Plant Profiles & Stories

Peonies and the Short Season: Choosing Plants That Earn Their Place

Peonies and the Short Season: Choosing Plants T...

Plan a peony border around a short bloom window: staggered early, midseason and late cultivars, single versus double flower forms for pollinators, correct planting depth and support.

Peonies and the Short Season: Choosing Plants T...

Plan a peony border around a short bloom window: staggered early, midseason and late cultivars, single versus double flower forms for pollinators, correct planting depth and support.

Epiphytic Bromeliads and Their Storage Organs: Display That Keeps Maintenance Access

Epiphytic Bromeliads and Their Storage Organs: ...

Epiphytic bromeliads store water in leaf bases and a central tank. Choose mounts, baskets and pots that show the storage organ while keeping watering and drainage accessible.

Epiphytic Bromeliads and Their Storage Organs: ...

Epiphytic bromeliads store water in leaf bases and a central tank. Choose mounts, baskets and pots that show the storage organ while keeping watering and drainage accessible.

Lavender Leaf Texture: How Surface Structures Shape Scent, Silver Color and the Whole Plant Life

Lavender Leaf Texture: How Surface Structures S...

Understand lavender leaf texture, from hairy silver surfaces to aromatic glands, and use those clues to choose, plant, prune and renew lavender for years of healthy growth.

Lavender Leaf Texture: How Surface Structures S...

Understand lavender leaf texture, from hairy silver surfaces to aromatic glands, and use those clues to choose, plant, prune and renew lavender for years of healthy growth.

Cinnamon Trees and Botanical Illustration: A Useful Next Step for Growers and Drawers

Cinnamon Trees and Botanical Illustration: A Us...

Draw cinnamon trees accurately: choose between leaf, flower and bark studies, capture the three-veined leaves, and pick the paper, pens and references that make a readable botanical plate.

Cinnamon Trees and Botanical Illustration: A Us...

Draw cinnamon trees accurately: choose between leaf, flower and bark studies, capture the three-veined leaves, and pick the paper, pens and references that make a readable botanical plate.

Willow Cuttings and Whips: Planning a Seasonal Handling and Storage Sequence

Willow Cuttings and Whips: Planning a Seasonal ...

Plan a seasonal sequence for willow: cut dormant hardwood whips, store them cool and moist, and plant cuttings in staggered spring waves.

Willow Cuttings and Whips: Planning a Seasonal ...

Plan a seasonal sequence for willow: cut dormant hardwood whips, store them cool and moist, and plant cuttings in staggered spring waves.

Lotus Flower Color: How Petal Shade Changes the Display

Lotus Flower Color: How Petal Shade Changes the...

How lotus flower color changes the garden display: white, pink and yellow petals against water and foliage, single versus double forms, and the fading sequence through the season.

Lotus Flower Color: How Petal Shade Changes the...

How lotus flower color changes the garden display: white, pink and yellow petals against water and foliage, single versus double forms, and the fading sequence through the season.