By Sharon Cohooon, Sunset senior garden writer

iPhone users lover their phones and their apps.  So Botanical Interests decision to put all the good information they have on their seeds packets in an application was probably a great idea.  (I say probably because I don't have an iPhone and my husband, who does have one, and who, in fact, now also has this app, won't part with his phone long enough for me to test drive it.)

Their new app allows you to search Botanical Interests seed catalog for information about 300 different varieties.  You can also create a "favorites" list to help you with garden planning.  And organize your search based on more than one variable, such as harvest time and lighting conditions.  You can't order seeds directly from the app yet, but you do get a 5% discount from your first order placed on their website.

Let me know how you like it, iPhone devotees.  Maybe it's the excuse I've been needing to spring for an iPphone of my own. I am obviously never going to be able to borrow hubbie's.