Yes. It is possible to walk through a catalog! Almost every horticultural specialist who publishes a catalog also maintains a display garden, and just as you delight in looking through his catalog, he invites you to ramble through and enjoy his garden.
When taking that vacation trip this year, you have a splendid opportunity to get first-hand information on the flowers offered by your favorite specialists.
For example: In June, thousands of rose fanciers planned their vacation to visit the fabulous display gardens of Jackson & Perkins in Newark, New York.
It is one of the most beautiful “growing” catalogs you could wish to find and holds much interest incidentally, even after the peak bloom in June.
Catalog Gardens
Few catalog gardens can match that of Jackson & Perkins, but the display garden of the Little England Daffodil Farm at Rena, Virginia, is more than worth a spring trip. Just as the firm’s catalog is designed, so are the bed’s laid nuts, according to daffodil classification.
The trumpet beds, large-cupped tazetta, poeticus, etc., are set side by side, almost like pages in a book. Frequent catalog garden visits give added dividends, and here, the gardens are set against a historical background.
Little England plantation was established in 1651. The main house, which you see from the gardens, was built in 1716 and was a hospital during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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