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.

editor’s note

A Very Useful Weed • Reconsider this common plant that we seldom intend to grow

Key Contents • Keep a raised bed’s soil healthy and productive with four simple steps

Fantastic False Indigo • This magical true-blue favorite could star in a fairy tale set on the prairie

Better Basils • Disease-resistant cultivars, plus ways to get kids gardening

EMMA’S PICKS

The Plentiful Persimmon • A chance tree has proven very productive in the author’s New England garden

MAKING THE CUT • A rose pro offers his top varieties for cutting, ways to extend their life in the vase and tips for creating informal arrangements

10 BEST ROSES FOR THE VASE

Welcome HOME • Plan spring plantings with the goal of supporting wildlife year-round

BEGINNING WITH Bees • How to choose and site a beehive, plus basic care and other considerations

CITIZENS OF A HIVE

HELPING WITHOUT A HIVE

RESOURCES

Hometown HORTICULTURE • The grassroots group Cultivate Catskill plants pride in a New York community

PLANTED on instagram • Garden inspiration and information abounds on the imagery-based social media site

FIND THEM ON INSTAGRAM (& BEYOND)

PLANTING FOR Fire • Certain landscaping measures can help protect a home from wildfire

PLANTS FOR THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE

Plants We Love • Favorite groundcovers for sun and shade

The Savage Removal of a Malicious Shrub