2025-2026 NARGS Seed Exchange Main Round Ordering is NOW OPEN!

2025-2026 NARGS Seed Exchange Main Round Ordering is NOW OPEN! Please read the Ordering Information carefully before placing your seed order, and refer back to it if you have any questions/problems, as most answers can be found on this page or in the 'How to Order Online' and 'Visual Guide for Ordering Seed' pdfs.
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We have been working hard to get this ready for the 2025/2026 Seed Exchange. It was decided that even though the new platform is not finished, we should rollover for the new Seed Exchange code, which is a significant improvement. Thank you for your understanding.

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Our members care about studying, conserving, and cultivating some of our planet's most interesting plants, many of which are only found in our most at-risk environments. We focus on plants from many ecosystems, ranging from those found on high alpine peaks down to bogs, woodlands, and deserts.
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Interested In More Than Just Everyday Plants? Then NARGS Is For You!

Our members care about studying, conserving, and cultivating some of our planet's most interesting plants, many of which are only found in our most at-risk environments. We focus on plants from many ecosystems, ranging from those found on high alpine peaks down to bogs, woodlands, and deserts. We are plant lovers with wide-ranging interests, and welcome other avid gardeners who share our depth of enthusiasm.

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Tulipa linifolia

Plant of the month

Plant Name: Tulipa linifolia

This species tulip is native to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan, where it grows on rocky hillsides.  In the trade, it goes under several synonyms, the most popular being Tulipa batalinii.  However, it also includes the "species" maximowiczii and afghanica.  From a bulb, arises a stem to 10-25 cm, topped with a solitary flower about 6 cm in diameter.  The flowers are typically red, but can vary from yellow, bronze to deep red....

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The Green Fuse:

The Green Fuse: Essays in Making Sense of Gardens by Peter Dale

London: Reaktion Books, 2025 $40.00 list, $33.81 Amazon.

 

            In the introduction of the book the author expresses his interest in “other, and more neglected, ways of looking for answers to the question ‘What do gardens mean.” This comes in the form of independent essays often looking at gardening through the lens of its associations with the arts, philosophy, or religion. 

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