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A New Tree Bed Garden

Kale: Delicious, Nutritious, and Easy to Grow

Find native plants that thrive in challenging growing conditions! This comprehensive guide offers portraits of more than 120 gorgeous and low-maintenance plants, as well as strategies for selection and care.

Give Bees a Chance—The Mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder

Go Native

A Blended Garden

Garden Photography—Taking Great Plant Photos

Fragrant flowers and foliage can make the difference between a pretty garden and an unforgettable one! Let this enticing guide take you on a tour of some of nature’s most compelling scents.

Cherry Blossom Time-lapse (Video)

Create a resource-wise garden! This hands-on guide helps you understand the unique characteristics of your garden’s soil and shows you how to build its natural fertility with organic and sustainable methods.

Seed Banking for Survival—Saving the World, One Seed at a Time

Saving Water in the Garden

Cranford Rose Garden (Video)

Guerrillas of Green

Today, new concerns about food safety and sustainable practices, greater isolation from neighbors, and the loss of gardening space have made the age-old practice of community gardening more relevant than ever. Whether you are already a member of a community garden, want to get involved in one, or are just…

Stinging Nettle

Big City, Big Trees: Caucasian Wingnut

Wanted: Citizen Scientists—No Experience Necessary: Get Involved in Research Projects

The Savage Garden

Sustainable Cut Flowers: A Buyer’s Guide

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Bonsai Moves Indoors

What’s in a Name?—A Primer on Plant Taxonomy

A Late-Season Garden

Designing A Hummingbird Garden: 15 Ways to Keep Them Coming

Hardy Terrestrial Orchids

Herbes de Provence: An Elegant, Potted-Garden Design

In this indispensable guide you’ll learn to assess your trees’ health and understand what they need as you pick up the basic concepts and essential techniques of common-sense tree care. Whether you are preparing to plant a tree, maintaining a few mature beauties, or deciding on the best course of…

Elegant Epimedium—Foliage and Flowers of Subtle, Sophisticated Beauty

Water-Thrifty Gardening

Pretty Partridgeberry—A Native Groundcover With Lots of Star Potential

2006 Titan Arum Bloom (Video)

Unusual Hardy Aroids—Tropical-Looking Beauties for the Northern Gardener

Hardy Cacti: Living Sculptures of the American West

Dazzling Borders for Sun and Shade

Spring Beauty—A Woodland Wildflower With Tasty Tubers

Being in the Garden: Four Vignettes From a Traveler to Japan

An Easy-Care Rock Garden—Designing With Durable and Delightful Perennials

Easy Monochromatic Gardens

Deer Deterrents That Work

A Houseplant Harvest—Tropical Trees That Really Do Fruit Indoors

Wollemi Pine and ‘Olulu Palm—Two Endangered Plants That Need Your Help

100 Garden Tips and Timesavers has color-coded chapter bars for quick reference to general topics like gardening techniques and vegetables, and each tip is described with step-by-step instructions. Keep it handy for inspiration!

Elements of a Perfect Apple Pie

The Makings of a Good Cider

Antique Apples: A Guide for Eaters and Growers

Rose Water—An Age-Old Flavoring for Dinner and Dessert

Your indispensable field guide to the crispy, crunchy, intensely flavorful apples increasingly available at supermarkets, farmer’s markets, farm stands, and orchards. Use this handbook to discover some of the tastiest antique and modern varieties, and how to use them for cooking, baking, cider making, or eating fresh.

Mexican Oregano—A Tasty Twist on an Age-Old Flavor

Heavenly Hibiscus: Long-Lived, Easy-Care Beauties

An Herb Garden for Tea Time

A Short History of Herb Garden Design

Endlessly adaptable and easy to grow, herbs are the perfect plants for designing a garden that’s ornamental, practical, and intoxicatingly fragrant. Written by expert herb gardeners, this beautifully illustrated guide has everything you need to design a dazzling herb garden—simple garden plans, plant recommendations for each design, and indispensable growing…

A Potted Water Garden—Beautiful Aquatic Plants in Containers

Orchids and How They Grow

Orchids and Their Pollinators

Phalaenopsis

Dwarf Conifers in Containers: Designing a Miniature Landscape

Enterprising Euphorbia—Spring-Flowering Spurges for All Your Garden Needs

Mad About Moss—The Simple Art of Moss Gardening

Rain Garden Plants

Rain Gardens: Using Spectacular Wetland Plantings to Reduce Runoff

Splendid Salvias—14 Tender Perennials for Summer and Fall Bloom

The Why and When of Pruning

The Espalier Method: What You Need to Know

Ravishing Rudbeckia—Coneflowers That Light up the Fall Garden

Cape Fuchsias—Perennials With Punch

Inviting Caterpillars Into Your Garden

Power Plants—The Origin of Fossil Fuels

Ceropegias: Succulent Vines That Bloom Indoors

Daisies of All Kinds

Garlic Mustard: A Palatable Pest

Native Viburnums

Growing Sun-Loving Plants: Lessons From Nature

Durian—The Real Forbidden Fruit

An Autumn Pathway—Designing for Fabulous Fall Color

Drought-Proofing Your Garden: Essential Water-Saving Strategies and Plant List

Lofty Liatris—Drought-Tolerant Beauties for the Summer and Fall Border

Composting and Lawn Care

Compost Bins

What and How to Compost

Seed Specifics

Planting a Native Grass Lawn Step By Step

Low & Slow Fescues

How Compost Builds the Soil

Everything You Need (Or Don’t Need) to Compost: A Guide to Equipment

An Indoor Succulent Garden—Welcome the Warmth and Wonder of the Desert into Your Home

Deer-Resistant Plants: Shrubs and Trees for the Deer-Plagued Gardener

Designing with Summer-Flowering Bulbs

Native Azaleas

Saffron Crocus—Conjuring Color and Flavor in the Autumn Garden

Unusual, Antique, and Collectable Containers

Curbside Gardens—Transforming Your Hell Strip

Authenticity in Japanese Landscape Design

Grape Tomatoes: Giving the Cherries a Run for Their Money

Columbines—Elegant Flowers Spurred to Greatness

Four Indoor Garden Designs

Bamboo: Graceful Grass or Jungle Giant

Cacti and Other Succulents as Houseplants

Gods and Monsters: The Genus Ficus