Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University
I know it’s important to deadhead tulip bulbs to encourage rebloom, but is this true of all bulbs? Won’t some spread by seed?
–A.C., Limerock, RI
Answer: Removing spent flowers, or deadheading, not …

BY PAM BAGGETT / Cedar Grove, North Carolina, USDA Zone 7
Locally Grown
LOCAL EVENT
15th annual Maymont Flower & Garden Show
Attend the 15th annual Maymont Flower and Garden Show in Richmond, Virginia, February 19–22. The event includes …

BY JUDY WIGAND / San Diego, California, USDA Zone 10
Mission Style
PLACES TO VISIT
La Purisima Mission State Historic Park
Take a trip to La Purisima, situated in the small valley of Los Berros, just five miles east …

BY LES BRAKE / Willow, Alaska, USDA Zone 3
LOCAL EVENT
22nd Annual Alaska Greenhouse and Nursery Conference and Polar Grower Trade Show
Hang out with 100 or more gardeners for a couple of days—the perfect antidote to …

BY TOVAH MARTIN / Raxbury, Connecticut, USDA Zone 5
Zapped!
PLACES TO VISIT
The Orangerie at Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Trudge through the snows of February to take in the sights and fragrance of winter-blooming plants in the Orangerie …

BY VALERIE EASTON / Seattle, Washington, USDA Zone 8
Great Plant Picks
WORTH GROWING
Stachyurus praecox
This slow-growing, winter-blooming, decicidous shrub (to about 10 feet high and wide) bears vanilla-scented, lemon-yellow flowers that droop in long columns off glossy, …

BY CAROL BISHOP MILLER / Huntsville, Alabama, USDA Zone 7
Plants for Patients
LOCAL EVENT
Southeastern Flower Show
Explore the latest trends in garden design, meet hot new plants, hear authoritative and entertaining speakers, enjoy cooking demonstrations by well-known …

DESTINATIONS
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York The glittering Italian Renaissance-style structure, originally built by Lord & Burnham between 1899 and 1902, reopened in May 1997 following an extensive four-year restoration campaign. …

Outdoor Chairs occupy an odd place in the gardener’s universe. Intended for the simple act of sitting and relaxing, they seldom get used for that purpose, sitting and relaxing being something that active gardeners rarely …

These classic varieties tolerate both heat and heavy soils
by scott ogden
A CYCLE OF RENEWAL REPEATS EACH FALL in my Austin garden. Temperate weather returns, so it is once again pleasant to be outside. Rain has …

by GLENN WITHEY and CHARLES PRICE
Choosing Structural Plants
Good borders begin with good foliage
EVERY BORDER SHOULD START WITH A STRONG BACKBONE of good foliage plants. Nothing better illustrates this need than those times of the year …