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TREE HUNTERS Tall Tales from America's Woods GINGER LILIES PRAIRIE NURSERIES Com i ng of age CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWERS Theodore Payne's legacy TREE HUNTERS Tall tales from America's woods GINGER LILIES Exotic, fragrant, and adaptable Wor[o[ife PreeJervation Founoation™ announces the development of a new tropical garden oasis. Lovers of travel and gardens will soon have a new and exotic venue to visit the objects of their admiration. The World life Preservation Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Hawai'i, is set to break ground on a 200 acre site on the picturesque eastern shore of the island of O'ahu. Anuenue Gardens will be the largest and most innovative private garden in the islands. As well as being a center for the propagation and preservation of many rare and exotic floral species, the gardens will also play host to WPF's exotic and rare animal programs, as well. More than 1,000 birds, reptiles, primates, and small mammals will live in spacious habitats scaped with vines, shrubs, trees, and flowers from their regions of origin. These gardens of extraordinary beauty are being created as we look back at how we humans have managed the gifts of our world Become a Worldlife and what we should do differently as a new millennium dawns. As January 1-2001 approaches, we are deciding-in large numbers­ member TODAY! that we must learn more about the needs of this living planet and and receive: teach each other how to nurture and care for our earth and all its ./ 1 yr. subscription to "Stepping diverse and incredibly beautiful inhabitants. Stones", WPF's bi-monthly newsletter, ONE OF THE VERY SPECIAL FEATURES PLANNED ./' Quarterly color journal The FOR THESE GARDENS: ./ Special offers on seeds & Bamboo Hideaway Retreat Center will be available for: plants of rare and exotic plants Weddings & Receptions-Seminars & Workshops with 24 bungalows for guests Members & Homesteaders ™ needed now to help make We need more beautifu' reJtjul placeJ in our these gardens grow. communitieJ where we can go to remember our Joul. GardenJ are jll<ft Juch placeJ. Won't you help? Anuenue (pronounced a-new-eh-new-eh) is the I"'lawaiian word for rainbow, where every color we can see is displayed in brilliance-if only we will learn to look closely and appreciate. Anuenue Gardens has been designed to be a center of education as well as preservation. It is our goal to reach out and connect natl"lre lovers from one end of our world to the other. Be sure to visit our website at www.worldlife.com UENUE GARDENS-A PLACE OF HORTICULTURAL, ZOOLOGICAL, AND SPIRITUAL BeAUTY ~~m~~~ 710 Lunalilo St. Ste.601 Honolulu, HI 96813 ~ 808/348/4211 ~ [email protected] co n t e n t s Volume 78, Number 6 November/December 1999 DEPARTMENTS An Inside Look 4 The Theodore Payne Foundation 26 Members' Forum 5 by Karan Davis Cutler Bees in the ga1rden) anemones) Wild GMrdeners. This California native plant organization carries on the legacy of its founder, an Englishman who News from AHS 7 helped teach Americans how to appreciate the Nominations f01r AHS awards) Ornamental diversity ofplants in the Golden State. Plant Germplasm Center, George Washington. Focus 14 Prairie Nurseries 35 Winter can be a brutal time fo r outdo01r plants by Dave Egan no matter where you gr;wden. Swept up in the nationwide resurgence of interest in native plants) some prairie nurseries have Offshoots 19 experienced growing pains. Patience pays off in a California garden. Gardeners Information Service 20 Ginger Lilies 40 Ornamental citrus) China doll) arum family. by Tom Wood These colO1rful) often fragrant) exotic perennials in Mail-Order Explorer 21 the ginger family are striking planted outdoors in Garden Perennials. mild regions and elsewhere in containers. Urban Gardener 22 In Search of Big Trees 46 Growing plants in hype1rtufa containers. by Guy Sternberg Book Reviews 52 A handful of dedicated woodsmen are responsible Biology offlowe rs) restoring historic gardens) for 1recording America)s champion trees) but anyone native landscaping. can get involved on a regional level. Regional Happenings 56 Prairie exhibit at the National Zoo) formal opening at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden) z lecture on g raveyard gardening in Atlanta. <>: It: It: On the cover: Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri) is one OJ Hardiness and Heat Zones 61 v of many native California wildflowers growing on the I ~ and Pronunciations property of the Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley) :5 v 1999 Index 62 California. Photograph by Claire Curran. American Horticultural Society 7931 East BottleJlm·d Drive • Alexandria, VA 22308-1300 (703) 768-5700..., Wll1w.ahs.01;g an In side look ~ The American Horticultural Society (ARS) educates and inspires people of all ages to become successful and environmentally 1'esp01'Hible atching our four-year-old granddaughter, gardmers by advancing the art Sarah Anchors Cathey, learning to COllJ.1t and science of hort-icuiture. W is a most