FEATURES

Plant Profile
SUNNY DELIGHTS
A grower describes the best daffodils entering the market
by David Burdick

Design
THE ALASKAN ATTITUDE
There are no losses, only second chances, in the great gamble of far north gardening
by Les Brake

Plant Profile
THE NEXT CLASSIC LILACS
Look past the common lilac for a worthy group of neater, cleaner shrubs
by Page Dickey

Garden Honors
THE AWARD FOR GARDEN EXCELLENCE
Chanticleer Garden

Special Series
THE INVASIVE PROBLEM
Part Two, Choosing Alternatives
by C. Colston Burrell

DEPARTMENTS

GARDENER'S NOTEBOOK

A GARDENING LIFE
Nurseryman Don Shadow
by Paul Cappiello

ON GARDENING
The Year of the Garden: When a gardener promises her yard to tour-takers and a bride-to-be, resolutions become reality
by Elisabeth Ginsburg

PRACTICAL MATTERS
Clip with Confidence: When and why to prune woody plants, herbaceous perennials, and annuals
by Alice McGowan

TOOL SHED
Sawed and Not Heard
by Lee Reich

POWER PLAY
Forward Charge: Battery-powered mowers clip the lawn and cut out the pollution
by Karen Weir-Jimerson

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE
The genus Tilia represents the very best of the northern temperate deciduous forest
by Daniel J. Hinkley

HIGH GROUND
For Jeff Cox, a sudden bloom proved worth an 11-year wait