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Volume 96, Number 1

. January / F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 7

F E A T U R E S

D E P A R T M E N T S

NOTES FROM RIVER FARM

MEMBERS’ FORUM

NEWS FROM THE AHS

New web address for the AHS, the AHS

and Cornell reissue guide to kids’ gardens,

order now from the AHS member

seed exchange, Colonial Williamsburg

Garden Symposium, Great Gardens

and Landscaping Symposium, get your

community involved with America in

Bloom, save the date for the annual AHS

Spring Garden Market.

page 12

GARDEN SOLUTIONS

Creating meadows the right way.

HOMEGROWN HARVEST

Rhubarb—a harbinger of spring.

TRAVELER’S GUIDE TO GARDENS

NEW PLANTS FOR 2017

BY CHARLOTTE GERMANE

Here’s a look at some new introductions for the coming year.

LIBRARIES GO TO SEED

BY EVA MONHEIM

Along with books and other media, public libraries are adding

seeds to their catalogs as a way to preserve genetic diversity and

boost gardening know-how.

THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF PLANTS

BY PAM LARSEN

Plants may be unable to run away from predators, yet many

species use airborne chemical messages to defend themselves and

warn neighboring plants of danger.

STATUESQUE PERENNIALS

BY C. COLSTON BURRELL

These stately bloomers provide dramatic contrasts and seasonal

color to gardens of every size.

CREATE A MINIATURE ROCK GARDEN

BY CAITLIN ATKINSON

Add natural style to your home this winter with a rock-and-sand

landscape inspired by traditional Japanese rock gardens.

Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory

and Botanical Gardens, Baltimore,

Maryland.

GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Habitat Network online tools aid home

gardeners in creating region-appropriate

landscapes, researchers develop tomatoes

that ﬂower two weeks early, plant blindness

phenomenon, “bomb-snifﬁng” plants.

GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK SPECIAL

Composting for community.

GREEN GARAGE

Lights for long winter nights.

BOOK REVIEWS

In Praise of Poison Ivy

and

Plant: Exploring the Botanical.

Special Focus:

Plant lore.

REGIONAL HAPPENINGS

2017 SEED EXCHANGE LIST

PRONUNCIATIONS AND HARDINESS

AND HEAT ZONES

PLANT IN THE SPOTLIGHT

C OU RT ES Y OF GA RD EN S OL UT IONS

Tall and colorful ‘Lemon Queen’, a hybrid perennial sunﬂower, graces a white picket

fence at Oakwood Gardens in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Photograph by Josh McCullough

ON THE COVER:

Fringed hibiscus

(Hibiscus schizopetalus).

Ja nu ary / F ebr uar y

2 017

HOMEGROWN

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AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Making America a Nation of Gardeners, a Land of Gardens

Board of Directors

C H AI R

F I R S T V I C E C H A IR M A N

SEC O N D V IC E C H A IR M A N

S E C R ET A R Y

TR E A S UR E R

I M M E D IA T E P A S T C HA I R

EX E C U TI V E C O M M I TT E E

Amy Bolton

alls Church, Virginia

Jane Diamantis

McDonald, Tennessee

Mary Pat Matheson

Atlanta, Georgia

Nancy Hargroves

Manakin Sabot, Virginia

J. Landon Reeve, IV

Woodbine, Maryland

Harry A. Rissetto, Esq.

alls Church, Virginia

Marcia Zech

Mercer Island, Washington

Tim Conlon

Dubuque, Iowa

Laura Dowling

Alexandria, Virginia

Skipp Calvert

Alexandria, Virginia

Tom Johnson

Washington, D.C.

Louis B. Lynn

Columbia, South Carolina

Terry Hayes

Woodinville, Washington

Rachel Muir

Arden, North Carolina

Nancy Ross

Englewood, Florida

Holly Shimizu

Glen Echo, Maryland

Ed Snodgrass

Street, Maryland

E X EC U TI V E D I R EC T O R

Erich Veitenheimer

Alexandria, Virginia

PR E SI DE N T E ME RI T U S

Tom Underwood

Katy Moss Warner

President’s Council

The President’s Council is comprised of dedicated members whose annual support makes many of the Society’s programs possible,

from youth gardening activities to horticultural awards programs.

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE

($25,000+) Mr. and Mrs. George Diamantis

Ms. Katy Moss Warner

Mr. and Mrs. Klaus Zech

Mrs. Elisabeth C.

LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY CIRCLE

($10,000-$24,999) Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Calvert, III

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Conlon

Dudley

Ms. Catherine M. Hayes

Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Rissetto, Esq.

Mr. Thomas E. Johnson and Mrs. Julianne Mueller

Mr. and Mrs. J. Landon Reeve, IV Mr. C. Hugh Stephens

Mr. and Mrs. Neil

bonnieplants.com/app

HAUPT CIRCLE

($5,000-$9,999) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davison

Morris

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicolai

SUSTAINER’S CIRCLE

($2,500-$4,999) Mrs. Lynda A. Bachman

Ms. Amy Bolton and Mr. Philip Schoene Mr. and Mrs. Andy Daniel

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ernest Mr. Joseph Errington and Mr. William Pullen Ms. Inger Fair Dr. Amy Goldman Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Joel

Goldsmith Mr. Thomas Gibian and Ms. Christina Grady Dr. and Mrs. William O. Hargrove Ms. Erika Huddleston Dr. and Mrs.

Louis B. Lynn Mrs. Karen H. Meyer Ms. Julie Overbeck Mr. David D. Parrish Dr. Erich E. Veitenheimer and Mr. Andrew Cariaso

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allocca Mrs. Leslie S. Ariail Mr. and Mrs.

David Asaibene Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baillie Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Barnes, III Dr. and Mrs. William E. Barrick Mr. Robert A.

Bartlett, Jr. Mrs. Ritchie Battle Mrs. Katherine M. Belk Dr. Sherran Blair Mrs. Joan April Blazich Mrs. Fern Bowman Mr. and

Mrs. Michael T. Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Burke, III Mr. and Mrs. Allen W. Bush Mrs. Barbara L. Carr Mrs. Torrey Matheson

Cooke Dr. Karen Davis and Mr. Richard Davis Ms. Catherine Eberbach Ms. Katherine B. Edwards and Mr. John A. Ronveaux Dr.

Carol K. Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Carl Estes Ms. Megan Evans Mrs. Cherie H. Flores Dr. and Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. Ms. Mary

Ann Franklin Mr. and Mrs. A. Michael Gellman Mr. Gerald T. Halpin Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Hargroves Mrs. Martha Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Heiler Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Hess Ms. Jadwiga Hoffmann Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huddleston Mr. Philip Huey

Ms. Patricia Kitchings Mr. Charles J. and Dr. Dancy Kittrell Mrs. Virginia Korteweg Ms. Mary A. Lambert Mrs. Carolyn Marsh

Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. James F. Masterson Ms. Mary T. McConnell Ms. Elizabeth D. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Montgomery,

Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Morris Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray Mr. Arnold Orr Mr. and Mrs. Al Osman Ms. Beverly Pierson

Mrs. Lynn C. Rhomberg Ms. Stephanie L. Rodden and Mr. John Cienki Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Ross Ms. Rachael A. Rowland and

Mr. Michael Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. James A. Runde Mr. and Mrs. Doug Scovanner Mr. and Mrs. Osamu Shimizu Mr. Richard

P. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Smith, Jr. Ms. Kathleen A. Smithgall Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tunis Mr. and Mrs. Tom

Underwood Mrs. Jane Underwood Mr. Joe Viar, Jr. and Ms. Bonnie Christ Mr. and Mrs. John P. Vikesland Mr. and Mrs. Robert

D. Volk Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Walton Ms. Katherine J. Ward Ms. Elizabeth M. Wehrle Mrs. Dudley B. White Mrs. Corinne

Winburn Dr. John A. Wott

HONORARY PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL

(in memoriam)

Ms. Louise Fruehling

COUNCIL MEMBER’S CIRCLE

($1,000-$2,499) Ms. E. Pauline Adams

Mrs. Enid Haupt

Mrs. John A. Lutz

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Miller

Ms. Wilma L. Pickard

Corporate Members

Bonnie Plants

The Care of Trees

Chapel Valley Landscape Company

OXO

The Espoma Company Osmocote

Corona, Inc.