affirming experience for a "So­ cial Security-plus" person. With all the new teclmo­ ~ logical advancements we have, children are still using PRESIDENT/CEO their fingers and toes to grasp the addition of num­ LINDA D. HALLMAN bers-Sarah's calculation of her digits comes to a BOARD OF DIRECTORS comforting 20. Officers 1998-1999 Like children, gardeners and nature lovers often KATI Moss WARNER, CHAIRMAN La:ke Bllena Vista, Florida retain a fascination with numbers and statistics. They NAl'\lCY S. THOMAS,F:IRST VICE CHAIRMAN find joy in learning what is the smallest, tallest, broad­ Houstorl, Texas est, hardiest, and oldest. In this issue, Guy Sternberg PAUL ECKE JR., SECOND VICE CHAm,I\1AN gives us an inside look at what inspires people to iden­ Encinitas, California tifY and publicize America's champion trees, which WILLIAM A. PUSEY, SEORETABY Washiugton, D.G. are truly living national treasures. CHARL~HENRYSNUTHJ~,TREASURER Looking back through the years to the early Middleburg, Virginia decades of this century, Karan Davis Cutler tells us about another giant of the plant world, SHERMAN ADLER Theodore Payile. This expat:J.iated Englishman fell in love with California wildflowers and West PlIlm Beach, Florida devoted his life to grovving and popularizing tl1em. To this day, the non-profit fOllJ.1da­ L.M. BAKER JR. tion that bears his name is carrying on his legacy by propagating native wildflowers and Winston-Salem, Nonh Caroli1la teaching people their importance in gardens and in the wild. WILLIAM E. BARRICK, PH.D. IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN Numbers also figure prominently in David Egan's article about the evolution ofprairie Pine MOlmtll.in, GemlJia nw-series from the environmental ferment of the early 1970s to today. From small nurs­ KATHSRINE MCKAy BELK eries catering to die-hard regional plant enthusiasts, some nurselies that specialize in prairie Charlotte, North Carolina plants have evolved into major companies supplying millions of prairie plants to clients JAMES L. CORFIELD Geneva, Illi'lOis throughout North America and overseas. ARABELLA S. DANE With tropical and subtropical plants, the important numbers for gardeners are often Basta", Massachltsetts USDA hardiness and AHS heat zones. Nw-sery owner Tom Wood shares his love of gin­ JOMN ALEX FLOYD JR. ger lilies (H edychiumspp. ). These colorfully-flowered plants can be grown outdoors year­ Bi,.,ninghatn, Alabama rollJ.1d mainly in USDA Zones 7 to 11 and AHS Zones 12 to 8, but need to be treated DOROTHY T. IRELAND Birmingham, Alabama as tender peremuals or planted in containers elsewhere in North America. WILLIAM R. MARKEN The topic of our Focus section is one of concern to all gardeners: Preventing \ovinter in­ Us Altos, Califol"1,ia jury to plants. Unpredictable weather conditions in tl1e last several years have caused gar­ THEODORE R. MARSTON deners to re-evaluate the hardiness and heat tolerance of all their plants. We examine winter Kirklatld, Washington injw-y problems region by region and suggest ways to reduce or prevent damage. EGON MOLBAK Seattle, Washington Finally, to mark the 200th amuversary of the death of George Washington, we're tak­ CAROL C. MORRISON ing a look back at the ornamental gardens the First Farmer developed at MOllJ.1t Vernon Palatine, llli.lOis and how they have been restored today. While Washington apparently grew only agricul­ VALERlE L. THOMAS Alexandria, Vi'lJinia tural crops on tl1e land now known as River Farm-tl1e American Horticultural Society'S HOWARD McK TUCKER headquarters-we believe he would be proud of the gardens that now grace our grollJ.1ds. Alexalllu-ia, Vi'lJillia Learning to t:J.-anslate all these numbers into useful knowledge and information will be JEANNE SHIELDS one of the major challenges of the next millermium. Ifyou need an interested and able stu­ Gree1>ville, Delaware dent, please get in touch. We are training one the old-fashioned way-fingers and toes first. SUSIE USREY Dayton, Oregon Ever in green, ROBERT D. YOLK San MII1·i.lO, California ~ PRESIDENT EMERITUS DR. H . MARC CATHEY -H. Marc Cathey, ARS President Emeritus 4 THE AMERICAN GARDENER November/December 1999 THE AMERICAN members' GARDENER ED1TOR DAVID j. ELLIS MANAGING EDITOR MARYYEE rum ASSOCIATE EDITOR RITA PELCZAR COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT MARGA.R.ET T. BAIRD PUZZLING PERSPECTIVE slow, steady movements with hand prwlers, DESIGN AND ART DlREeTlON I have visited Thuya Gardens in Maine being careful not to bump or jostle the JOSEPH YACINSKI DESIGN many, many times as we go to Northeast hive. This is best done before sunrise or ~ Harbor on our sailboat every summer. I after sunset-when the bees have bedded EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD looked and looked at the photograph on down for tlle night. If a hive of honeybees . JOHN ALEX FLOYD JR., CHAIR page 46 of "Acadian Adventure" in the needs to be removed, most beekeepers will Birmingham, AJabama July/August issue, then I looked some be more tllarl happy to take it.
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