I sent email to Tony, whom I've never met, begging permission to use some his images in this article and he very kindly granted it. If you click on them, you will be taken to a larger photo on his website of great delight. As usual, the front cover sets the theme. This year, as last, cartoonist Jackie Pittman's anthroplantmorphic artwork is topical in more ways than one. Although all the plants listed in this catalog are available online, I wouldn't be without my print version for the wickedly funny offerings, essays or poems on the back cover.
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The inside back cover presents superb selections from the Shady Deals Nursery, Emu Ranch, Nail Salon, Video Poker, and Auto Body Repair Shop. These are the tamest of several racy offerings that would give any garden that little extra something special. Do not open this catalog unless you passed your last psychiatric exam. Plant lust struck in the 'A's'. Alstroemeria psittacina 'Variegata' immediately grabbed my attention.