PERMA CALENDER
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/
**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/
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/
Spring cure with dandelion:
April:
Beautiful garden of Manfred Lucenz and Klaus Bender, not only worth a visit to the daffodil bloom:
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/
May:
Old Country:
https://www.tourismus-altesland.de/standorte/
South Tyrol:
https://www.suedtirol.com/fruehjahr/apfelbluete
Old apple varieties:
https://www.bund-lemgo.de/bezugsquellen-alte-obstsorten.html
Learn beekeeping:
https://www.bienenjournal.de/imkerpraxis/ratgeber/imker-ausbildung/
Wild bees for the garden:
Book by Jasmin Köchl:
https://www.piepmatz-verlag.de/shop/bienenblues/
Buy woody plants: see January
**June
Elderberry cultivation in Austria
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:
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:
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
Horse chestnut in medicine:
Buy woody plants (horse chestnut, walnut): see January
**November
Primitive larches in South Tyrol:
https://www.geopark-vogelsberg.de/?id=215
Buy woody plants (larch): see January
**December
Christmas roses Grower:
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: