Plant Profiles & Stories

Oak Leaves, Catkins and Acorns: A Year of Features Worth Watching

Oak Leaves, Catkins and Acorns: A Year of Featu...

Track oak features across the seasons: spring catkins and leaf flush, summer acorn development, autumn ripening, and winter buds. Use observation to time pruning, acorn collection and support checks.

Oak Leaves, Catkins and Acorns: A Year of Featu...

Track oak features across the seasons: spring catkins and leaf flush, summer acorn development, autumn ripening, and winter buds. Use observation to time pruning, acorn collection and support checks.

Ginkgo Trees: Choosing a Form for Shape, Color and Character

Ginkgo Trees: Choosing a Form for Shape, Color ...

A guide to choosing ginkgo trees for shape, autumn color and character, including male versus female trees, columnar and weeping forms, site fit and young-tree selection.

Ginkgo Trees: Choosing a Form for Shape, Color ...

A guide to choosing ginkgo trees for shape, autumn color and character, including male versus female trees, columnar and weeping forms, site fit and young-tree selection.

Seasonal Color in Mosses: Building a Realistic Project

Seasonal Color in Mosses: Building a Realistic ...

Understand why mosses change color seasonally and choose a project detail level that fits their moisture and light needs for a lasting, attractive display.

Seasonal Color in Mosses: Building a Realistic ...

Understand why mosses change color seasonally and choose a project detail level that fits their moisture and light needs for a lasting, attractive display.

Daffodil Materials Through the Year: Coordinating Small Projects from One Planting

Daffodil Materials Through the Year: Coordinati...

Plan daffodil material uses as a sequence: assign bulbs for forcing, cutting or naturalizing, deadhead and keep foliage, then lift and divide at dormancy.

Daffodil Materials Through the Year: Coordinati...

Plan daffodil material uses as a sequence: assign bulbs for forcing, cutting or naturalizing, deadhead and keep foliage, then lift and divide at dormancy.

How to Compare Two Changes in a Violet Growing Setup

How to Compare Two Changes in a Violet Growing ...

Learn to compare changes like more light versus repotting for violets using plant function, flower and leaf checks, reversibility and a fair trial.

How to Compare Two Changes in a Violet Growing ...

Learn to compare changes like more light versus repotting for violets using plant function, flower and leaf checks, reversibility and a fair trial.

Sage Beyond the Stuffing: Reading Leaf Shape, Growth Habit, and Flavor

Sage Beyond the Stuffing: Reading Leaf Shape, G...

Understand culinary sage from leaf to table: how Salvia officinalis grows, why leaf shape and oils matter, how to combine its silver foliage with useful harvests, and how cultivar choice...

Sage Beyond the Stuffing: Reading Leaf Shape, G...

Understand culinary sage from leaf to table: how Salvia officinalis grows, why leaf shape and oils matter, how to combine its silver foliage with useful harvests, and how cultivar choice...