editor’s letter
growth industry I must have the need to grow plants deep in my family tree. Both branches were farmers as far back as anyone can remember. Maybe that’s why I’ve always loved gardening and learning about new plants. That’s also why I feel a bond with garden editor Jane Austin Miller (with me at left). Jane and I speak the same gardening language: botanical Latin. Everyone else in our editorial meetings might roll their eyes when we casually throw around names like Asclepias tuberosa, but we wear the title “plant nerd” proudly. We want to be absolutely correct because we never want to (nor would you let us) underestimate your expertise. In this issue, we take a broad look at horticulture. We draw attention to pollinators both familiar (honeybees) and almost unseen…
