FIVE-LOBED MAPLE

Likely extinct in the wild, its unique beauty keeps it circulating in the garden trade

FOUND IN TRANSLATION

A mid-century American landscape interprets eighth-century Chinese garden design to lasting effect

MAKE THE SWITCH

NATIVE GRASSES OFFER THE PERFECT ALTERNATIVE TO INVASIVE EXOTICS

PART OF THE FAMILY: Ericaceae

DISCOVER NORTH AMERICA'S UNEXPECTED MEMBERS OF THE HEATH FAMILY

A GARDEN REBORN

A SEATTLE GARDENER FINDS WAYS TO HONOR HER PROPERTY'S HORTICULTURAL HISTORY WHILE EXPRESSING HER OWN CREATIVE SPIRIT

Potent Porter weeds

TRY THEIR TWISTING TENDRILS OF JEWEL-TONED BLOOMS IN THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN AND BEYOND

THE THINKING BEE

Research shows that these hardworking insects gather not just pollen but knowledge, too

ALLEN BUSH: A gardening joyride

ALLEN BUSH is a plantsman who sold rare and unusual perennials through his own nursery, Holbrook Farm, before joining Jelitto Perennial Seeds, a Germany-based company that provides seed to nurseries, seed retailers and gardeners.

GARDEN GROUNDWORK

Early spring brings time to plan and prepare for the growing season

IN GERMANY, A GARDENER'S HEAVEN

Traveling abroad reveals lands where culture embraces horticulture

NOT GRAND, BUT STILL GREAT

New Hampshire’s Fuller Gardens proves an estate needn’t be enormous to delight

TO SEEDLING

HORTICULTURE'S FAVORITE TIPS FOR STARTING SEEDS AND CARING FOR SEEDLINGS

Vining for Attention

NORTH AMERICA IS HOME TO A HOST OF CLIMBERS AND RAMBLERS THAT MERIT SPACE IN GARDENS

WOODLAND WIZARDRY

SPRING EPHEMERALS MAKE FLORAL MAGIC BEFORE THEIR DISAPPEARING ACT

LOOKING UP

EYE-LEVEL EARLY FLOWERS PROVIDE A FAST-FORWARD INTO SPRING

A Pot of Patience

Though challenging, it’s best to grow native plants from seed, says one expert; here’s why and how

A Fresh Start

Is it time for a change in the garden? Start by assessing its foundation

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

A closing contemplation on what nature tries to teach us

FINDERS, EATERS

Amid a growing interest in foraifin gardeners can find an easy entrance

Green means Go!

IT WAS A SATURDAY MORNING about five years ago, and I was driving to Home Depot to buy a new toilet seat. I was feeling pretty blue. I was feeling tired, old and fat, but mostly fat, because I had just broken a toilet seat. And I was thinking how much harder things were getting-things like remembering, and picking stuff up.

THE PERIL OF SELF-POLLINATION

Study highlights the importance of bumblebees in maintaining plants’ genetic variation

DON’T PLANT IT!

Closing in on 50 years in his garden, Greg Coppa shares 10 botanical regrets plus 1 maybe”)

IT'S ELEMENTARY

A GROUP EFFORT CREATES — AND SUSTAINS — THE ULTIMATE SCHOOL GARDEN

UP AND COMERS PART 1

2023 PROMISES EXCITING NEW FLOWERING SHRUBS AND SUN PERENNIALS

The Beaut of "And”

A Minnesota gardener shows it's possible to combine permaculture principles with ornamental horticulture

EMERALDS of the ROUGH

North America's woods and fields provide lovely alternatives to our most ubiquitous and problematic evergreen shrubs

CLAUDIA WEST

Rebuilding abundance through innovative planting design

A Park for All

Brooklyn Bridge Park provides a natural respite for city folk and wildlife alike

OUR WEEDY SECRET

PLANT, OR A WEED? Weed, or a plant? The crown jewel of all things that confound gardeners. Winter is just long enough that many of us forget about half of what we're growing. Along comes spring and a million plants rear their little heads from underground. We're suddenly tasked with trying to sort friend from foe.

PLANTS WE LOVE

Fall's gold