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contents Volume 85, Number 2 . March / April 2006 F EATURES DEPARTMEN T S 5 NOTES FROM RIVER FARM 6 MEMBERS’ FORUM 8 NEWS FROM AHS AHS receives grant for Master Plan, AHS partners with green roof group, River Farm to be part of Historic Garden Week in Virginia, Chapel Valley is new Corporate Partner, AHS Horticultural Partner TGOA/MGCA plans national convention in South Carolina, new youth garden internship available at River Farm, AHS co-sponsors Williamsburg Symposium. 12 AHS NEWS SPECIAL: 2006 GREAT AMERICAN GARDENER AWARDS Meet this year’s 12 award recipients. papagege 18 16 AHS NEWS SPECIAL: 2006 BOOK AWARDS Here are five garden books of merit. 18 BY PAMELA THOMAS NATIVE BULBS 44 ONE ON ONE WITH… Try some of these unusual and notewor- Whitney Cranshaw, entomologist. thy native geophytes, which are suited to a variety of gardens. 46 HABITAT GARDENING Southern prairies and plains. 24 THE GARDENER TRANSPLANTED 48 GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK BY DOREEN G. HOWARD 2006 award-winning plants for Midwest, When it comes time to move, here’s garden groups partner on national plant some sound advice for gardeners on how database, study finds that plants produce to transport plants long distances and page 29 greenhouse gas, nurseries create brand for adapt to new climate zones. retail sales of native plants, ecoscaping pro- gram offered by Wild Ones, Virginia’s Nor- folk Botanic Garden designated a historic site. 29 HEAVENLY JACOB’S LADDERS BY RAND B. LEE The understated beauty of Jacob’s ladders adds charm to wood- 52 GREEN GARAGE® land and rock gardens. Good hand tools are essential for smart gardening. 34 BY LINDA ASKEY N TEXAS’S FIRST LADY OF HERBS 54 BOOK REVIEWS Madalene Hill has spent a lifetime promoting the benefits of Outside the Not So Big House, Begonias, and herbs for culinary, medicinal, and ornamental use. The New Garden Paradise. Special focus: Gardening with edible plants. 38 BY SHEPHERD OGDEN CREATING A KITCHEN GARDEN 57 REGIONAL HAPPENINGS An expert reveals how to create and maintain a beautiful and pro- 61 ductive vegetable garden from start to finish. HARDINESS AND HEAT ZONES AND PRONUNCIATIONS 62 RIVER FARM SNAPSHOT ON THE COVER: Gardener Shepherd Ogden shows off a bumper harvest from his 1,500-square- Signs of spring: Flowering winterhazel. TOP: CAROL AND HUGH NOURSE. CENTER: BILL JOHNSO foot kitchen garden in Pennsylvania. Photograph by Rob Cardillo March / April 2006 3 AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 7931 East Boulevard Drive Alexandria, VA 22308-1300 (800) 777-7931 fax (703) 768-8700 www.ahs.org Making America a Nation of Gardeners, a Land of Gardens American Horticultural Society President’s Council PRESIDENT Katy Moss Warner CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ariail, Jr. ■ Mr. Bill Barry ■ Mr. Board of Directors and Mrs. Kurt Bluemel ■ Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Dane ■ Mrs. Judy Daniel ■ Mrs. Dawn Ford ■ Mr. Gerald T. Halpin ■ Mrs. Minako Henderson ■ Mr. CHAIRMAN Arabella S. Dane Center Harbor, New Hampshire and Mrs. James S. Hutchinson ■ Mr. Robert E. Malesardi ■ Ms. Nancy FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN Brian E. Holley Cleveland, Ohio Petersen ■ Ms. Barbara Robinson ■ Mrs. Deen Day Sanders ■ Mr. Phil Snyder SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN Don E. Riddle, Jr. Davidsonville, Maryland ■ Mr. Arnold Steiner ■ Mr. Robert Stohler ■ Mr. and Mrs. W. Bruce Usrey ■ SECRETARY Albin MacDonough Plant Baltimore, Maryland Mrs. Pauline Vollmer ■ Ms. Claire Watson TREASURER Christine Perdue Middleburg, Virginia IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Kurt Bluemel Baldwin, Maryland LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY ASSOCIATES Ms. Sue Dick ■ Mrs. Elisabeth C. Dudley ■ Mr. A. Michael Gellman ■ Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Lynch ■ Dr. and Mrs. David GENERAL COUNSEL William A. Pusey Arlington, Virginia E. Morrison ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ken Mountcastle ■ Mr. and Mrs. J. Landon Leslie Ariail Alexandria, Virginia ■ Allan M. Armitage Athens, Georgia ■ William E. Barrick, Ph.D. Theodore, Reeve IV ■ Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Riddle, Jr. ■ Mr. Timothée Sallin ■ Jeanne ■ ■ Alabama ■ Katherine Belk-Cook Charlotte, North Carolina ■ Katherine Stark Bull Washington, D.C. ■ John Shields Ms. Katy Moss Warner Ms. Harriet Zbikowski Alex Floyd, Jr. Trussville, Alabama ■ Joel Goldsmith Gilroy, California ■ Beverly Hanselman Nashville, HAUPT ASSOCIATES Dr. and Mrs. William E. Barrick ■ Mr. and Mrs. C. Tennessee ■ Carole Hofley Wilson, Wyoming ■ Natasha Hopkinson New York, New York ■ Margaret Kulp William Black ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bogle ■ Mr. Richard C. and Mrs. Louisville, Kentucky ■ Melissa R. Marshall Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ■ Carol C. Morrison Palatine, Illinois ■ Katherine Stark Bull ■ Dr. and Mrs. H. Marc Cathey ■ Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Landon Reeve IV Woodbine, Maryland ■ Harry A. Rissetto, Esq. Falls Church, Virginia ■ Felder Rushing W. Hanselman ■ Mrs. Carole S. Hofley ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kulp, Jr. ■ Jackson, Mississippi ■ William Seale, Jr. Alexandria, Virginia ■ Jeanne Shields Greenville, Delaware ■ Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Matheson, Jr. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Harold McClendon, Jr. Arnold Steiner Birmingham, Alabama ■ Steven Still Hilliard, Ohio ■ Howard McK. Tucker Alexandria, ■ Ms. Christine Perdue ■ Mr. Paul H. Pusey ■ Ms. Michele Richardson ■ Virginia ■ Susie Usrey Dayton, Oregon ■ Robert D. Volk San Marino, California ■ Harry A. Rissetto, Esq. ■ Dr. and Mrs. George E. Staehle ■ Mr. John Wm. Daryl Williams Lake Buena Vista, Florida Thomas and Mrs. Valerie Thomas ■ Mr. Howard McK. Tucker and Ms. Megan Evans ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Volk 2006 Advisory Council Beverly Hanselman, Nashville, Tennessee – Chair PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Angino ■ Nancy J. Becker, M.D. ■ Mrs. Katherine Belk-Cook ■ Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Benedict ■ Mr. Clarissa Bonde, Washington D.C. Robert and Joanna Martin, Menlo Park, Colorado Phillip Bermingham ■ Dr. Joel Birnbaum ■ Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr. ■ Dr. Walter Bull, Columbia, South Carolina Mrs. Malcolm Matheson, Mt. Vernon, Virginia Sherran Blair ■ Count and Countess Peder Bonde ■ Mrs. Anne Bucher ■ Mr. Elaine Burden, Middleburg, Virginia Egon Molbak, Bellevue, Washington and Mrs. Cason Callaway, Jr. ■ Mrs. Susan M. Cargill ■ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patty Bush, St. Louis, Missouri Dean Norton, Mt. Vernon, Virginia E. Carr ■ Mr. and Mrs. James L. Corfield ■ Mr. and Mrs. Edward Daisey ■ Dr. H. Marc Cathey, Silver Spring, Maryland Nancy Keen Palmer, Nashville, Tennessee Mr. and Mrs. James F. Delano ■ Ms. Doris Diman ■ William P. G. Dodson, Fred Clapp, Alexandria, Virginia Bob Patterson, Washington D.C. D.D.S. ■ Mrs. Robert Duemling ■ Mrs. Beverley W. Dunn ■ Dr. and Mrs. Russell Clark, Boston, Massachusetts Dr. Julia W. Rappaport, Santa Ana, California John A. Floyd, Jr. