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.

Horticulture

EDITOR’S NOTE

GROWING, GOING, GONE • Gardeners can use biodegradable pots without fear that they hamper growth or require removal later

LIGHTS WITHIN • Exploring the phenomenon in which cells of plants and people alike emit biophotons

EDIBLE EDGES • Plants that make use of the margins, plus tips and tasks for early spring

EARLY SPRING CHECKLIST

ALLAN ARMITAGE • A conversation with horticulture’s great ambassador

ALLAN SAYS... • Here are just a few of the many plants Allan Armitage would point out as must-haves during a garden tour.

WELCOME BACK • A FEW TWEAKS TO SPRING’S GARDENING ROUTINE CAN MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR BIRDS RETURNING NORTH

A GARDEN OASIS

HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE MOVE

Love Them & Leave Them • Native orchids reward the botanically curious, but they’re best admired in their natural habitats

PICTURE IT • Find inspiration in compelling combinations from past travels to public gardens

OLD FLAMES AND NEW LOVES • FOUR GARDEN WRITERS REFLECT ON A LONGTIME FAVORITE PLANT AND SHARE WHAT THEY’RE KEEN TO GROW NEXT

WHY MULCH IS A DO • A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES MADE BY SOIL COVERINGS

A PROUD TRADITION • The Garden Club of America honors native species with its annual Freeman Medal

A FLORIDA TREASURE • St. Petersburg’s historic Sunken Gardens harbors a trove of botanical delights

PULL OVER FOR PLANTS

WELL-ADAPTED • Celebrated Denver plantsman Panayoti Kelaidis encourages the planting of xeric delights from both home and afar

THE LATEST FROM PLANT SELECT

PLANTS WE LOVE • Eye Candy

ALL THE GARDEN’S A STAGE