FEATURES

OUTSIDE L. A.
For landscape architect Joseph Marek, a love of plants has shaped a life outdoors
by Judy Wigand

TROPICAL VELVET
With vibrant flowers and soft leaves, tibouchina adds drama to containers and mixed borders
by Wayne Winterrowd

A GARDENER'S PASSPORT
World-Class Gardens Worth a Visit
In this issue: Ireland and New Zealand
by Nan Blake Sinton

WELL-BEHAVED BAMBOO
Nurserywoan Jackie Heinricher champions the clump-forming species and cultivars of this popular group
by Valerie Easton

THE WISDOM OF HENRY MITCHELL
by Jane Barker Wright

DEPARTMENTS

PEST WATCH
How to identify and control snow molds

CLOSE TO HOME
Ideas and information for your region.
In this issue: Central Texas, Midwest, Interior West, Pacific Northwest

A GARDENING LIFE: DR. CHARLES RICHARDS
by Michael G. Zuck

GARDENER'S WORKSHOP
Dividing a Clumping Bamboo
by Jackie Heinricher

PLANTS OF MERIT
Pseudopanax spp.
by Daniel J. Hinkley

REVIEWS
by Carol Bishop Miller

HIGH GROUND
"Do as I do, not as they say," says lifelong rule-breaker Frances Tenenbaum