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September/October 2005 - Volume 84, Number 5

The following is a table of contents of the articles that appear in the September/October 2005 issue of The American Gardener.  Links have been established to each article.  However, many articles are only accessible to American Horticultural Society (AHS) members . When you click on these links, a challenge will appear for a username (ahs) and password that AHS members can use to view these articles. Non-members are encouraged to join AHS to be able to enjoy each of these articles and the many other benefits of AHS membership.

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Adding Bulbs to Fill in Borders
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Features

Web special: “Leaving the Leaves” by Debbie Hillman, first published in the February 2005 issue of HortIdeas.

Departments
  • Notes from River Farm*
    Insights and updates on the American Horticultural Society from AHS President Katy Moss Warner.
     
  • Member’s Forum
    Readers write to voice their opinions, make recommendations, or set the record straight.
     
  • News from AHS*
    Updates on American Horticultural Society programs and events. In this issue: River Farm being transformed for the Eastern Performance Trials, HGI offers new volunteer opportunities for Master Gardeners, new children’s gardening book awards debut in Atlanta.
     
  • AHS Partners in Profile*
    Monrovia Nursery: A passion for plants.
     
  • Gardening by Design
    An ongoing series on garden design. In this issue: The importance of plants.
     
  • Habitat Gardening
    An ongoing series on how to create environmentally appropriate gardens that suit the needs of people and wildlife. This issue: the Great Basin desert.
     
  • Gardener’s Notebook*
    Short, newsworthy articles on horticultural topics. This issue: Organic cut flowers gaining popularity, rare California wildflower is rediscovered, new Garden Literature Index™ now available, Denver Botanic Gardens partners with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Connecticut to initiate ban of invasive plants at town level.

Fall Gardening Tips Click here

Web special: The Joy of Growing Plants” by Liberty Hyde Bailey, first published in the National Horticultural Magazine in 1946.

  • Book Reviews*
    Featured: Bulbs for Garden Habitats, On Foreign Soil: American Gardeners Abroad, and Dogwoods.
    Special focus: Garden themes.
     
  • Conservationist’s Corner*
    An occasional look at programs and organized efforts to save and protect rare and endangered native flora. This month: Aiding endangered bees and other pollinators.
     
  • Regional Happenings
    Listings of lectures, flower shows, and other gardening events across the country. Featured: Cincinnati Flower & Farm Fest in New York’s Coney Island and new conference for independent plant breeders in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. CORRECTION: The Cincinnati Flower & Farm Fest is in Ohio’s Coney Island.
     
  • One on One With…
    Interviews with today’s leaders and trendsetters in gardening and horticulture. This issue: Paul Meyer, director of the Morris Arboretum.
     
  • Hardiness and Heat Zones and Pronunciations
    A guide to USDA Plant Hardiness and AHS Plant Heat Zones for most of the cultivated plants listed in each issue—and a user-friendly guide to pronouncing their botanical names.
     
  • River Farm Snapshot*
    A seasonal view from AHS headquarters.
You can gain access to the online version of this issue of The American Gardener AND get a printed copy of each bimonthly issue mailed to your home by becoming an American Horticultural Society (AHS) member today. Click here to learn about the many other benefits of AHS membership--the annual Free Seed Exchange, toll-free gardener's hotline, free and discounted admission to flower shows and botanical gardens, and much more--and for a membership application. To purchase a single copy of the magazine, click here. The American Gardener is also available through select vendors; ask your local newsstand for our publication.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) can be viewed
by non-members without a username and password.

Letters to the editor should be emailed to: editor@ahs.org or mailed to:
Editor, AHS,
7931 East Boulevard Drive,
Alexandria VA 22308. 

 

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