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

BLOOMING WHERE PLANTED • Why not translate “right plant, right place” for our own lives?

STORIED SEEDS • The tales told about heirloom plants and ancient seeds are vital to their continued preservation

SUMMER: A TIME TO SOW • Five crops to plant in July, plus other tasks for this season

SUMMER CHECKLIST

PLANTING FOR A COMEBACK • Researchers are developing best strategies for ecosystem restoration as wildfires continue to burn hotter, longer and larger

CHECK IT OUT! • Seed libraries help communities grow — in many ways

DANIEL J. HINKLEY • Still exploring, near and far

navigating amid nativars • ARE NATIVE-PLANT CULTIVARS GOOD FOR A POLLINATOR GARDEN, OR SHOULD WE STICK TO STRAIGHT SPECIES?

THE BEAUTY OF HERBS • MAKE THE MOST OF THESE FLAVORFUL PLANTS BY PLACING THEM WITHIN ORNAMENTAL BEDS AND BORDERS

SHIFTING SHAPES • BRUSH UP ON FLOWER-RELATED VOCAB AND BOOST A MIXED BED’S INTEREST

Talking About STRUCTURE

Talking About SHAPE

Talking About HABIT

OFF BEAT BULBS • THESE HARDY OPTIONS BRING A BIT OF SURPRISE ALONG WITH THEIR LOVELY BLOOMS

HARDY BULBS for SUMMER & FALL

WINTER DELIGHTS & WONDROUS DAFFS

DROUGHT-READY PLANTS • A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PROGRAM TRIALS NEW VARIETIES FOR THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM WELL WITHOUT IRRIGATION

BLUE RIBBON WINNERS • Some plants that showed the best aesthetic quality on the low irrigation treatment:

HAPPY MEDIUMS • Some plants that grew well and looked good with the moderate treatment:

CACTUS COUNTRY! • After a hiatus from travel, a New England gardener set his sights on Phoenix

PLANTS WE LOVE • Shade plants with summer bloom

Reap What You Sow