November/December 2006 - Volume 85, Number 6

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Features

• From Backyard to Big Time by Doreen G. Howard
  You don’t have to be a plant breeder to find and introduce a best-selling garden plant. Here are some tips for recognizing, protecting, and profiting from a new variety.
   

• Rocky Mountain Haiku by Tom Jenkins
  A Denver bonsai garden pays homage to nature, culture, and family.
   

• Angel’s Trumpets & Thornapples * by Rand B. Lee
  Divinely scented and beautiful in flower, plants in the genera Brugmansia and Datura are also steeped in legend and lore.
   

• Growing for Show by Ray Rogers
  The winner of hundreds of flower show ribbons offers a personal account of his experiences preparing plants for competition.
   

• Dangerously Pretty by Kris Wetherbee
  Warnings about plant toxicity are sometimes overstated, but there are a few truly poisonous plants you should know about, especially if you have children or pets.
   

• On the Road with AHS *
  Insights and updates about American horticulture and the AHS from AHS President Emeritus Katy Moss Warner as she travels across the United States and abroad.
   
• News from AHS *
  Updates on American Horticultural Society programs and events. In this issue: 2006 AHS Gala, changes to AHS Board of Directors, Children’s Garden makeover at River Farm, newest AHS Corporate Partner, APGA conference coming to Washington, D.C., new well for River Farm.
   
• AHS News Special: Fashion in Bloom*
  Highlights from this year’s plant industry displays at River Farm.
   
• AHS News Special: America in Bloom *
  Community beautification was celebrated at this year’s America in Bloom awards banquet in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
   
• Habitat Gardening
  The final article in a two-year series on how to create environmentally appropriate gardens that suit the needs of people and wildlife. This issue: The southwestern desert region.
   
• One on One With…
  Interviews with today’s leaders and trendsetters in gardening and horticulture. This issue: Rosalind Creasy, edible landscaping trailblazer.
   
• Gardener’s Notebook *
  Short, newsworthy articles on horticultural topics. This issue: Innovative holiday tree recycling in San Francisco, catmint is named 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year, Australian “fossil” tree now available, alcohol stunts bulb growth, aspen die-off puzzles researchers, awards for Anna Ball, David Lemon, and the Chicago Botanic Garden.
   
• Book Reviews *
  Featured: The Welcoming Garden: Designing Your Own Front Garden; Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web; and Gardening with Heirloom Seeds. Special focus: Books on public gardens.
   
• Gifts for the Gardener
  New and useful garden-related items for holiday gift-giving.
   
• Green Garage *
  A new series focusing on the AHS’s latest initiative to promote environmentally responsible gardening tools, supplies, and techniques. In this issue: Garden carts and wheelbarrows.
   
• Regional Happenings *
  Listings of lectures, flower shows, and other gardening events across the country. Featured: Hardy palm collection in Dallas.
   
• 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.
   
• 2006 Magazine Index *

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