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WILD GREENS by CAROLE OTTESEN Harvesting Edible Weeds from the Garden Makes Weeding a Much 58 PRONUNCIATIONS and HARDINESS More Satisfying Experience contents Volume 95, Number 6 . November / December 2016 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 5 NOTES FROM RIVER FARM 6 MEMBERS’ FORUM 8 NEWS FROM THE AHS Coalition of American Plant Societies meeting, upcoming trip to Connecticut for AHS President’s Council members. 10 AHS NEWS SPECIAL America in Bloom 2016 Award winners. 11 AHS MEMBERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Mary Rose Ruffini. 40 GARDEN SOLUTIONS Making pest and disease control more effective. 42 HOMEGROWN HARVEST page 13 Luscious lemongrass. 44 TRAVELER’S GUIDE TO GARDENS 13 VERSATILE HOLDING BEDS BY LINDA ASKEY Shangri La Gardens Do you have more plants than you know what to do with right & Nature Center, now? Create a holding bed—a temporary nursery—to care for Orange, Texas. them until you can place them in the garden. 46 GARDENER’S pagepage 4444 NOTEBOOK 18 DIVINE DAPHNES BY PAUL LEE CANNON Berries for the New Year, solving spring This diverse genus of showy flowering shrubs is prized for the flowering puzzle, Burpee funds White heavenly fragrance of many species. House Kitchen Garden, new names for familiar gardens, Garden Conservancy to restore Jensen garden in Chicago. 24 GUERRILLA GARDENING BY PATRICIA A. TAYLOR Though technically illegal, gardens planted on other people’s property 50 GREEN GARAGE are enriching communities around the country in inspiring ways. A potpourri of useful products. 52 BOOK REVIEWS 28 BAMBOOS WITH BOUNDARIES BY JULIE BAWDEN-DAVIS The Bold Dry Garden and Urban Forests. Clumping bamboos, which don’t spread like their infamous run- Special Focus: Indoor gardening. away counterparts, allow gardeners to enjoy the beauty and grace of these giant members of the grass family. 54 GIFTS FOR THE GARDENER 56 REGIONAL HAPPENINGS 34 WILD GREENS BY CAROLE OTTESEN Harvesting edible weeds from the garden makes weeding a much 58 PRONUNCIATIONS AND HARDINESS more satisfying experience. AND HEAT ZONES 60 2016 MAGAZINE INDEX ON THE COVER: ‘Summer Ice’ is a variegated selection of hybrid daphne (Daphne transatlantica) with fragrant, pale pink flowers that bloom in late spring and again in late summer or early fall. 62 PLANT IN THE SPOTLIGHT TOP: COURTESY OF GAYLE CHATFIELD. RIGHT: SHANGRI LA GARDENS & NATURE CENTER Photograph by Josh McCullough Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria). November / December 2016 3 The American NOTES CFROM RIVER FARM GARDENER EDITOR David J. Ellis MANAGING EDITOR AND ART DIRECTOR Mary Yee ASSOCIATE EDITOR Viveka Neveln S THE WEATHER turns colder, I find myself in a contemplative mood. I EDITORIAL INTERN have been pondering the questions of why we garden and what this in- Lynn Brinkley terest in cultivating plants says about us. Of course there are probably as CONTRIBUTING EDITOR A many answers to these questions as there are gardeners, but if I had to generalize, Rita Pelczar I would guess that the most common responses would fall into two camps: one CONTRIBUTING WRITER relating to various personal benefits and the other to the “greater good.” Carole Ottesen So, perhaps you garden because you simply find it fun and relaxing, or for the EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD freshness, flavor, and nutrition of homegrown food. CHAIR Ethne Clarke You might also garden to contribute to a greener, Colorado Springs, Colorado healthier world through creating pollinator habitat Linda Askey or planting trees. Maybe it’s become a fulfilling liveli- Birmingham, Alabama hood. What else would you add? Julie Chai Mountain View, California I believe that all gardeners—no matter why they gar- Mary Irish den—are optimistic people. Hand in hand with this op- San Antonio, Texas timism is an inherent passion, anticipation, and curiosity Panayoti Kelaidis about the future. What does the next season hold? How Denver, Colorado will next year’s bloom or harvest compare to this year’s? Charlie Nardozzi What hue will that flower be when the bud opens? Burlington, Vermont This horticultural optimism and vision often spurs us Denny Schrock on an unending quest to stretch the limits of our gardens. So we pore over the flood of Ames, Iowa seed and plant catalogs showing up in the mail or regularly haunt garden centers. How Jessica Walliser many of you are going to try something new in your garden next year? And how many Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of you are going to once again try a plant that surely will work this time? Kris Wetherbee Oakland, Oregon The American Horticultural Society exists to support all the manifestations of this optimism. And if you’ll pardon the pun—we’re rooting for you! So let’s get to CONTACT US The American Gardener another issue of this magazine, packed with exciting plants to expand your palette, 7931 East Boulevard Drive useful techniques to try, and fresh ideas to inspire even more optimism. Alexandria, VA 22308 We have something a little different this time—an article informed by you, our (703) 768-5700 members from across the country. A few issues ago, we asked you about how you EDITORIAL E-MAIL: [email protected] use holding beds in your own