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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

Palms in the Parlor

Nine Keys to Plant Disease Prevention

Least-Toxic Controls of Plant Diseases

Flora for Fauna

Zinnias—If You Plant Them, Butterflies Will Come

Milkweeds—Easing the Plight of the Monarch Butterfly

Bumble Bees—The Essential, Indefatigable Pollinators

Wildflower Fever!—A Selection of Unusual Natives

Growing Chile Peppers

Preserving Chiles

Sweet bell peppers in every color of the rainbow, mild jalapeños, novel ornamental types, and fiery exotic chiles from around the world are inspiring new interest among gardeners. This indispensable guide tells you everything you need to know to grow and enjoy these tongue-tingling pods.

Aspidistra—An Alluring and Enduring Favorite

Cardinal Flower—Spectacular Scarlet Blossoms That Hummingbirds Adore

Recycled Products—Turning Trash into Garden Tools

Using Vines in the Garden

Flowering Vines 101

Growing Vines Successfully

Lemon Grass: A Very Versatile Herb

Twelve Ways to Design a Bird-friendly Garden

Indoor Worm Bin Composting

The Four-Square: A Classic Kitchen Garden Design

Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac

Growing Conifers

A Bog Garden

Tomato Terms—or, What is an F1 Hybrid, Anyway?

How to Grow Hardy Bulbs Indoors

Why grow foreign delphiniums when you can have beautiful lobelia? Native wildflowers can play a variety of roles in your garden and create a regional feel so your yard doesn’t scream “Anywhere USA!”

False Indigo—A Spectacular Native Hybrid

Front Yard Fashion—Reinventing the American Garden

Natural Pesticides