Links Page

This page contains recommended links to plant and gardening web sites and to various plant societies and organizations. Also, we list some of our favorite useful and informative books.

Gardening and Plant Societies

American Begonia Society - Membership chairperson: Donna Marsheek, 5218 Brock Dr., Bartlesville, OK 74006   http://www.begonias.org

Southwest Region, American Begonia Society - Membership chairperson: Leora Henthorne, 2200 Glen Forest Lane, Plano, TX 75023   http://swregion.tripod.com

Brad's Begonia World   http://www.bradsbegoniaworld.com

The Gesneriad Society (formerly, AGGS) - Membership secretary: Bob Clark, 1122 East Pike Street, PMB 637, Seattle, WA 98122-3916  http://www.gesneriadsociety.org

Gesneriad Hybridizer's Association - Membership information: Martha Lacy, 260 Stoddards Wharf Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335

Ron Myhr's "The Gesneriad Reference Web"  
http://www.gesneriads.ca

Mr. Impatiens' Website - Derick Pitman's website dedicated to the cultivation and preservation of Impatiens.
http://www.mrimpatiens.com

International Hoya Association - 1444 E. Taylor St., Vista, CA 92084   http://www.international-hoya.org

Passiflora Society International - c/o Butterfly World, 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek, FL 33073  
http://www.butterflyworld.com,    http://www.passiflora.org

Sources of Plant Information

Descriptions and photographs of many of the plants listed in this catalog can be found in horticultural books at your local library, bookstore, or on the internet.

Some suggestions are:

"A Tropical Garden Flora" by Staples and Herbst
"Cultivated Plants of the World" by Ellison
"Exotica" and "Tropica" by Graf
"Hortus Third"
"Indoor and Greenhouse Plants" by Phillips and Rix
"The Royal Horticultural Society's Index of Garden Plants" by Griffiths
"The Tropical Look" by Riffle
"Tropical Flowering Plants" by Llamas