Plant Profiles Articles
Annuals, Biennials, & Tender Perennials
Aquatic & Carnivorous Plants
Fruits, Vegetables, & Herbs
- A Curious Tale: The Apple in North America
- Antique Apples: A Guide for Eaters and Growers
- Awesome Agastache—Fruity Fragrance and Sorbet Colors for Summer and Fall Gardens
- Comely, Comestible Kales
- Creating a Three Sisters Garden
- Elements of a Perfect Apple Pie
- Fantastic Figs
- Garlic Mustard—A Palatable Pest
- Grape Tomatoes: Giving the Cherries a Run for Their Money
- Growing Chile Peppers
- Growing Chile Peppers Indoors
- Lemon Grass: A Very Versatile Herb
- Mexican Oregano—A Tasty Twist on an Age-Old Flavor
- Red Sorrel—The Other “Cranberry”
- Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach—A Deliciously Stunning Vine
- Resplendent Rhubarb
- Stinging Nettle
- The Asparagus Pea—A Wonderfully Frolicsome Legume
Fungi & Algae
Grasses & Grassy Plants
Perennials
- Asters—Stars of the Show in Fall
- Cape Fuchsias—Perennials With Punch
- Cardinal Flower—Spectacular Scarlet Blossoms That Hummingbirds Adore
- Columbines—Elegant Flowers Spurred to Greatness
- Eastern Bluestar: A Versatile Perennial
- Elegant Epimedium—Foliage and Flowers of Subtle, Sophisticated Beauty
- Enterprising Euphorbia—Spring-Flowering Spurges for All Your Garden Needs
- False Indigo—A Spectacular Native Hybrid
- Lofty Liatris—Drought-Tolerant Beauties for the Summer and Fall Border
- Pretty Partridgeberry—A Native Groundcover With Lots of Star Potential
- Rain Garden Plants
- Ravishing Rudbeckia—Coneflowers That Light up the Fall Garden
- Saffron Crocus—Conjuring Color and Flavor in the Autumn Garden
- Unusual Hardy Aroids—Tropical-Looking Beauties for the Northern Gardener
- Wildflower Fever!—A Selection of Unusual Natives
Trees & Shrubs
- A Curious Tale: The Apple in North America
- American Azaleas—Splendid Shrubs That Provide an Entire Season of Delights
- Antique Apples: A Guide for Eaters and Growers
- Bonsai Styles
- Bonsai: Small Tree, Big Heart
- Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac—A Sophisticated Cultivar
- Dwarf Conifers in Containers: Designing a Miniature Landscape
- Growing Conifers
- Heavenly Hibiscus—Long-Lived, Easy-Care Flowering Beauties for Every Garden
- Information on Holiday Trees
- Marvelous Malus—Ten Crabapples Worthy to Know, Show, and Grow
- Plants for Tree Beds
- Pretty in Pink
- Street Tree Bed Care: Give Trees a Chance
- Viburnums—A Selection of Versatile and Underused Natives
- Who Needs Fruit?—Kaffre Lime
- Winsome Witch-Hazel—The Native Shrub With an Individualist Streak
- Wollemi Pine and ‘Olulu Palm—Two Endangered Plants That Need Your Help






