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"Live as if you are going to die tomorrow. Garden as if you are going to live forever." 

Joan Kipling

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UConn Plant Database of Trees, Shrubs and Vines by Mark H. Brand

The UConn Plant Database contains photographic and textual information on 450 trees, shrubs and vines that are useful for landscaping.

Topmost Herb Farm

A grower of medicinal and culinary herbs, located in Coventry, Connecticut, is owned and operated by Carole Miller.

Odyssey Bulbs

Odyssey Bulbs is a mail-order nursery which strives to offer an unparalleled selection of desirable and uncommon bulbs, including extensive selections of unusual Colchicum, Crocus, Scilla, Ornithogalum, and Iris.

Some of the reference material we utilize.

CONIFERS - THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA, D.M. van Gelderen and J.R.P. van Hoey Smith

DIRR'S HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS, Michael A. Dirr

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, Allan M. Armitage

LANDSCAPE PLANTS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, Harrison L. Flint

MANUAL OF WOODY LANDSCAPE PLANTS, Michael A. Dirr

ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS, Julie Grace

PLANTS THAT MERIT ATTENTION: Volume I - TREES, Volume II - SHRUBS, Janet Meakin Poor and Nancy Peterson Brewster