Yep, I have two orders outstanding...and my plants were in stock with no issue.

Santa Rosa Gardens (see link, below) offers some perennials for fall shipping.

Here is a link that might be useful: Santa Rosa Gardens

'dbarron', that's great you found some place to order from. Where might it be & what did you get, if I may ask?

'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?

Me 2 barron, wha'd ya get?

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.

TexasRanger; out of curiosity, where do you usually order, most of the seeds from?
I enjoy some silver plants too & went with Echinops ritro, Verbascum bombycifera & Senecio 'Silver Lace',from Burpee seeds, shown below, as I couldn't locate plants..

gringo, I ran across this site a few weeks back that has some interesting artemisias. Most seeds I've ordered came from Plants of the Southwest and I do trades every once in a blue moon if I stumble across something interesting but its not very often. Still, I am always on the lookout for the minority few and far between people on GW that have an interest in not commonly grown wild plants and natives. I also keep my eyes open along the sides of the roads, lots of stuff comes from places like that. I never buy anything from the large commercial seed companies because they never have anything I want.

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.

Here is a link that might be useful: https://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/Artemisia.htm

Here is another seed site I find interesting. Some of the mixed packs have some unusual and hard to find seeds. I'd love to try the red amaranth but I have space issues.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://shop.nativeseeds.org/pages/seeds

and another.....

Here is a link that might be useful: http://store.theodorepayne.org/product/SEED_I_E/SI_ERIFF.html

and another....

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.desertseedstore.com/shop/

Some shade lovers for the water garden (sorry TR) (lol)

I ordered two helleborus x hybridus from Pine Knot Nursery. They're seed grown...so something like these:
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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...)
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Almost Eden Plants in Louisiana near the TX border is popular in my region and also popular in the GW butterfly forum. I've only bought in person, never mail ordered from them.

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!

txranger, thanks for the links. Yeah, I like the unusal & difficult to locate plants/seeds so it is a challenge for me... Alplains is a great source, for unusual seeds, collected from out west! Be sure to check it out , as a source.
I used to order from Chiltern of the UK (online) as the selection is rather astounding, but the price of postage has become too much for me, anymore, sadly enough.

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...

There's always Santa Rosa Gardens. They mostly carry the usual plants but I did go totally native grass crazy there a couple years ago & they are a great source for all kinds of ornamental grasses but its the natives which are not so common or easy to find. They sell plants all through fall, then they have that end of the season sale which is good for us since our fall planting season is long along with our mild winters, its the best time for planting most perennials here.

gringo, you must order from Lazy S's and Plant Delights, yes?
mindy

Lazy S is a great place...PD has unusual stuff and unusual prices (lol), and not necessarily very large plants.

arbo_return.I haven't had the pleasure of ordering from either place..

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.