Fine Gardening Magazine

Written for passionate gardeners, Fine Gardening provides inspired ideas backed by detailed instructions for creating healthy gardens, outdoor rooms, and beautiful landscapes suited to the region. Horticulturists, nurserymen, and designers share their expertise on plants, care, soil, eco-friendly pest control, propagation, design, and landscaping.

Ready, set, spring!

Contributing this issue

Fine Gardening Magazine

FineGardening.com • CHECK OUT WHAT WE’RE DOING ONLINE

Readers’ Tips • FROM ONE GARDENER TO ANOTHER

Super Cool Plants • FIND OUT WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE GROWING

Garden Shed • NEW VEGGIE-GARDEN TOOLS FOR 2023

Plant MD • SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION FOR A HEALTHIER GARDEN

Best New Plants for 2023 • EXCITING OPTIONS FOR THIS SEASON

Roses YOU WON’T REGRET • These nine trouble-free varieties offer dependable good looks and excellent fragrance

SIMPLE APPROACHES TO ROSE PRUNING

Get to know SWEETSHRUBS • With excellent foliage and few problems with pests or diseases, these nativars deserve more love

PRUNING 101

How to create a BUTTERFLY HAVEN • Add a mix of host and nectar plants to provide sustenance and beauty from spring through fall

Ingredients for a successful butterfly garden

CONTAINER GARDEN REFRESH • Seasonal updates elevate these year-round designs where woody plants are the stars

HOW TO GROW WOODIES IN CONTAINERS

CURB APPEAL reimagined • This sustainable landscape puts wildlife habitat and eco-friendly features front and center

Multiple strategies are employed to keep stormwater on site

Exploring picture-perfect PATHWAYS • THESE INSPIRED IDEAS WILL GET YOU FROM POINT A TO POINT B IN STYLE

5 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUILDING A WALKWAY

15 PLEASING PLANTS FOR PATHWAYS

NORTHWEST

CALIFORNIA

SOUTHERN PLAINS

MIDWEST

SOUTHEAST

MID-ATLANTIC

NORTHEAST

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Here is a handy guide to help you pronounce the botanical names in this issue.

THE USDA PLANT HARDINESS ZONE MAP

CAPTIVATING COMBINATION