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Garcia ■ Prudence Gilmore ■ Mr. Bartie Cole, Owings Mills, Maryland Deen Day Sanders, Norcross, Georgia John Sward Gleiber ■ Mr. and Mrs. Joel Goldsmith ■ Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jim Corfield, Geneva, Illinois David Shultz, St. Cloud, Florida Guy, IV ■ Mrs. Richard W. Hamming ■ Dr. and Mrs. William O. Hargrove Virginia Hill Daisey, Dedham, Massachusetts Josephine Shanks, Houston, Texas ■ Mr. and Mrs. Max Hartl ■ Mr. and Mrs. Brent Heath ■ Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Dane, Center Harbor, New Hampshire Barbara Shea, Baltimore, Maryland Richard F. Hohlt ■ Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Holley ■ Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. David and Kitty Ferguson, Westwood, Massachusetts Holly Shimizu, Glen Echo, Maryland Holmstrom ■ Mrs. Elizabeth Hooff ■ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hopkinson ■ Mr. Ben Griswold, Glyndon, Maryland Charles Henry Smith, Jr., Middleburg, Virginia Philip Huey ■ Mr. Henry Jameson ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Lindsay ■ Ms. Henry Jameson, East Sound, Washington Regina Smith, Middleburg, Virginia Joann Luecke ■ Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Marshall ■ Mrs. Dorothy Marston Dr. Richard W. Lighty, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Nancy Thomas, Houston, Texas ■ Mr. George Cole S. McCray ■ Mrs. Rachel L. Mellon ■ Mrs. Rosalyn Carolyn Marsh Lindsay, Ponte Vedra, Florida Bryan Thomlison, Haddonfield, New Jersey Milbrandt ■ Mr. and Mrs. Egon Molbak ■ Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Moore ■ Mickey Lynch, Dunmore, Pennsylvania Pauline Vollmer, Baltimore, Maryland Mr. and Mrs. William J. Moss ■ Mrs. Shirley Ann Nicolai ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Malesardi, Easton, Maryland Joyce and Harvey White, Nashville, Tennessee William G. Pannill ■ Mr. and Mrs. Albin MacDonough Plant ■ Mrs. Charles Stu McMichael and Lucinda Crabtree, Joannah Williams, Sebring, Florida Price ■ Mr. and Mrs. William A. Pusey ■ Mr. and Mrs. William Seale, Jr. ■ Falls Church, Virginia Sheryl Wood, Middleburg, Virginia Mrs. Josephine M. Shanks ■ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Smith, Jr. ■ Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spencer ■ Mrs. Juliet Sproul ■ Mr. Harold Stahly ■ Ms. Lida Corporate Partners M. Stifel ■ Dr. and Mrs. Steven Still ■ Mr. and Mrs. John B. Strasenburgh ■ ■ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tilles ■ Mr. Joe Viar ■ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. White ■ ■ The Care of Trees Chapel Valley Landscape Company Cherry Lake Tree Farm ■ Mr. and Mrs. John W. White, Sr. ■ Mr. and Mrs. D. Anderson Williams ■ ™ DK Publishing ■ EarthBox ■ Green Industry Yellow Pages ■ Homestead Gardens Mrs. Marilyn B. Wilson Kurt Bluemel, Inc. ■ Monrovia ■ NaturaLawn of America ■ Osmocote Thompson & Morgan HONORARY PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Mrs. Enid A. Haupt ■ Mrs. John A. Lutz ■ Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Miller Horticultural Partners America in Bloom ■ Bellingrath Gardens & Home ■ Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Garden Symposium ■ Communities in Bloom ■ Cox Arboretum ■ Epcot International Flower & Garden Effective February 1, the 2006 Festival ■ The Gardeners of America/Men’s Garden Clubs of America ■ Green Roofs for Healthy Cities ■ Great Southern