Horticulture

Since 1904, Horticulture Magazine has provided avid gardeners and plantspeople with accurate, compelling coverage of gardens and the plants and design techniques that truly make them shine. Our in-depth features take you to outstanding gardens and explain their plants and practices.

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PROJECT FEEDERWATCH • Gardeners can help scientists know just where the birds are in winter

KINGS OF THE NORTHERN FORESTS • A look at the trees, shrubs and perennial plants that bolster life in Ecoregion 5

MARK WESSEL • What’s new for fruit and vegetable gardeners?

TOP-PRIZE PERENNIALS • A foliage masterpiece for shade and a late bloomer for sun

Crabapples: Take Your Pick • MORE THAN SIMPLY SMALL, SPRING-BLOOMING TREES, THESE VARIETIES DELIGHT WITH FLOWERS, FRUIT, FORM, FOLIAGE AND FINE HEALTH

Pot It Up • Shake up the container garden with these North America – native perennials

COMPACT COMPOSTING • NO SPACE FOR A TRADITIONAL PILE? CONSIDER THESE OTHER METHODS FOR CONVERTING KITCHEN AND YARD WASTE TO COMPOST

TROPICAL FUSION • A FUSS-FREE APPROACH TO USING BOLD TROPICAL PLANTS IN ANY TEMPERATE GARDEN

A Productive PATIO • Tiny fruit, vegetable and herb plants help gardeners maximize any sort of growing space

SENSING A PATTERN • Greg Coppa reflects on an odd weather year and what continued warming may mean for his Rhode Island garden

WINTER READING • Pass the time with any of these inspiring books

PRONUNCIATION & ETYMOLOGY FOR THIS ISSUE

THE GARDEN PATH TO PERDITION