THIS ISSUE
“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” — Luther Burbank, botanist Welcome to our flowery spring issue! For many of us, our earliest gardening experiences involved growing flowers. That was true for me. Almost from the time I left home, I would plant flowers in rental properties — even one tiny terrace “backyard” that was just a small patch of bare concrete became a little oasis with some tubs of petunias and a mini pond. Happily, we can enjoy flowers all year, but there’s no time like spring for a floral explosion, so we couldn’t help but focus on flowers this issue. Melissa King has some new releases for the ornamental garden, while Jo Immig profiles edible flowers. Melissa also looks at…