CATEGORIES

GAGA FOR GALANTHUS

As easy as they are irresistible, snowdrops boast a devoted and growing following

NEW PLANTS

Multiseason Marvels

BLUEBERRIES & CO.

Members of the genus Vaccinium provide sweet flavor, health benefits and beauty in the garden

AN ECOLOGICAL AGREEMENT

How three great minds think alike

Take It Indoors

Cs the growing season dwindles, _ potted cittus became a summer souuenir

ROOTED IN PLACE

LAYERING IS A PROPAGATION TECHNIQUE THAT TAKES A WHILE TO COMPLETE, BUT IT DEMANDS LITTLE EFFORT FROM THE GARDENER

AT HOME WITH PLANTS

Business travel and pleasure trips helped inspire this Cincinnati garden

THE GARDEN GOES DARK

Yes, gardens have their dark side. But-surprise! A garden's darkness can be good, not sinister.

LOW-WATER WONDERS

EXPLORE ONE PLANTSMAN'S DROUGHT-TOLERANT FAVORITES FOR EACH LEVEL OF THE GARDEN

Succeed With Succession- The best crops to plant throughout summer, plus how to time them right

The best crops to plant throughout summer, plus how to time them right. Once a crop like spring turnips or snap peas has finished, I tidy up the bed, amend the soil with a thin layer of compost and replant. Depending on the new crop, I may be sowing seeds or transplanting seedlings.

Weeding Out Worry - Two books give perspectives on gardening's importance to mental health

Two books give perspectives on gardening's importance to mental health. One is written by a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who draws on decades of experience as a clinician and a gardener to discuss how gardening and interaction with the natural world benefit us. The other is written by a woman with mental illness whose efforts at becoming well brought her to outdoor activities, including gardening.

Prized Perennials

GAPS IN THE GARDEN? TRY ONE OF THESE AWARD-WINNING PLANTS AS A SAFE-BET FIX

A TOAST TO CORK

A trip to Portugal inspired Greg Coppa to peel back the botany of the cork oak

THE GARDEN CENTER'S GRIP

SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENS when gardeners enter a garden center. We change. Suddenly, somehow, we're overcome with this vague yet powerful, transcendental feeling of liberation, and we become aware of money we probably have and hopefully won't otherwise need.

OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

AS BOXWOOD BLIGHT DAMAGES THIS STAPLE EVERGREEN, IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT WORTHY ALTERNATIVES

NEW MOUNDING ANNUALS

Also known as summer snapdragons, angelonias produce spikes of outward-facing flowers throughout the hottest, most humid time of the year.

AN ANNUAL AFFAIR

Combine a designer's best advice with the year's new varieties for a summer's worth of showstopping containers

A Big Role for SMALL GRASSES

The unexpected benefits of small native grasses

GOLDENSEAL

A woodland herb worth guarding

RICHARD HAWKE

Try and try again

Changes & CHOICES

HOW PLANT EXPERTS ARE RESPONDING TO OUR SHIFTING CLIMATE AND WEATHER EXTREMES

Around the World With Herbs

Looking beyond familiar mediterranean favorites, we can find flavor in the tropics

RIBWORT PLANTAIN

Before you call it a weed, consider its many talents

JARED BARNES - Propagating gardeners

JARED BARNES is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He also hosts The Plantastic Podcast and publishes a weekly e-newsletter called plant ed, both of which can be found at his website, https://www.meristemhorticulture.com. At home, he gardens with wife Karen and daughter Magnolia.

FILMS WITH FLOWERS

Relax with an uplifting garden-themed movie

TOTAL TOMATO GROWING GUIDE

Niki Jabbour's advice for making the most of this grow-at-home favorite

HANGDOG NO MORE

I'M A CURIOUS and impetuous guy. Good at thinking but terrible at remembering. And dammit if I'm not impatient.

LOOKING AHEAD

A colorful, fruitful summer follows winter's well-used days

NEW PLANTS

Pollinator Favorites

PLANTS from PIECES

ALL ABOUT PROPAGATION BY STEM, LEAF & ROOT CUTTINGS