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

SEEING 2020 • A look back at some standout selections, plus tips for the final months of the year

LATE FALL TO WINTER CHECKLIST

CLEAN COMPOST • How to prevent a compost pile from becoming a Trojan horse for weed seeds

10 TIPS FOR AT-HOME COMPOSTERS

THE BEAUTIFUL CHILD • Red horsechestnut combines the most striking traits of its parents

A BOTANICAL MEMENTO • A piece of local flora—gathered responsibly—makes for an evolving souvenir

SEAGRAPE UPDATE

the GARDENER’S GIFT GUIDE

PLANTS WE LOVE • Begonias: classics for indoors and out

PLANTS AHEAD • Some of the new cultivars that will appear on the market in 2021

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What’s the difference?

What’s the difference?

A Plantsman’s Pots • A GLIMPSE INTO THE CONTAINER GARDEN—AND NEW BOOK—OF A RENOWNED PLANT COLLECTOR AND GARDEN MAKER

MUST-READ: WINDCLIFF

ART AND GARDEN • A PAIR OF VERMONT GARDENERS GIVE NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE “CREATIVE USE OF SPACE”

Rethinking Our Gardens • Make 2021 the year to shift from purely decorative plantings to landscapes that engage wildlife, the ecosystem and humans alike

FEED THE BEES • SHOW SUPPORT FOR POLLINATORS BY PLANTING SOME OF THEIR PREFERRED FLOWERS

BEE BASICS

FLOWER CHOICE: KEEP IT SIMPLE

rising to the OCCASION • Bulbs earn a spot in cutting gardens of all stripes

TIPS FOR SPRING BLOOMERS

TIPS FOR SUMMER BLOOMERS

LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN

DESIGN TIPS FOR ECOLOGICAL PLANTINGS

5 FAVORITE PLANTS FOR ECO GARDENS

PERENNIAL TREACHERY