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.
        We grow a wide range of fragrant herbs, Primula, species Peonies, Penstemons, species & heirloom Roses, culinary, medicinal, dyers' and perfumers' plants, 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, cooking, 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!). 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. NEW! We are trialing the use of a widget on the availability page with a mini view of our blog. Take a peek and let us know what you think...