FEATURES

On Gardening
A FRONT ROW SEAT
As drama unfolds on the garden stage, a gardener savors her fine chair
by Carol Bishop Miller

Plant Profile
QUIET CLEMATIS
With their simple flowers, native clematis species fit well in the border or rock garden
by William Cullina

Design
THE PAINTED GARDEN
Painted structures and objects, in colors that match or mix up the plant palette, make a landscape complete
by Lucy Hardiman

Plant Profile
GARDEN-WORTHY MONKSHOODS
With rich blooms, fancy leaves, and a checkered past, Aconitum never fail to fascinate
by Joe Eck

Garden Visit
THE LIFE OF RILEY
A gardener makes his New York City apartment the perfect home for jungle plants
by Tovah Martin

ANNUAL INDEX
by Patricia Woodruff

DEPARTMENTS

PEST WATCH
How to identify and control common and glossy buckthorn

GARDENER'S NOTEBOOK
Plants, ideas, and projects

A GARDENING LIFE
Curator Galen Gates
by Marty Ross

PRACTICAL MATTERS
Winter Quarters: How to keep tender perennials healthy indoors from fall to spring
by Alice McGowan

POWER PLAY
Leaves, Glorious Leaves
by Karen Weir-Jimerson

Collector's Choice
Ilex verticillata
by Daniel J. Hinkley

REVIEWS

HIGH GROUND
Carol Hall confronts the dangers of demanding plants that nature never made