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New Varieties for 1999:
Gardeners are looking for new plants every year. Here are new flowers and vegetables that will be featured in 2000 mail order seed catalogs, seed packets or as bedding plants at garden centers. The varieties are listed al-phabetically by class, with the seed source listed in parentheses after the description. The designation “R” means a retail seed company from which gardeners may purchase seed directly by mail order or also in stores that carry the variety in seed packets. A “W” designation indicates a wholesale seed company which does not sell directly to home gardeners, but these varieties should be available in catalogs or as bedding plants at garden centers next spring.
Made for the Shade
It’s a complaint heard by gardeners everywhere: “I don’t have enough sun!” Yet the question remains: Enough sun for what? Just because roses and baby’s breath won’t flourish in your shady backyard is no reason to throw in the trowel. A wide range of plants, from spring bulbs to primroses to ferns, in addition to the plants listed in Ten Shade-Loving Perennials, are available to supply color and interest to all but the shadiest gardens.
Country Living Forest
In 1990 Country Living initiated the Country Living National Arbor Day Forest to help reforest nearly 1.4 million acres destroyed by the 1988 wildfires in the Greater Yellowstone Area in Montana. The land, part of the Gallatin National Forest, is not only a popular recreation area at the gateway to Yellowstone, but a natural refuge for wildlife, including moose and grizzly bears — both on the threatened species list.
The Entertaining Garden
The Entertaining Garden
Barbara Smith is spending a good deal of time in her garden lately, as fans of the restaurateur’s syndicated television show, B. Smith with Style, are happily aware. Often, the weekly compendium of cooking, fashion, decorating, and self-improvement topics is taped right in Barbara’s own beachfront backyard in Sag Harbor,
Garden Shelters
Summer Camp:
Romancing the Woods handcrafts rustic Camp-style structures from unmilled timber. Its eastern red cedar summerhouse is shown here. Measuring 10′W x 12′H, this shelter comfortably seats eight. Delivery and installation within a 150-mile radius of its Woodstock, New York, headquarters is available for $750; beyond that distance delivery includes an instructional video.
Kentuckiana Horticultural Clubs
Keep up with the latest of gardening clubs and societies local to the Louisville, Kentucky area, and events associated with AHS Region 10 events and meetings. This site contains contact information into various clubs of the surrounding area. For information regarding other regions within the AHS domain, visit the “Daylily and Internet Links” page.
