'gardenweed6', thanks for the link. I had no idea they are located in the city of my birth & had thought they were located in California! At least the coneflower 'Hot Papaya' is reasonably priced. But some other plants I already have & unfortunately, most varieties offered aren't in my area of interest.

So far, I've ordered Oriental Poppies from Spring Hill & Brecks (Iris, too) Historic Pansies seeds from Seed Savers Exchange, & Pansy 'Chalon Supreme' from Thompson & Morgan (U.K.) & 2bseeds. From Burpee; Camellia sinensis (free ship) but should have gone with Park, as the size was so much larger, though at twice the price... yet I will be ordering Penstemon seeds from them.

I am interested in Echinacea paradoxa, but undecided, if by seeds or plants.
Finally, it appears as though I have succeeded in sowing my 'Plum Pudding' oriental poppy seeds as they are starting to sprout, with the 'harvest moon'!

Anyone else have some other good suggestions?
Or, am I still a bit too early to expect full selections 'in stock' for most online catalogues, as of yet?

I am probably going mostly seed as usual but I do have my eye on a gorgeous, strikingly silver Silver Ironweed at High Country Gardens and might go with a couple others they offer.
Wantanamara ordered one & I know I will be eat up with envy and sorry if I don't get one. I'm working on adding more silver and that would fit right in. Great Basin Natives has a gallon size Mahonia Freemontii I'm scheming on as well.

Horizon Herbs has some very blue Ephedra equisetina that looks really interesting to me. Last spring they had plants for sale, right now they're only selling seed at 20 seeds per pack. I'm thinking of ordering seed to sow indoors this winter and if those fail, maybe they will have plants in spring 2015.

I ordered two helleborus x hybridus from Pine Knot Nursery. They're seed grown...so something like these:

And an asclepias quadrifolia from Pine Ridge Gardens (I'm cheating here...it's not for sale right now, but she has some...I'm web designer there...so...)

I see you are in z8. Nurseries in cold climates often stop shipping in the fall when it is still hot here and don't start shipping in spring until after the time for spring planting. No such problem with Almost Eden Plants in Louisiana or Santa Rosa in Florida. Good luck!

dbarron, I haven't really any shade, to be growing hellebore, here...

river_crossroads, I can only wish there were more local nurseries located near me, that carried greater varieties of perennials, like you have, located so close to you...

I suppose, unless more items are listed as 'in stock' sometime soon, I can only otherwise presume I was too late & will have to wait until spring shipping for some things & pay the price of numerous shipping costs, just to get a few things from each different mail order source. Be it seed, potted plants or bare roots...

dbarron. I noticed Jung seed has quite a selection of named Hellebore cv.'s. It's my understanding, you've got to be nearly a pro, to attempt starting those by seeds.

I think, much of what I may be wanting to purchase now, is not available until the spring, but is probably better for fall planting, in my area, in autumn.
Usually having a typically short spring growing season here, with rather mild winters. With the rare exception of this past one, which didn't help matters, of new plantings, as last winter so cold, it was horribly destructive with some plants freezing solid, or heaving nearly entirely. I had never seen such things as foxglove or Penstemon seedlings turn brown & die, so quickly.