Volume 91, Number 1- January/February 2012

• New for 2012 by Mary Yee
  Here’s a look at some of the new plants that will be available this spring, with recommended varieties from regional gardening experts who have successfully grown them.
   
• Maintaining an Edge by Rita Pelczar
  Edgings physically separate and define spaces in the landscape and can contribute significant style to a garden.
   
• Alluring Jasmines by Rand B. Lee
  Beloved by poets, perfumers, and gardeners, jasmines bring mystery and sensuality to any home or garden.
   
• Latitude Adjustment by Frank Hyman
  To locate plants adaptable to different areas of North America, plant hunters target “sister regions” - parts of the world with similar climates and soils.
  
  Web special: Drifting Continents, Roving Glaciers, and Asa Gray

Departments

• Notes from River Farm
  Insights and updates about American horticulture and the AHS from Board of Directors Chair Harry Rissetto and Executive Director Tom Underwood.
   
• Members’ Forum
  Reader letters to the editor.
   
• News from AHS
  Updates on American Horticultural Society programs and events. In this issue: American Horticultural Society celebrates 90th anniversary, grant awarded to the AHS to fund digital archive of AHS periodicals, 2012 seed exchange catalog available for members, East Coast spring gardening symposiums, new member password for AHS website, register your community for 2012 America in Bloom competition.
   
• AHS Members Making a Difference
  Exploring the diverse background of AHS members. In this issue: Samuel Salsbury and Sabrena Schweyer.
   
• Garden Solutions
  Horticulturist Scott Aker offers holistic solutions for common challenges facing home gardeners. This issue: Preventive pruning for woody plants.
   
• Homegrown Harvest
  Vegetables, herbs, and other plants that can be grown for fresh food in the home garden. In this issue: Shallots.
   
• Gardener’s Notebook
  Short, newsworthy articles on horticultural topics. This issue: Research finds fungi and plant roots negotiate for scarce resources, sterile burning bush developed, night-blooming orchid discovered, grant supports manual to assist American Chestnut Foundation, new network to study effects of climate change on plants, legacy of Garden Conservancy founder Frank Cabot.
   
• Book Reviews
  Featured: Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs, Designing with Conifers, and One Writer’s Garden.
  Special focus: Books offering expert gardening advice.
   
• Traveler’s Guide to Gardens •NEW•
  A new column focusing on lesser-known public gardens in North America worth visiting. This issue: The gardens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
   
• Regional Happenings
  Listings of lectures, flower shows, and other gardening events across the country.
   
• 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.
   
• Plant in the Spotlight
  A closer look at selected plants. This issue: Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’.

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