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2025-2026 NARGS Seed Exchange SURPLUS Round is now OPEN!

Check out all the fantastic seeds still available! Surplus orders are $12 per 20 packets, a maximum of 100 packets allowed.

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NARGS Rocks: Propagation - Seeds, Shoots, and Substrate

The next NARGS Rocks Virtual Study Day was held on February 21st, 2026. It covered aspects of propagation such as germination strategies, cutting and spore propagation, and strategies and suitable propagation media. The Videos are now online!.

NARGS Rocks:Propagation - Seeds, Shoots, and Substrate

Propagation - Seeds, Shoots, and Substrates

2026 AGM Calgary Alberta

Dive Into Engaging Talks On Rock Gardening, Alpine Botanicals, And Ecological Design

Explore the NARGS Video Library! Dive into engaging talks on rock gardening, alpine botanicals, and ecological design—whenever, wherever. Learn from top experts at your own pace and deepen your appreciation for resilient plants.

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Interested In More Than Just Everyday Plants? Then NARGS Is For You!

Our members care about studying, conserving, and cultivating some of our planet's most interesting plants, many of which are only found in our most at-risk environments. We focus on plants from many ecosystems, ranging from those found on high alpine peaks down to bogs, woodlands, and deserts. We are plant lovers with wide-ranging interests, and welcome other avid gardeners who share our depth of enthusiasm.

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Selected Articles From
Our Quarterly Publications

My Spigelia Study Project

It is likely that many gardeners know and grow Spigelia marilandica. It is native to the southern half of eastern North America, a unique and special perennial for shady gardens,...

Mark Mcdonough January 2, 2026 -

Reykjavik Botanic Garden

In September, 2024, we flew to Iceland for a tour and arrived a few days early to acclimate to the time change. We discovered a botanic garden in Reykjavik and...

Amanda Haney January 2, 2026 -

The Crevice Garden At The Ruth Bancroft Garden

When I arrived at The Ruth Bancroft Garden in 2011, the first aesthetic observation I made was that it was a landscape desperately in need of more rocks. The places...

Walker Young January 2, 2026 -

Californian Annuals

Ginny Hunt is the force behind Seedhunt.com, a fantastic source for California native seeds and long-time NARGS supporter. Seedhunt lists an astonishing range of species, most of which are rarely...

Ginny Hunt, Joseph Tychonievich January 2, 2026 -

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Plant of the month

Plant Name: Cyclamen graecum

Cyclamen graecum is a tuberous species native to open, rocky, limestone rocks of southern Greece, Crete, west and south Turkiye and Cyprus. It occurs from sea-level to 800 m. This is a fall-blooming species, blooming from September to November. Each tuber produces a multitude of solitary pink or less commonly, white flowers. The blooms usually appear before the leaves emerge. The foliage is heart-shaped and variously patterned in tones of green, grey and/or cream.

Book of the month

Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants and How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard

Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Douglas W. Tallamy. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2007, updated in 2009. 360 pp. Paperback

How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2025. 376 pp. Hardcover