Organic Gardening

Glorious Goldenrod: The Showiest Weed by Elisabeth Ginsburg

What’s in a Name? Perennial goldenrod (Solidago spp.), now unfurling its sun-kissed heads in gardens, fields and hedgerows, goes by […]

Spring in most gardens is shot through with horticultural fireworks as flowers burst up from the soil, the trees and […]

Tomatoes have made an epic evolutionary journey from the currant-sized fruit of their wild ancestor to the beefsteak behemoths of […]

Compact berries for containers are popular, and more and more varieties are being developed for container culture. Compact blueberries are […]

You can have your native perennials AND eat them too. As exhibit A, we present the following toothsome perennial […]

Some perennials persist in the garden not only as over-wintering plants, but also via self-sown seedlings. With their penchant for […]