Welcome to the New England Wild Flower Society's 2008 wildflower seed catalog. This year's seed sales are completed, and the 2009 Seed Sale begins in January.  Please use the catalog for reference. The seeds of native woody plants, perennials, and fern spores were ecologically collected and prepared by Seed Ecologist Dr. Tristram Seidler and volunteers at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm. The seeds are intended for garden use, not for the reintroduction of native plants to the wild. We suggest The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada by our Horticultural Research Director William Cullina for detailed cultural and range information. Consult the “key to conditions” below to learn which seeds are easy to grow, and for advice on germination. Sowing and cultivation instructions are included with every seed order.

As a non-profit plant conservation organization our seed cleaning and packaging are done by volunteers. We aim to provide our members and the public with high quality, native seed that is true to name. However, because the process of seed germination is affected by many variables, we cannot guarantee germination. We hope you will enjoy our seeds and that they will provide plants to grace your garden for many years to come.

Many thanks to the following volunteers for assistance in collecting and packaging seeds: Nancy Goodman, Kathy Bergman, Beth Wilkinson, Judy Botsford, Polly Pierce, Nell Walker, Karen Howat, Virginia Buckley, Tai Krueger, Polly Povall and the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. Thanks also to Terry Morrow, Ron Wik, Bill Cullina, Rolf Schilling, Scott LaFleur and Cayte McDonough for help with seed collecting.

- Tristram Seidler, Seed Ecologist, New England Wild Flower Society