Plant Profiles & Stories

Build a Coherent Air Plant Collection: Design Principles, Display and Diversity

Build a Coherent Air Plant Collection: Design P...

Learn how to build a coherent air plant collection by matching display design, species diversity, and growing conditions for a lasting botanical arrangement.

Build a Coherent Air Plant Collection: Design P...

Learn how to build a coherent air plant collection by matching display design, species diversity, and growing conditions for a lasting botanical arrangement.

Tulips in the Garden Ecology: Choosing Bulbs and Tools That Cut Awkward Handling

Tulips in the Garden Ecology: Choosing Bulbs an...

Understand tulip bulbs, site and seasonal ecology, and choose digging, lifting and cleanup tools that reduce awkward handling in the garden.

Tulips in the Garden Ecology: Choosing Bulbs an...

Understand tulip bulbs, site and seasonal ecology, and choose digging, lifting and cleanup tools that reduce awkward handling in the garden.

How Oak Wood Shapes a Finished Project

How Oak Wood Shapes a Finished Project

Learn how oak's tannins, tyloses and dense grain make it a durable material for outdoor and indoor projects, and how to choose white vs. red oak by use.

How Oak Wood Shapes a Finished Project

Learn how oak's tannins, tyloses and dense grain make it a durable material for outdoor and indoor projects, and how to choose white vs. red oak by use.

How to Plan a Conifer Year in the Garden: Space, Placement and Seasonal Sequence

How to Plan a Conifer Year in the Garden: Space...

Use conifers as year-round structure and arrange their seasonal sequence with confidence: measure eventual spread, match form to site conditions and set spacing that works in every month.

How to Plan a Conifer Year in the Garden: Space...

Use conifers as year-round structure and arrange their seasonal sequence with confidence: measure eventual spread, match form to site conditions and set spacing that works in every month.

Cinnamon Trees and Regional Native Status: A Mapping Project for Growers

Cinnamon Trees and Regional Native Status: A Ma...

Map the native regions of cinnamon species, separate native from cultivated range, and turn the chart into useful growing notes for a tropical tree at home.

Cinnamon Trees and Regional Native Status: A Ma...

Map the native regions of cinnamon species, separate native from cultivated range, and turn the chart into useful growing notes for a tropical tree at home.

Ginkgo Smell: Why the Tree's Scent Comes and Goes

Ginkgo Smell: Why the Tree's Scent Comes and Goes

Discover why ginkgo trees smell in autumn, what the seed coat chemistry reveals about male and female trees, and how to use scent as a recognition and planting clue.

Ginkgo Smell: Why the Tree's Scent Comes and Goes

Discover why ginkgo trees smell in autumn, what the seed coat chemistry reveals about male and female trees, and how to use scent as a recognition and planting clue.