Current Favorites

Our new toy!  In Paradise, our new blog.  We discuss gardening, soapmaking, the weather, cooking with herbs, plant geekery & more.

Virtual Walks, Garden Dreaming for the Winterbound

Kew Gardens: Iris Worship  a lovely way to spend some time on a cold winter evening.

Beginner's Guide: Asagao Lovely photos of Morning Glories and their behavior; Japanese Morning Glories; the Morning Glory Database. 

The Violet Society Journal
        our article in the Journal

 
The Peony Pleasure Dome: Quadriga
All things Peony.

Local Color
Bonners Ferry Farmers' Market
Market dates, events, what's new.

Idaho Mountain Wildflowers

Reference:

The RHS Horticultural Database  The Royal Horticultural Society's mammoth and amazing searchable database.

Flora Online   Harvard University's database is searchable by family, species, and includes North America, China & Pakistan--so far!

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
Wondering what those Latin names mean?  You'll find out here.

Synonyms for Genus Names   (Can't find it under Coleus in your new encyclopedia? Try Plectranthus)

Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Index
Lists habitat, plant descriptions  & parts used.

Plants of Interest to  Bumblebees

Houseplans for Bumblebees

Botanicolor the Ethnobotany of fibres & dyes
For the weavers, spinners & dyers amongst us.

Current Weather in Bonners Ferry, North Idaho

Idaho Climate Summaries
charts, graphs, frost dates, more.

'A Bit of Botany'--Botanical Terms
Definitions & more from the British 'Seed Site'.

Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names

a  List of Specialty botanical dictionaries on the web

Flowering Plant Family Identification Great site: with a flower or branch (or photo) you can identify a plant. 

'A Modern Herbal'  On-line
Maud Grieve's herbal, searchable.

Cropwatch  Site devoted to being an "independent watchdog for Endangered & Vulnerable Natural Aromatic Products used in the Aroma (Perfumes, Flavours, Aromatherapy, Cosmetics), Herbal, Traditional Medicine & Phytochemical Industries"

The Edible Lawn
No kidding.

Primulaceae --Hannelotte Kidlund
 (Swedish site with lots of photos)

Seed Germination Requirements & other information from Tom Clothier

UVM's Perennials for cut flowers

Curiosities of biological nomenclature: etymologies
Humorous, interesting look into names of flora & fauna.

Leaf, flower, inflorescence terminology --illustrated guide to petioles, sepals, corymbs, etc.  Very handy. 

Growing Rare Fruit From Seed
Detailed instructions by variety.

Societies & Organizations

The American Primrose Society
  
The American Violet Society

The Delphinium Society (in England)

North American Rock Garden Society

The Sedum Society

The Violet Society
  
Kitchen Gardeners International
To promote & celebrate kitchen gardening: grow as a cook, gardener & world citizen.


Garden Writing
 
Coldclimate Gardening
a weblog on Northern gardening: the view from Purdyville.  Great informational site.

Gardening in Paradise
What's blooming, what the weather is doing, new plant research, wildlife passing through our farm.


Other Garden Artists' sites
 

Ann's Pressed Flowers