Horticultural Partners

America In Bloom

Bellingrath Gardens & Home The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Cox Arboretum Metropark

Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens The Gardeners of America/Men’s Garden Clubs of America

The Omni Homestead

Wegerzyn Gardens Foundation

Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium Inniswood Garden Society

the American Gardener

NOTES FROM RIVER FARM

GARDENER

E DI TO R

The American

David J. Ellis

M AN AG IN G E D IT O R A N D A RT DIRECT OR

Mary Yee

AS SO CI AT E E DI T OR

signal that a new year is upon us. For me, one of the most

tangible signs is replacing last year’s calendar with a crisp new 2017 edi-

tion. I have a favorite calendar from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation

that I seek out each year. Each month features a photo of a different property within

the state that exemplifies the work the Foundation is doing to preserve open space. In

addition to providing beautiful scenery, it reminds me of the important role that our

River Farm headquarters plays in the protection and public enjoyment of scenic, green,

open spaces. Incidentally, a portion of River Farm is, in

fact, protected by an open space easement with the Vir-

ginia Outdoors Foundation that dates to the early years

of the Society’s ownership of the property in the 197os.

I suspect that you may have a calendar of your

own that has special meaning—perhaps serving as a

reminder of something that is particularly important

to you (like mine), perhaps evoking thoughts of other

places or activities (maybe gardening or travel?) that

you dream of, or even offering a bit of comic relief that

brightens your day. Regardless of what sort of inspira-

tion your calendar provides, it is hard to avoid opening

the page to January without thinking of at least one New Year’s resolution. With

that in mind, I’m going to take this opportunity to offer a few suggestions for your

consideration as you map out your goals and plans for 2017:

ANY THINGS

Viveka Neveln

E DI TO RI A L IN T ER N

Lynn Brinkley

CO N T RI BU T IN G E D IT O R

Rita Pelczar

CO N T RI BU T IN G W RI T E R

Carole Ottesen

E D IT O RI AL A DV I SOR Y B OARD

C H A IR

Ethne Clarke

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Linda Askey

Birmingham, Alabama

Julie Chai

Mountain View, California

Mary Irish

San Antonio, Texas

Panayoti Kelaidis

Denver, Colorado

Charlie Nardozzi

Burlington, Vermont

Denny Schrock

Ames, Iowa

Jessica Walliser

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kris Wetherbee

Oakland, Oregon

C ON TA CT U S

If you don’t already, make a commitment to volunteer your time and talent to

a local gardening organization. You’ll have the chance to meet some great people

and you’ll be making a real difference in your community.

Make it a priority to cross some things off your garden “bucket list.” Whether

visiting an outstanding garden, attending an exceptional lecture or show, or taking

the side trip to visit that specialty nursery you’ve always heard about, following

your passion can bring immeasurable satisfaction.

“Pay it forward” by taking the time to share your interest in plants and gardens

with a young person. We hear countless stories of how people acquired their interest

in gardening from a parent, grandparent, friend, or teacher. A few moments of your

time can go a long way towards fostering values and interests that last a lifetime.

Plant for pollinators, encourage good bugs, and reflect on all you do with an eye towards

ratcheting up your commitment to sustainable environmental practices in your garden.

Spend more time outside and in the garden. You’ll not only get a lot done, but

you’ll feel better for having done it!

Whatever your resolutions may be, we’ll do our best to help you stay on track

with the information and inspiration you need. With that in mind, this issue of

The American Gardener

brims with features and stories to help kick start the new

year. These include our annual roundup of new plants coming into the market

in 2017, a special feature on the growing popularity of seed libraries, and some

creative ideas on how to make big and bold perennials work for you.

Here’s to a rewarding new gardening year!

Tom Underwood

Executive Director

The American Gardener

7931 East Boulevard Drive

Alexandria, VA 22308

(703) 768-5700

editor@ahsgardening.org

advertising@ahsgardening.org

ED I TO RI AL

A DV E RT IS I N G

The American Gardener

(ISSN 1087-9978) is published bimonthly

(January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/

October, November/December) by the American Horticultural Soci-

ety, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308-1300, (703)

768-5700. Membership in the Society includes a subscription to

The American Gardener.

Annual dues are $35; international dues

are $55. $10 of annual dues goes toward magazine subscription.

Periodicals postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia, and at additional

mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send Form 3579 to

The American

Gardener,

7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308-1300.

Botanical nomenclature is based on

The American Horticultural

Society A–Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants,

A Synonymized Check-

list of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada and Greenland

and on the

Royal Horticultural Society Index of Garden Plants.

Opinions

expressed in the articles are those of the authors and are not necessar-

ily those of the Society. Manuscripts, artwork, and photographs sent

for possible publication will be returned if accompanied by a self-ad-

dressed, stamped envelope. We cannot guarantee the safe return of

unsolicited material. Back issues are available at $8 per copy.

Printed in the U.S.A.

January / February

2017

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