When you cannot find plants locally, the following companies stand ready to provide unusual varieties, as well as special potting mixes, fertilizers, and pest-control products.
Blue Fox Farm
Grand Forks, British Columbia
info@bluefoxfarm.com
www.bluefoxfarm.com
Thyme, sedum, and succulents
Bluestone Perennials
Madison, Ohio
800-852-5243
www.bluestoneperennials.com
Perennials and sedums
Bob Smoley’s Gardenworld
Dunnellon, Florida
352-465-8254
www.bobsmoleys.com
Huge selection of cacti and succulents
Brent and Becky’s Bulbs
Gloucester, Virginia
877-661-2852
www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com
Extensive catalog notes varieties that are
best for forcing into bloom indoors
Cold Hardy Cactus
Kelly Grummons
Lakewood, Colorado
kellygrummons@comcast.net
www.coldhardycactus.com
Cacti
Excelsa Gardens
Loxahatchee, Florida
800-649-5348
www.excelsagardens.com
Bromeliads, crotons, philodendrons,
and many other rare tropical plants
Glasshouse Works
Stewart, Ohio
800-837-2142
www.glasshouseworks.com
Incredible selection of plants for indoor culture
Hidden Valley Hibiscus
Fallbrook, California
760-941-8640
www.hiddenvalleyhibiscus.com
Common and uncommon hibiscus, including
the newest hybrids
High Country Gardens
Santa Fe, New Mexico
800-925-9387
www.highcountrygardens.com
Cacti, succulents, and waterwise perennials
Hobbs Farm and Greenery
Hope, Maine
207-763-4606
www.hobbsfarm.com
Extensive selection geraniums and numerous
other houseplants
J. & J. Cactus and Succulents
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
405-737-1831
www.jjcactus-succulents.net
Cacti and succulents
Kartuz Greenhouses
Vista, California
760-941-3613
www.kartuz.com
Begonias, gesneriads, and numerous other
flowering houseplants
Lauray of Salisbury
Salisbury, Connecticut
860-435-2263
www.lauray.com
Begonias, gesneriads, orchids, cacti, and
succulents
Logee’s Greenhouses
Danielson, Connecticut
888-330-8038
www.logees.com
Comprehensive selection of superior
cultivars of over 700 houseplants
Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses
Dolgeville, New York
315-429-8291
www.lyndonlyon.com
African violets, orchids, and a fine
selection of terrarium plants
Mountain Crest Gardens
Fort Jones, California
877-656-4035
www.mountaincrestgardens.com
Sedums and succulents
Planet Natural
Bozeman, Montana
800-289-6656
www.planetnatural.com
Plant Delights Nursery
Raleigh, North Carolina
919-772-4794
www.plantdelights.com
Agaves
Squaw Mountain Gardens
Estacada, Oregon
503-637-3585
www.squawmountaingardens.com
Sedums, succulents, and echeverias
Stokes Tropicals
Jeanerette, Louisiana
866-478-2502
www.stokestropicals.com
Bromeliads, ferns, and over 500
more tropical plants
The Violet Barn
Rob’s Violets
Naples, New York
585-374-8592
www.robsviolet.com
Below are more than a dozen national organizations whose members share expertise about, and often plant material of, their favorite houseplants. Many have local chapters, which are listed at the websites of the national associations.
African Violet Society of America
avsa@earthlink.net
www.avsa.org
American Bonsai Society
gduncanABS@buckeye-express.com
www.absbonsai.org
American Fern Society
wtaylor@odu.edu
www.amerfernsoc.org
American Orchid Society
561-404-2000
www.aos.org
American Primrose Society
604-241-0498
www.americanprimrosesociety.org
American Rose Society
318-938-5402
www.ars.org
Bromeliad Society International
secretary@bsi.org
www.bsi.org
Cactus and Succulent Society of America
775-751-1320
www.cssainc.org
The Cyclamen Society
secretary@cyclamen.org
www.cyclamen.org
The Gesneriad Society
ombudsman@gesneriadsociety.org
www.gesneriadsociety.org
International Aroid Society
denis@skg.com
www.aroid.org
International Geranium Society
IGSmemberSIGNUP@sbcglobal.net
www.intgeraniumsoc.com
International Palm Society
www.palms.org