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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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