2015 Plant Selections Ready for Sale!

Saratoga Seed Company is taking orders now for Spring delivery of selected heirloom plants.  You can pay now and have your new plants delivered to your door in mid-April- ready for planting.  See some of our selected plants below. Click on an image to learn more or buy.

Pregnant Onion

Variegated Lily of  the Valley

Wild Alpine (Woodland) Strawberry

Pink Lily of the Valley

Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Seed Company has added a growing facility in the State of Florida to increase the variety and quality of the rare plants is ships throughout the U.S.  The new propagation and growing greenhouse will be located in Winter Park, Florida and will focus on tropical and sub-tropical seeds, plants and trees.

John Karling, owner of Saratoga Seed, says, "We want to diversify some of our plant offerings to experienced gardeners.  Our Saratoga Springs, NY operation will continue the propagation of cold weather plant specimens."

Saratoga Seed Company grows and sells rare, unusual or heirloom plants to experienced gardeners.  Plants and seeds can be shipped to most states in the U.S.  All plants are ordered online and arrive in 2 to 3 days once packaged.

Karling says, "We sell most of our plants through Amazon.com.  They provide us with the audience that is most likely to buy a quality, rare plant.  Always check our website first though- our specials will hit www.SaratogaSeed.com before you see them anywhere else!"

One of the first plant offerings from the Florida growing facility of Saratoga Seed will be sprouted fig cuttings. John Karling says, "There are hundreds of fig varieties, many handed down from family to family.  We want to find what we think are the best and most unusual, and offer those for sale in Spring 2015."

Saratoga Seed Company Sets May Record in Shipments in 2014

Saratoga Seed Company would like to thank our wonderful customers for making May 2014 our best sales month ever!  We appreciate your business and are proud to serve you.

John Karling, owner of the Saratoga Seed Company, located in Saratoga Springs, NY, says, "May is usually the best month of the year for us, but 2014 has been exceptional.  We are thankful to our many customers across the U.S. for making this a truly remarkable month".

The company markets its heirloom and unusual garden plants through Amazon.com.  All of their plants are grown in New York State and shipped nationwide. Customers include gardeners, universities, landscape companies, and berry farmers.

Asked why such a large sales increase for this May, Karling said, "We've been steadily gaining market share with our Amazon partner for the past two years.  Saratoga Seed gets great visibility not only on Amazon, but on the major search engines as well.  We also advertise with targeted display ads on major sites like Facebook, Drudge Report, and CNN".  He also notes, "You know, this was one of the worst Aprils we've ever had for weather across the USA, I wonder if people were just excited to get back outside gardening this May!"

Our 2013 Lineup of Heirloom and Unusual Garden Plants on Amazon.com

See our 2013 lineup of heirloom, collectible and hard-to-find plants on Amazon!

• Ornithogalum caudatum, South Africa, "Pregnant Onion" or "False Sea Onion"
• Convallaria majalis var. rosea and albostriata, "Pink" or "Variegated" Lily of the Valley
• Fragaria vesca sp. vesca, Alpine Strawberry
• Asarum canadensis, Native Ginger
• Tanacetum vulgarus, Wild Tansy
• Convallaria majalis var. Albostriata (variegated white lily of the valley)
• Mentha piperita, mint
• Rosary Vine, Strawberry Begonia, Thimbleberry, many others.

Spring Gardens Start with Fall Planting!

See our Saratoga Seed store on Amazon.com to find late season specials on exceptional heirloom plants.

• Rare, pink-blooming Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis, var. rosea)
• Alpine wild strawberry plants (Fragaria vesca var. "Alpine" or "Woodland")
• South African False Sea Onion (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

Bee Balm "Raspberry Wine" Monarda - Live Plants!

Every garden needs to have bee balm! Nothing brings the sights and smells of summer to the garden like this plant. A favorite of hummingbirds, butterflies and all kinds of bees, this plant is very easy to grow.

This variety is one of the tallest monardas, reaching 36"-40" once established. You'll notice the raspberry tint on the leaves as well as the bloom make this varietal distinctive.

We sell live plants as 8"-10" root cuttings from last year's plants. There will be at least 2 stalk buds per root, most likely more than that. They are not picky about soil type, just amend what you've got with peat or organic material/mulch to hold in moisture. They like to keep their roots moist and their leaves dry. Water their roots, not their leaves and you'll have happy plants throughout the season. Deadheading the blooms will help bee balm keep blooming into the Fall. Leave the stalks on the plants in the Winter as a food opportunity for birds. This plant will reproduce more rapidly underground via runners than by seed. Ships to arrive in 2-3 days.

Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca

Want an easy, rewarding plant to grow? How about a plant with the best tasting strawberries you've ever tried?  There's a reason that fine restaurants and gourmands the world over seek this berry- it's truly better than any mega-farm strawberry grown. Berries are small, sweet, and everbearing.

Commonly called the Woodland or Alpine Strawberry, this variety is Fragaria vesca.

These perennial plants reproduce by seed and stolons.  Zones 4-7 work best. Plant in full sun to partial shade.  Prefers well draining, slightly acidic soil.  Amend sandy and clay soils with organic compost or mulch.  Currently in stock and shipping in our Amazon and Etsy stores.

Karlington at Etsy.com
Saratoga Seed on Amazon.com