May/June 2023

Horticulture

Horticulture Magazine

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The Art & Science of Smart Gardening Editor Meghan ShinnContributing Editor Jennifer Howell COLUMNISTS Scott Beuerlein | Thomas Christopher | Greg Coppa Jeff Cox | Niki Jabbour | Mary Purpura DESIGN Associate Art Director Carrie Topp Executive Edito
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Editor’s Note
Do you think of yourself as an explorer? I don’t—or at least I didn’t until I spent time considering this issue’s articles as a whole. Together they shine a light on the idea that to garden is to explore. I’m a homebody. I can enjoy traveling, but I’
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Five-lobed Maple
NOT EVERY SPECIMEN needs to dazzle the eyes by exploding with color. But to qualify as a focal point in the landscape or garden, it should still be beautiful to see and notable for some less tangible quality, such as rarity. There is a maple that’s b
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Found In Translation
I’VE VISITED a lot of gardens over the years, many of them beautiful and unusual. But I’ve never been so moved and inspired by a designed space as I was during a fall 2022 visit to Innisfree Garden in Millbrook, N.Y. For those who create and tend gar
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Supreme Routine
VEGETABLE GARDENS have a reputation for being high-maintenance spaces. And while cucumber or tomato plants aren’t harder to take care of than petunias or zinnias, they are less forgiving if you don’t keep up with certain basic jobs, like watering. In
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Tony Avent
BASED IN RALEIGH, N.C., plant breeder and explorer Tony Avent founded Plant Delights Nursery, a mail-order retailer specializing in rare and unusual perennials, in 1986. At the same time, he established Juniper Level Botanic Garden with the goal of s
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Potent Porter weeds
My love of porterweeds (Stachytarpheta) really began not in South Florida, where I currently live—and where these flowers are as commonplace as pigeons in Central Park—but way back when I was a landscape design undergrad at the University of Maryland
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Landscape Art
IT WAS THE GARDENS, predictably, that attracted me when I first visited the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pa., some 15 years ago. I was already a convert to the beauty of our native flora, because as a student back in the 1
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A Garden Reborn
When the Tangeman family (gardener Anne, her husband John and their two sons, then ages one and three) moved from Massachusetts to the Seattle area in 2002, it was a bit of a return home. Anne had spent her childhood here, and family members lived ne
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PART OF THE FAMILY: Ericaceae
Throughout my career working in both the commercial plant industry and public horticulture, I have been exposed to an amazing diversity of plants. Particularly fascinating are the array of plants (genera) taxonomists have categorized into different p
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Make The Switch
Ornamental grasses have become increasingly popular as modern tastes have shifted to more naturalistic garden designs. Grasses bring year-round interest, movement, structure and seasonal changes of palette that enhance every garden. Unfortunately, se
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A Tropical Treat
IN PREVIOUS ARTICLES I’ve mentioned how often it is that intriguing and specialized botanical gardens or outstanding show gardens happen to be found near vacation destinations. Sometimes I have researched a recommended garden before the trip, but occ
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Winning Plants
EVERY YEAR, nursery professionals and home-gardening experts in the Mid-Atlantic region choose a handful of diverse plants to add to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s list of Gold Medal Plants. These species and cultivars must be easy-to-grow,
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Downright Squirrelly
WE ALL WANT our gardens to attract wildlife. In theory. But when it comes down to it we’re rather specific about which are welcome and how we expect them to behave (same as with family and friends). Meanwhile wildlife has its own agenda and, apparent

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