Paul Christian-Rare Plants - A specialist nursery in Wales offering a huge selection of rare bulbs, both hardy as well as greenhouse species. The various catalogs are downloadable from the site but the ordering takes place through the mails or by fax, though e-mail for questions is available. Japanese Hepaticas are available for ordering as well as Cypripedium and other bulbs that may be less familiar to you. Do click on the photo galleries even if you're just browsing; they're hard to resist.

FineHouse - Architectural Trellis: Garden Structures & Artifacts from this Strasburg, VA firm. Examples of beautifully designed trelliage using a trademarked Spline & Dado connection system for pergolas, gates and trellis. Specifications include materials along with type of hardware and finishes. The trompe l'oeil, espalier and applique elements are part of the 'decorative arts' included on the site. Versailles garden planters and pedestals are available, too. Prices are not on the site at the moment (though a typical schemes pricing guide will be available in the future) but a customized quotation can be requested and answered within two days.

Logee's Greenhouses - An extraordinary place to visit in rural Connecticut, but this site is the next best thing. Logee's offers a sampling of 1,500+ rare and unusual flowering plants for home, sunroom, patio, and conservatory. Logees has been in business 1892 and delivering plants since 1935.

MySeasons - Essentially a direct-mail organization (Foster & Gallagher) of well known gardening suppliers (Breck's Spring Hill Nurseries and Stark Brothers) for bulbs, saplings, fruit and vegetable seeds and plants, and a few garden accessories like books. There is a how-to section, an ask-the-expert section, articles and a money-back guarantee.

Seeds of Change - Certified organic hybrids, eco-bulbs, organic perennials, live seedlings and over 1,500 different see varieties and more than 50 kinds of bulbs are on the website. Heirloom and traditional seed varieties are available.

Seibert and Rice - Terra cotta pots handmade in Italy which are frost proof. Although pricey, they're worth the investment if you take into account all those others that have cracked and crumbled, necessitating frequent replacements.

SnowPond Farm Supply - Organic gardening products and landscaping supplies that are safe for the environment and promote green gardening. Their products include soil amendments, composting aids, foliar sprays, seeds, pest control measures for insect, animal and fungus, Felco pruners, Corona trowles and cultivators, Earthway seeders, broadcast spreaders, Womanswork gloves and Tec Poison Plant products, all excellent products.

Trellis Structures - Arbors, arches, garden accents, trellis benches, obelisks, grids, and pergolas: we've ordered and had delivered several of these products and found them to be beautifully designed and well-made. The owners were great to work with, the prices were far superior to what we would have had to pay a middleman and the structures of high quality.

White Flower Farm - A source for live plants that has been praised by a well known research organization for the good condition that their plants display when they reach the customer. Perennials are listed by the season in which they bloom; other subjects are Annuals & Tender Perennials, Bulbs, Garden Decor, Gift Ideas, Kitchen Garden, Roses, Shrubs & Trees, Tools & Supplies and Vines & Climbers.