The W. Atlee Burpee Co., affectionately known as “Burpee seeds” to millions of American gardeners, is the nation’s largest home seed and plant company and was founded in Philadelphia in 1876, at the ...

Though it might not seem as if the companies selling Brach’s candy marshmallow Easter Hunt Eggs, Jell-O, and seeds for vegetables and plants have much in common, James “Jamie” Mattikow sees many ...

As gardeners curl up on the couch each January, dreaming of abundant summer, a war of words rages in that cozy corner of literature inhabited by seed catalogs. It’s your wits against those of seedsmen ...

The seed trade catalogs document the history of the seed and agricultural business in the United States; they also provide a history of botany and plant research such as the introduction of plant ...

WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) — A knot of giant sunflowers, a spread of fanciful impatiens in salmon, coral and orchid, and a wave of silver petunias are among the latest offerings from W. Atlee Burpee & Co., ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2006--Bazaarvoice, an innovator in helping brands use online word of mouth to build their businesses, today announced that W. Atlee Burpee & Co. has ...

W. Atlee Burpee is a name that many gardeners will recognize quickly, and a name that all gardeners should know. The “W” stands for Washington. The seed company he started in 1878, when he was only 20 ...

If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...