The following links are great sites I've found on the web. I was amazed at how many great ones there were. I'm also including some favorite "snail mail" sources. We'll all have to work on them about getting on-line; LOL. I'll try and break these links up in categories for your ease.
Snail mail: These are favorites that I've ordered from many times in the past and love their service and plants.
Logee's Greenhouses, 141 North Street Danielson, Connecticut 06239 (203)-774-8038. Logee's has great begonias and indoor citrus trees. They also have many other plants including some unusual herbs.
Southern Exposures , 35 Minor-AH, Beaumont, TX 77702-2414 (409)-835-0644 These guys specialize in Earth Stars, but they have many rare and unusual tropicals.
The Banana Tree, 715 Northampton St. , Easton, PA 18042
Phone: (610) 253 9589 Fax: (610) 253 4864
BOB'S, Rt. 2, Box 42, Wingate, TX 79566
Aloha Tropicals, 1247 Browning Ct., Vista, CA 92083
Phone: (619) 941-0920 Plumerias, heliconias, ginger, banana.
Our Kid's Orchids & Nursery, 17229 Phil Peters Road ,Winter Garden, FL 34787 ; Phone: (407)877-6883
Plumeria People, 910 Leander Drive, Leander, TX 78641
Phone: (512) 259-0807
Jerry Horne, 10195 Southwest 70th St., Miami, FL 33173
Snail mail:
Tropical Rainforest Seed Co., PO Box 3004-311, Corvallis, OR 97339; voice mail: (503)-758-2916
Rainforest Exotic Seeds, Box 241, San Jose 1017, Costa Rica; Fax: (506)-232-9280.
Snail mail:
Raintree Nursery, 391 Butts Rd, Morton, WA 98356; (360)-496-6400
The Nursery, Box 130, Tyty, GA 31795; (912)-388-9999; Fruits, Nuts & Berries for Southern Gardners.
Northwood Nursery, 27635 S. Oglesby Rd., Canby, OR ; (503)-266-5432.
Horticultural Enterprises (peppers), P.O. Box 810082 , Dallas, Texas 75381-0082
Ornamental Edibles, 3622 Weedin Court , San Jose, CA 95132 ; Phone: (408) 496-SEED
Tomato Growers Supply Co., P.O. Box 2237, Fort Myers FL 33902 ; Phone: (813) 768-1119.
Other Houseplants & Gardening:
Bamboo (some can be grown inside as exotics)
California Rare Fruit Growers (some of these can also be raised indoors as tropicals)
Commom Tropical Fruit
Begonias
Organic gardening: grow your own food and medicine
Andrea's Adventures in Houseplanting
Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall
Ginkgo Bilboa-Maiden Hair Tree
Linda's Garden plants: (Herbs)
The Succulent Plant Page
The Plant Tracker; unusual uses of plants. Interesting site.
Plants for the Future Interesting reading.
Societies and listserves for exotics:
International Aroid Society Web Server
Aroid Society Listserve
Exotic Seeds Newsgroup
The Begonia Society Page
The Cactus and Succulents Society of America's
GardenNet's Guide to Internet Garden Resources
Joe & Mindy's Association & Society Links
Reference pages on Houseplants:
Glasshouse Works Books
Rice College: Gardening Wisdom from Around the World
FAQ: Toxic Plants: (Done for herps; but probably covers other pets too.)
Horticulture Solutions: Illinois Cooperative Extension
House Plants info
Joe & Mindy's Garden Resources
GardenNet
The Time Life Complete Gardener Encyclopedia
Time Life's House Plant Pavilion
Garden Supplies:
Gardener's Supply Company
Snail mail:
Worm's Way, 3151 South Highway 446, Bloomington, IN 47401; (800)-274-9676
Botanical Gardens of the Web:
Botanical Gardens of the World
San Antonio Botanical Gardens TEXAS garden.
Moody Gardens on Galveston Island another Texas garden and IMHO the most beautiful place on earth.
Nancy's Secret Garden Florida garden.
Geocities Gardens:
Neighbors in Geocities garden web pages
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