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Horticulture

July/August 2020
Magazine

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.

editor’s note

Horticulture

Speed Demons • Three quick-growing crops to sow multiple times, plus tips and tasks for this season

SUMMER CHECKLIST

The Perfect Perennial • Jeff Cox makes the case for Stokes’s aster ‘Blue Danube’

Rethinking the Dandelion • A botanist and herb grower’s take on this much-maligned plant

Covering Up • Just like farmland soils, the home garden can benefit from an off-season cover crop

COMMON COVER CROPS FOR THE HOME GARDEN

A Life of Growth • At age 80, Dr. Carl Whitcomb continues to push toward new possibilities in ornamental horticulture

GROWING CRAPEMYRTLE

Desert Dreams • Look beyond succulents to find a plethora of plants that provide lush, colorful blooms in an arid, alkaline setting

RECOMMENDED READING

Worth a Spot • Where space is at a premium, turn to perennials and shrubs that provide more than one element of interest

A DOWNEAST eden • Maine’s Thuya Garden becomes a riot of color toward the end of the state’s short summer

COOL COMPANIONS • Show potted elephant ears off to their best advantage by using simple combinations based on shades of two colors

Duped! • A MOSTLY UNSCIENTIFIC LOOK AT PLANT MIMICRY AND HOW IT CAN WREAK HAVOC ON ONE’S WEEDING REGIMEN

POWER UP! • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ELECTRIC-RUN GARDEN EQUIPMENT MEAN MORE OPTIONS FOR HOME GARDENERS AND PRO LANDSCAPERS ALIKE

COMPARING BATTERIES

BATTERY CARE

SUMMER READING • Find a cool spot and dive into these recent releases

Frozen Land, Fresh Tomatoes • Icelandic farmers go to great lengths to supply the island nation’s communities with a homegrown tender crop

Plants We Love • Reach new heights with favorite flowering climbers

Smithsonian Gardens

DESIGN LESSONS FROM SMITHSONIAN GARDENS

5 FAVORITE NATIVE PLANTS AT SMITHSONIAN GARDENS

In a Garden Lives Hope, Always

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  • English