WEEDING OUT WORRY

Two books give perspectives on gardening's importance to mental health

Prized Perennials

GAPS IN THE GARDEN? TRY ONE OF THESE AWARD-WINNING PLANTS AS A SAFE-BET FIX

A TOAST TO CORK

A trip to Portugal inspired Greg Coppa to peel back the botany of the cork oak

THE GARDEN CENTER'S GRIP

SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENS when gardeners enter a garden center. We change. Suddenly, somehow, we're overcome with this vague yet powerful, transcendental feeling of liberation, and we become aware of money we probably have and hopefully won't otherwise need.

OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

AS BOXWOOD BLIGHT DAMAGES THIS STAPLE EVERGREEN, IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT WORTHY ALTERNATIVES

NEW MOUNDING ANNUALS

Also known as summer snapdragons, angelonias produce spikes of outward-facing flowers throughout the hottest, most humid time of the year.

AN ANNUAL AFFAIR

Combine a designer's best advice with the year's new varieties for a summer's worth of showstopping containers

A Big Role for SMALL GRASSES

The unexpected benefits of small native grasses

GOLDENSEAL

A woodland herb worth guarding

RICHARD HAWKE

Try and try again

SUCCEED WITH SUCCESSION

The best crops to plant throughout summer, plus how to time them right

Changes & CHOICES

HOW PLANT EXPERTS ARE RESPONDING TO OUR SHIFTING CLIMATE AND WEATHER EXTREMES

Around the World With Herbs

Looking beyond familiar mediterranean favorites, we can find flavor in the tropics

RIBWORT PLANTAIN

Before you call it a weed, consider its many talents

JARED BARNES - Propagating gardeners

JARED BARNES is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He also hosts The Plantastic Podcast and publishes a weekly e-newsletter called plant ed, both of which can be found at his website, https://www.meristemhorticulture.com. At home, he gardens with wife Karen and daughter Magnolia.

FILMS WITH FLOWERS

Relax with an uplifting garden-themed movie

TOTAL TOMATO GROWING GUIDE

Niki Jabbour's advice for making the most of this grow-at-home favorite

HANGDOG NO MORE

I'M A CURIOUS and impetuous guy. Good at thinking but terrible at remembering. And dammit if I'm not impatient.

LOOKING AHEAD

A colorful, fruitful summer follows winter's well-used days

NEW PLANTS

Pollinator Favorites

PLANTS from PIECES

ALL ABOUT PROPAGATION BY STEM, LEAF & ROOT CUTTINGS

FULL SUN FOLIAGE

IT'S A BIT MORE CHALLENGING THAN IN THE SHADE, BUT WE CAN FIND DELIGHTFUL LEAVES TO EMBELLISH SUNNY SPACES

CHANGE OF PLANS

HOW TO PLAN A GARDEN RENOVATION THAT WORKS WITH THE SITE AND ITS ECOLOGY

MODERN MMODERNlias

HYBRIDIZERS ARE EXPANDING THE LIMITS OF THESE MUCH-LOVED TREES

A Walk Among Flowers

Labyrinth gardens offer a path to peacefulness

JUST ADD CAREX

SEDGES MAKE VALUABLE COMPANIONS FOR SHOWIER PERENNIALS

THE SOFT SIDE OF CONIFERS

SCALE-LEAVED TYPES CONTRIBUTE A GENTLY SCULPTURAL PRESENCE TO THE GARDEN

KING OF THE HÜGEL

GARDENERS ARE FINDING NEW USES FOR THE TIME-TESTED TECHNIQUE OF HÜGELKULTUR

CHALLENGE ACCEPTER

PERENNIALS TO GROW IN DRY SHADE OR DEER COUNTRY

TREES BETRAYED

Greg Coppa laments acts of treeson” but offers hope