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

Let It Lie • Delaying garden cleanup until spring can greatly benefit the soil

Short-term Sizzle • For a sensible spash of season-specific color, choose black gum

Not Quite Cucumbers • Quirky plants that please the cuke-loving crowd, plus tips and tasks for fall

SEASONAL CHECKLIST • FALL TASKS

The Rose • A commonplace plant becomes remarkable when it’s a treasured connection to the past

By Any Other Name • Favorites among the plants formerly known as Aster

CHOOSING AND GROWING • SYMPHYOTRICHUM

New Intros • Your sneak peek of some of the varieties that debut in 2019

A GARDEN Evolves • An historic abbey landscape lets its hair down

PLAN A VISIT • Forde Abbey and Gardens Chard, Somerset, England

UP ON THE Mountain • An arboretum grows in scope and mission

THE MOST Passionate Flower • Unfurling the secrets of these tropical beauties—and their cold-hardy North American cousins—is a lifelong pursuit

WHAT’S IN A NAME? • UNPACKING PASSIONFLOWER

A Bug’s Menu • Two British studies provide interesting and perhaps surprising insight on the value of native and exotic plants in a garden

HUNGRY FOR MORE? • FURTHER READING

poppies, PLEASE • These cheerful, old-time favorites complete the flower garden

PICK A POPPY • FAVORITE VARIETIES

CHEER FOR Coreopsis • These sunny flowers have earned their spot in many gardeners ’ top 10

Plants We Love • Horticulture’s favorites among recent introductions

Lauritzen Gardens

LAURITZEN GARDENS FAVORITE TOUGH PLANTS

Wintering Under • Favorite tender plants can ride out the season in the cellar

Cultivate Your Garden