Plant Profiles & Stories

Calendula's Seed Dance: Reading a Garden Record in the Flower Head

Calendula's Seed Dance: Reading a Garden Record...

Understand calendula flower heads, from disc and ray florets to seed maturity. Learn how to read flower stages, collect calendula seed and grow plants for cut flowers or seed saving.

Calendula's Seed Dance: Reading a Garden Record...

Understand calendula flower heads, from disc and ray florets to seed maturity. Learn how to read flower stages, collect calendula seed and grow plants for cut flowers or seed saving.

Rosemary Varieties: Choosing Cultivars for Consistency and Convenience

Rosemary Varieties: Choosing Cultivars for Cons...

Learn how upright, compact and prostrate rosemary forms differ, why named cultivars give more consistency than seed-grown plants, and how to match leaf quality and habit to cooking or display.

Rosemary Varieties: Choosing Cultivars for Cons...

Learn how upright, compact and prostrate rosemary forms differ, why named cultivars give more consistency than seed-grown plants, and how to match leaf quality and habit to cooking or display.

How to Choose Tulips for the Flowers You Actually Want

How to Choose Tulips for the Flowers You Actual...

Learn to choose tulips by flowering season, stem height, flower form and perennial reliability, and match garden tools and planting methods to the job.

How to Choose Tulips for the Flowers You Actual...

Learn to choose tulips by flowering season, stem height, flower form and perennial reliability, and match garden tools and planting methods to the job.

Ginkgo Life Cycle: Why a Tree That Takes Decades Still Rewards Repeatable Planting

Ginkgo Life Cycle: Why a Tree That Takes Decade...

Ginkgo is a long-lived woody perennial, not an annual or biennial. Learn how its life cycle, male and female sex, and planting choices make ginkgo easier to grow and maintain.

Ginkgo Life Cycle: Why a Tree That Takes Decade...

Ginkgo is a long-lived woody perennial, not an annual or biennial. Learn how its life cycle, male and female sex, and planting choices make ginkgo easier to grow and maintain.

Tea Plant Labels That Record Which Camellia Variety You Grow

Tea Plant Labels That Record Which Camellia Var...

Record tea plant identity with labels that name Camellia sinensis var. sinensis or var. assamica, plus cultivar, source and date, so you can compare growth, hardiness and harvest.

Tea Plant Labels That Record Which Camellia Var...

Record tea plant identity with labels that name Camellia sinensis var. sinensis or var. assamica, plus cultivar, source and date, so you can compare growth, hardiness and harvest.

Why One Citrus Fruit Has So Many Names

Why One Citrus Fruit Has So Many Names

Why the same citrus fruit has different names across regions, and how common names, scientific names and cultivar labels help you choose the right tree.

Why One Citrus Fruit Has So Many Names

Why the same citrus fruit has different names across regions, and how common names, scientific names and cultivar labels help you choose the right tree.