Fresh crop of catalogs

Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

Garden catalogs are more than pages and pages of pretty pictures for casual enjoyment.

They inspire you to improve or reinvent your yard.

They describe each plant down to the number of petals on the flowers or how the leaves are arranged on stems.

They also introduce you to the latest and greatest in plant development, whether it’s a new color in a coneflower or a bigger and better tomato.

Below are three catalogs, all free, worth getting because they offer a wide selection of growing material for Zones 3-10 and they do double duty as educational material.