Plant Sources
In the past two weeks we have visited a few nurseries and garden centers in Kansas and Colorado that are worth mentioning. Yesterday we visited LaPorte Avenue Nursery in Ft. Collins Colorado which is known around the country as a source for rock garden plants. Their online catalog is a resource for information on their 350-plants, listed by botanical names. Keep your plant guide or favorite search engine handy if you have only the common names. Owners Karen Lehrer and Kirk Fieseler are available for questions via email at mailto:klehrer23@msn.com%20and and by telephone at 970.472.0017 - check out their site for that rock garden you wanted to put in or expand. Family Tree Nursery in Overland Park and Liberty Kansas (Kansas City area) has a good selection of plants your neighbor is growing along with quite a few you may not have seed anywhere before. It really is a family operated business originally opened 40-years ago by the current generation's parents. They do a Sunday morni...