Garden Gate Magazine

The Best (and Worst) Mail-Order Nurseries

Garden Gate - January/February 2008

Garden Crossings was rated as one of the TOP 5 mail-order nurseries by Garden Watchdog, in the January/February 2008 issue of Garden Gate Magazine. In this article written by Jim Childs, Jim spoke with Dave Whitinger of Dave's Garden on the must know mail-order tips. The article pointed out 6 must know tips when ordering plants through a catalog or online. This is a must read for anyone looking to add plants to their garden through a mail-order source this spring.

We are proud to be recognized as one of the top 5 mail-order nurseries out 6,148 garden vendors worldwide listed in Garden Watchdog. To read more about what gardeners are saying about us and other gardening companies, visit the Garden Watchdog on Dave's Garden Website.

We would also like to thank the staff at Garden Gate Magazine for their trust in our plants over the last couple years. They have featured Garden Crossings as a plant source in many of their issues over the past year. Please see the list below for the plants that we have been listed for as a source in the past issues of Garden Gate Magazine. Click on any of the plants to see more detail on them.

• 'Black Jack' Sedum - Mar/April 2006
• 'Pink Chablis' Lamium maculatum (Spotted Deadnettle) - Jan/Feb 2007
• 'Jethro Tull' Coreopsis hybrid (Tickseed) - Mar/April 2007
• 'Going Bananas' Hemerocallis (Daylily) - May/June 2007
• 'Luna Pink Swirl' Hibiscus moscheutos - July/Aug 2007
• 'Oranges and Lemons' Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) - Nov/Dec 2007
• 'Pinky Winky'™ Hydrangea (Hardy Hydrangea) - Mar/Apr 2008
• 'Xenox' Sedum (Tall Sedum) - July/Aug 2008
• 'Luna Red' Hibiscus (Hardy Hibiscus) - July/Aug 2008
• 'Cherry Brandy' Hibiscus (Hardy Hibiscus) - July/Aug 2008
• 'Henry Eilers' Rudbeckia (Sweet Coneflower) - Nov/Dec 2008
• 'Golden Sunrise' Winter Jewels Helleborus (Lenten Rose) - April 2009

Lastly, we want to thank all of our new and loyal customers for trusting Garden Crossings to supply high quality plants for your garden and landscapes. We could not have ratings this high without you. Please see our Customer Comments Page to read many of the comments you sent us in the last year.

Thanks again to all, for your continued support! We look forward to supplying your gardening needs in the future.

Rod & Heidi