Gardening
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 |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
FULL SUN FOLIAGE
IT'S A BIT MORE CHALLENGING THAN IN THE SHADE, BUT WE CAN FIND DELIGHTFUL LEAVES TO EMBELLISH SUNNY SPACES
7 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
CHANGE OF PLANS
HOW TO PLAN A GARDEN RENOVATION THAT WORKS WITH THE SITE AND ITS ECOLOGY
8 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
MODERN MMODERNlias
HYBRIDIZERS ARE EXPANDING THE LIMITS OF THESE MUCH-LOVED TREES
5 min |
May - June 2024
Horticulture
A Walk Among Flowers
Labyrinth gardens offer a path to peacefulness
6 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
JUST ADD CAREX
SEDGES MAKE VALUABLE COMPANIONS FOR SHOWIER PERENNIALS
5 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
THE SOFT SIDE OF CONIFERS
SCALE-LEAVED TYPES CONTRIBUTE A GENTLY SCULPTURAL PRESENCE TO THE GARDEN
6 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
KING OF THE HÜGEL
GARDENERS ARE FINDING NEW USES FOR THE TIME-TESTED TECHNIQUE OF HÜGELKULTUR
6 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
CHALLENGE ACCEPTER
PERENNIALS TO GROW IN DRY SHADE OR DEER COUNTRY
5 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
TREES BETRAYED
Greg Coppa laments acts of treeson” but offers hope
7 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
ANCIENT SILPHIUM (POSSIBLY)
Is an obscure fennel relative in fact the most legendary herb of Ancient Rome and Greece?
5 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
THE RIGHT START
Advice for planting the garden from transplants or direct-sown seed
6 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
A DIFFERENT LAND
Letting go of the English garden influence sets American gardeners on an easier path
4 min |