Horticulture

IN ITS ORIGINAL state, soil was an uncontaminated substance covering the earth. But humans have intentionally and accidentally poured harmful products onto it in some areas. The waste can hurt the soil and possibly human, plant and animal health. Mos

SHADE GARDENS are known for their elegance and quiet beauty, and of all the plants that grow in a shaded nook, is there one more elegant or beautiful than Polygonatum biflorum, commonly called Solomon’s seal? Picture this: In the crepuscular shadows

GARDENERS who have been at it for 60 or more years have a plant perspective that allows them to see that the varieties favored by farmers, the general public and professional growers change continually. The metamorphosis is sometimes dramatic, often

Rosa ×Ringo. This multi-award-winning rose’s blooms open a bright golden yellow with a blazing red center. They mellow to a soft yellow before finally turning white with a distinct pink center. Because the rose blooms all summer, all of these colors

Northamptonshire, England, the ancestral home of George Washington’s great-grandfather, John, is a landlocked county sometimes referred to as the county of spires and squires, thanks to the number of ancient churches and stately homes within it. The

I ONCE MARVELED at a new landscape planting of over 100 ginkgo trees at a nearby hospital campus. As a certified arborist, horticulturist and a self-taught designer, I at first bristled at the monoculture. At times I have been heard to mock the lands

Indoor greenery in winter can be a game changer. During the dark months, living spaces without live plants can seem as dull and dreary as the weather outside. However, add a dash of green in the form of succulents, ZZ plants, peperomias, figs or fern

While the Garden Conservancy is well known in the United States for its work to preserve notable American gardens, few may know its part in the story of Aberglasney, an ancient estate in western Wales. The property dates to the mid-1500s, though its

many of us began with little more than a potted plant or two only to find ourselves the caretakers of dozens of floral wonders. Rae Berry was no exception, but her love of plants, which started with a few containers on her front porch, eventually led

Few types of plants have seen the rise to stardom that the calibrachoa has. The first plants trickled into the US market during the late 1980s, and then Japanese breeding brought about the first Million Bells varieties in the early 1990s. Since then

IT QUICKLY GETS WEIRD if you go too anthropomorphic about plants, but in one way I’ll stand resolute. Some plants are incapable of recognizing when a relationship is over. You might have ignored the red flags, but you saw bad get worse. You tried to