give me something to look forward too!!

Nice links Weezie!
I find some great deals even at my grocery store!
The best deal I have found is to get starts from friends,neighbors and family

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Mandy,
if you were close I'd give you about a truck load of starter stock. It is true that the best perennials are the ones that were growing successfully in someone elses garden. A couple of years back, we started a neighborhood plant exchange in the spring and fall (fall for bulbs, spring for perennial thinning). It was wildly successful. Maybe you could start one in your neighborhood. It's a great way to meet neighbors that you don't know and to break the ice easily.

I have ordered from directgardening.com, and most of what they sent me has survived and even thrived. They mostly send bare root plants though, so you have to be patient (it takes a few weks for plants to establish and start growing), but they are really really cheap and have a 1 year replacement agreement, you just tell them what didn't make it and they send you new stuff.
Good luck!
ps- i agree that the best comes from others gardens!

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Claire

WOW!!! This has been such a great forum!! I am loving all of these ideas!! Keep em coming!!