gardens, and you had plenty to say! Veteran gardener ADVERTISING E-MAIL: [email protected] and longtime contributor Linda Askey helped us corral your collective thoughts on the subject, while adding some of her own experiences. Along with being forever The American Gardener (ISSN 1087-9978) is published bimonthly optimistic, we gardeners certainly love to share with one another. (January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/ That sharing nature also drives gardeners to apply their skills, knowledge, and October, November/December) by the American Horticultural Soci- ety, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308-1300, (703) horticultural zeal to improving their local communities. Sometimes it is by way of 768-5700. Membership in the Society includes a subscription to The American Gardener. Annual dues are $35; international dues an organized effort such as the outstanding programs championed by our friends at are $55. $10 of annual dues goes toward magazine subscription. Periodicals postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia, and at additional America in Bloom (see page 10). Other times it may be a little more spontaneous mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send Form 3579 to The American and even clandestine. To get the lowdown on a burgeoning grassroots movement Gardener, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308-1300. Botanical nomenclature is based on The American Horticultural known as “guerrilla gardening,” check out the article by Patricia Taylor on page 24. Society A–Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, on A Synonymized Check- Plant-focused feature articles this time delve into well-behaved bamboos, gour- list of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada and Greenland and on the Royal Horticultural Society Index of Garden Plants. Opinions met weeds, and dainty daphnes prized for their powerfully fragrant blossoms. expressed in the articles are those of the authors and are not necessar- ily those of the Society. Manuscripts, artwork, and photographs sent Whatever your interest, you’re bound to learn something new in this issue of The for possible publication will be returned if accompanied by a self-ad- American Gardener. dressed, stamped envelope. We cannot guarantee the safe return of unsolicited material. Back issues are available at $8 per copy. On behalf of our AHS Board of Directors and staff, we offer our very best wishes Copyright ©2016 by the American Horticultural Society. to each of you for a joyful, healthy, and safe holiday season. Printed in the U.S.A. Tom Underwood Executive Director November / December 2016 5 Get Social with the AHS MEMBERSC’ FORUM FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/american horticulturalsociety MORE WILDLIFE GARDENS NEEDED common names are unreliable. But taxon- Q Find seasonal gardening tips, beautiful As a retired florist with a great interest in omists won’t leave well enough alone; ap- gardens around the world, photos of gardening, I recently attended a meeting of parently they have to justify their existence. native plants blooming in our members’ gardens, and more. the Louisville Nursery Association to hear The article about aromatic asters in Message us with photos of Clyde Nutt, a Louisville beekeeper, give a the September/October issue reminded your home garden. talk. Nutt’s suggestion to nursery own- me of my biggest pet peeve. Taxonomists ers was that they should encourage their have taken all the New World asters and clients—both commercial and individual changed their genera to ridiculous unpro- TWITTER: www.twitter.com/AHS_Gardening homeowners—to consider including wild- nounceable, unspellable, unmemorizable life gardens for pollinators of all kinds. I names. I have always prided myself on my Q Follow @AHS_Gardening for think this is a great idea, and hope that the knowledge of botanical names, but this breaking garden news and eye-catching photos. Join us here once a American Horticultural Society will also has gone too far. I personally refuse to month for #plantchat, when encourage this kind of effort. use any of the new names, which include: we host a one-hour open E. Ramsey Kraft Aster breweri (now Eucephalus breweri), discussion with an expert Masonic Home, Kentucky Aster divaricatus (now Eurybia divaricata), garden guest, along with our corporate Aster novae-angliae (now Symphyotrichum member, Corona Tools. If you miss a #plantchat, read the transcripts on our Editor’s note We certainly do! The AHS novae-angliae), and Aster oblongifolium website at www.ahs.org/plantchat. is part of the National Pollinator Garden (now Symphyotrichum oblongifolia). Network, which keeps a registry of pol- Fellow plant enthusiasts unite! Refuse to linator gardens at www.millionpollinator let these self-serving scientists overcompli- INSTAGRAM: gardens.org. Add your garden today! cate our lives. www.instagram.com/am_hort_society Gregory Carlson QEnjoy photos from our travels NO COMMON NAMES, PLEASE Marshall, Virginia around the U.S., along with year-round In reading The American Gardener, it jolts views of the gardens at River Farm, our headquarters in me every time you highlight the common SWEET POTATO PESTS Virginia.
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