PERMA CALENDER

Sources of supply

We've put together some sources of supply, parks and gardens, as well as some producers and healthy tips for the plants we've presented in "Perma Kalender". You can find these sorted by month, just like shown in the calendar. We'll update the list from time to time, so feel free to check it once in a while.

January:

Buy woody plants (witch hazel, winter bloomers), either buy in local nurseries or from nurseries online:

https://www.baumschule-horstmann.de

https://www.eggert-baumschulen.de/de/

https://www.lorberg.com/de/

**February

Snowdrops

https://www.michaelcamphausen.de/pflanzen/galanthus-pflanzenliste/

http://www.galanthomanie.de/galanthophile.html

Snowdrops Walks in England

https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/10-best-snowdrops-walks/

https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/seasonal/snowdrops.html

https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/partner-gardens/articles/Days-out-for-snowdrop-lovers

and in Germany

Snowdrop days in Knechtsteden

http://www.schneegloeckchentage-knechtsteden.de

in Luisenpark in Mannheim

https://www.luisenpark.de/schneegloeckchen-tage-25-02-2017-10-00-26-02-2017-17-00

Crocuses as far as the eye can see:

Castle park in Husum

https://www.husum-tourismus.de/Reisefuehrer/Typisch-Husum/Krokusbluete

**March

Woody plants (cornel cristae, forsythia), either buy at local nurseries or from nurseries online:

https://www.baumschule-horstmann.de

https://www.eggert-baumschulen.de/de/

https://www.lorberg.com/de/

Early bloomers (bluebuds, grape hyacinth, winter bulbs), either buy at local garden centers or directly from growers online:

https://www.biogartenbedarf.de/blumenzwiebeln/weitere-frühblüher/winterlinge-eranthis/

https://www.bulbi.nl/de/

Spring cure with dandelion:

https://kraeuterkontor.de/loewenzahn?msclkid=aefb4518fce71fb7259f25da9e4f37b5&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Sales-Search-Kräuter&utm_term=loewenzahntee&utm_content=Löwenzahn%20LP

April:

Beautiful garden of Manfred Lucenz and Klaus Bender, not only worth a visit to the daffodil bloom:

https://lucenz-bender.de

Daffodil bulbs can also be bought locally in garden centers or online from many mail order companies or growers. The choice is huge.

https://www.biogartenbedarf.de/blumenzwiebeln/weitere-frühblüher/winterlinge-eranthis/

https://www.bulbi.nl/de/

May:

Old Country:

https://www.tourismus-altesland.de/standorte/

South Tyrol:

https://www.suedtirol.com/fruehjahr/apfelbluete

Old apple varieties:

https://www.lwg.bayern.de/mam/cms06/landespflege/dateien/merkblatt_erhaltung_alter_kernobstsorten_im_landkreis_würzburg.pdf

https://www.bund-lemgo.de/bezugsquellen-alte-obstsorten.html

Learn beekeeping:

https://www.bienenjournal.de/imkerpraxis/ratgeber/imker-ausbildung/

Wild bees for the garden:

https://de.shop.beehome.net

Book by Jasmin Köchl:

https://www.piepmatz-verlag.de/shop/bienenblues/

Buy woody plants: see January

**June

Elderberry cultivation in Austria

https://www.holunder.com

Peonies (Paeonias)

https://graefin-von-zeppelin.de/pflanzen/pfingstrosen

https://www.gaissmayer.de/web/shop/pflanzen-sortiment/stauden/pfingstrosen/298/

https://www.pfingstrosen-paradies.de/staudenpfingstrosen-galerie

Parks and Gardens:

https://www.luisenpark.de/pflanzen/einrichtungen/chinesischer-garten

Buy woody plants (elder): see January

**July

Berries, also for the balcony:

https://erdbeerprofi.de

https://www.volmary.com

Berries and woody plants:

https://www.gaissmayer.de/web/shop/

August:

Autumn anemone:

https://www.die-staudengaertnerei.de/Anemone-A-Elegans-Group-Koenigin-Charlotte

Buy woody plants (rock pear): see January

**September

Mountain ash fire in Austria:

https://www.steiermark.com/de/steiermark/ausflugsziele/vogelbeer-panoramaweg_p155010

and herbal liqueur in Fichtelgebirge

https://www.genussregion-oberfranken.de/spezialitaeten/vogelbeere/

https://www.sacks-destille.de/shop/bitter/fichtelgebirgs-vogelbeer-36

Buy woody plants (mountain ash): see January

October:

Walnut Grower:

https://www.walnuss24.de

Grow walnut yourself:

https://www.mein-schoener-garten.de/gartenpraxis/nutzgaerten/walnussbaum-ziehen-40666

Organic walnuts:

https://www.hofwindkind.com/info/bio-walnuesse-kaufen.html

https://riesernuss.de

Horse chestnut in medicine:

https://www.walaarzneimittel.de/de/ueber-uns/substanzen-aus-der-natur/heilpflanzenlexikon-a-z/rosskastanie.html

Buy woody plants (horse chestnut, walnut): see January

**November

Primitive larches in South Tyrol:

https://www.suedtirolerland.it/de/highlights/natur-und-landschaft/naturschauspiele/ultner-urlaerchen/

https://www.geopark-vogelsberg.de/?id=215

Buy woody plants (larch): see January

**December

Christmas roses Grower:

http://christrosen.de

https://www.helleborus.de

The Christmas roses can also be bought locally in the Advent season in the garden centers and nurseries.

General sources of supply:

For prairie plants that are heat and drought resistant:

The perennial nursery of

Till Hofmann and Fine Molz

https://www.die-staudengaertnerei.de

A large selection of storkbills can be found at:

Perennial nursery Gaissmayer

https://www.gaissmayer.de/web/shop/

An interesting selection of bulbs, such as lady tulips:

https://koenigliche-gartenakademie.online

Special seeds, e.g. for zinnias and English vetches:

https://www.keimzeit-saatgut.de

https://joradahl.de/shop/wild-bouquets-blumensamen/