Paradise Gardens Rare Plant Nursery specializing in lesser known ornamental, edible and traditionally useful plants

            is a small nursery & farm in north Idaho specializing in fragrant and lesser known ornamental, edible & useful plants for northern climates, plus herbal necessities using herbs and flowers from our gardens, woods and fields.

        Scented flowers & foliage, night-blooming plants, a vase of amazing cut flowers for the window sill; we offer all these plants & more, with a special yen for the unusual, the far-flung and the hard-to-find.   Cottage garden plants, alpine lovelies, herbs from around the world, exotic fruits all find a place here. Plus, of course, anything blue.

        Our selection includes a wide range of fragrant herbs, Primula, species Peonies, Penstemons, species & heirloom Roses, culinary, medicinal, dyers' and perfumers' herbs, Western native plants and more. Check out our recipes, lore, reading and how-to pages for ideas and tips on cooking with, using and gardening with herbs and fragrant plants. Visit our blog In Paradise, where we chat about gardening & farming, soapmaking, plant updates, horticultural news etc.
        Situated at the confluence of two mountain ranges, our weather swings from -25F in the winter to a brief spell (usually) near 100 in July-August. Thaws may come at any time during the winter, frost any time of the year. Wet snowy winters make us the 'Pacific Coast of Idaho'.

         Visit our soap & herbal necessity pages for a selection of handmade garden gift items featuring our herbs and flowers.

        Our 2009 catalog is on-line here; for a print version, send for a copy (out of print now, but we will put you on the list for next spring!). New this year: we have an 'Earth friendly' version available to download in pdf format to browse paper-free. Here is the pdf file.

        The website will always have the newest information on availability & prices. Please check our availability page for updates on plants. Shipping of plants will resume in the spring.    Non-plant items ship year round, subject to availability.