Plant Profiles & Stories

Cherry Blossoms Across Their Range: Planning Displays Around What a Region Actually Gives You

Cherry Blossoms Across Their Range: Planning Di...

Understand how native and cultivated ranges shape cherry blossom timing and abundance, and how to plan viewing, cutting and blossom projects around what your tree actually produces.

Cherry Blossoms Across Their Range: Planning Di...

Understand how native and cultivated ranges shape cherry blossom timing and abundance, and how to plan viewing, cutting and blossom projects around what your tree actually produces.

Lemon Balm's Woody Side: Choosing Pruning Tools for a Soft-Stemmed Herb

Lemon Balm's Woody Side: Choosing Pruning Tools...

Lemon balm turns semi-woody at the base as it matures. Choose bypass pruners, harvest snips and a fine saw to cut back and renew the clump cleanly.

Lemon Balm's Woody Side: Choosing Pruning Tools...

Lemon balm turns semi-woody at the base as it matures. Choose bypass pruners, harvest snips and a fine saw to cut back and renew the clump cleanly.

Choosing Vanilla Orchids for Convenience and Consistency

Choosing Vanilla Orchids for Convenience and Co...

Learn how to choose vanilla orchids for convenience and consistency, comparing indoor and outdoor conditions, support, substrate and light for healthy vines.

Choosing Vanilla Orchids for Convenience and Co...

Learn how to choose vanilla orchids for convenience and consistency, comparing indoor and outdoor conditions, support, substrate and light for healthy vines.

Vanilla Orchids: Flat Routine, Realistic Expectations

Vanilla Orchids: Flat Routine, Realistic Expect...

Learn how vanilla orchids actually grow, why their climbing habit and humidity needs shape the routine, and how to make practical choices when flowering time is unknown.

Vanilla Orchids: Flat Routine, Realistic Expect...

Learn how vanilla orchids actually grow, why their climbing habit and humidity needs shape the routine, and how to make practical choices when flowering time is unknown.

Water Lily Fruit: How Two Different Pollination Methods Work Together

Water Lily Fruit: How Two Different Pollination...

Learn how water lily fruits develop underwater, how night-blooming and day-flowering pollination differ, and how to combine pollen timing, isolation and pod harvesting for better seed set.

Water Lily Fruit: How Two Different Pollination...

Learn how water lily fruits develop underwater, how night-blooming and day-flowering pollination differ, and how to combine pollen timing, isolation and pod harvesting for better seed set.

Lemon Balm: Reading the Garden History Behind a Fragrant Volunteer

Lemon Balm: Reading the Garden History Behind a...

Discover how lemon balm spread through gardens and why it volunteers so readily. Learn to read its growth, trace the causes behind scent and spread, and harvest and grow it...

Lemon Balm: Reading the Garden History Behind a...

Discover how lemon balm spread through gardens and why it volunteers so readily. Learn to read its growth, trace the causes behind scent and spread, and harvest and grow it...