Gardening
Horticulture
GAGA FOR GALANTHUS
As easy as they are irresistible, snowdrops boast a devoted and growing following
6 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
NEW PLANTS
Multiseason Marvels
4 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
BLUEBERRIES & CO.
Members of the genus Vaccinium provide sweet flavor, health benefits and beauty in the garden
5 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
AN ECOLOGICAL AGREEMENT
How three great minds think alike
4 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
Take It Indoors
Cs the growing season dwindles, _ potted cittus became a summer souuenir
4 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
ROOTED IN PLACE
LAYERING IS A PROPAGATION TECHNIQUE THAT TAKES A WHILE TO COMPLETE, BUT IT DEMANDS LITTLE EFFORT FROM THE GARDENER
4 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
AT HOME WITH PLANTS
Business travel and pleasure trips helped inspire this Cincinnati garden
6 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
THE GARDEN GOES DARK
Yes, gardens have their dark side. But-surprise! A garden's darkness can be good, not sinister.
7 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
LOW-WATER WONDERS
EXPLORE ONE PLANTSMAN'S DROUGHT-TOLERANT FAVORITES FOR EACH LEVEL OF THE GARDEN
4 min |
September - October 2024
Horticulture
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.
5 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
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.
4 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
Prized Perennials
GAPS IN THE GARDEN? TRY ONE OF THESE AWARD-WINNING PLANTS AS A SAFE-BET FIX
9 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
A TOAST TO CORK
A trip to Portugal inspired Greg Coppa to peel back the botany of the cork oak
7 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
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.
2 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
AS BOXWOOD BLIGHT DAMAGES THIS STAPLE EVERGREEN, IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT WORTHY ALTERNATIVES
5 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
NEW MOUNDING ANNUALS
Also known as summer snapdragons, angelonias produce spikes of outward-facing flowers throughout the hottest, most humid time of the year.
7 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
AN ANNUAL AFFAIR
Combine a designer's best advice with the year's new varieties for a summer's worth of showstopping containers
4 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
A Big Role for SMALL GRASSES
The unexpected benefits of small native grasses
6 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
GOLDENSEAL
A woodland herb worth guarding
6 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
RICHARD HAWKE
Try and try again
10 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
Changes & CHOICES
HOW PLANT EXPERTS ARE RESPONDING TO OUR SHIFTING CLIMATE AND WEATHER EXTREMES
5 min |
July - August 2024
Horticulture
Around the World With Herbs
Looking beyond familiar mediterranean favorites, we can find flavor in the tropics
4 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
RIBWORT PLANTAIN
Before you call it a weed, consider its many talents
5 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
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.
10+ min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
FILMS WITH FLOWERS
Relax with an uplifting garden-themed movie
4 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
TOTAL TOMATO GROWING GUIDE
Niki Jabbour's advice for making the most of this grow-at-home favorite
4 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
HANGDOG NO MORE
I'M A CURIOUS and impetuous guy. Good at thinking but terrible at remembering. And dammit if I'm not impatient.
2 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
LOOKING AHEAD
A colorful, fruitful summer follows winter's well-used days
7 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
NEW PLANTS
Pollinator Favorites
4 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
PLANTS from PIECES
ALL ABOUT PROPAGATION BY STEM, LEAF & ROOT CUTTINGS
6 min |