Publisher and Editor-in-Chief: Derek FellCedaridge Farm, 53 Iron Bridge Road, Pipersville, PA 18947 and760 Cardium Street, Sanibel, FL 33957 December 2014

AVANT GARDENER INDEX AUGUST 2012-DECEMBER 2014. This issue of the Avant Gardener is an index of topics, by month dating to August 2012 when the publication changed from a paper edition to a full color digital edition. The photography accompanying this index is a selection from these prior issues highlighting some of the most popular topics.

AUGUST 2012

Asparagus Purple Passion

Avant Gardener, change of ownership

Banana Musella, review

Barnhaven primroses, time to sow

Bean, Lazy Wife substitution

Black-eyed Susans, review

Chard, Bright Lights not same as Five Color chard

Charlestown Tea Plantation, a visit to

Cherry, Stella review

Deer control

Eggplant Dusky hybrid discontinued

GMO labeling controversy

Impatiens threatened with mildew disease

Mint, Chocolate fragrance and flavor

Orchid, Phalaenopsis Balden’s Kaleidoscope

Peach Flaming Fury review

Peony, herbaceous review

Perennials book review

Pollination by bees

Bene�ts of asparagus Purple Passion reported in the August 2012 issue

Bene�ts of day-neutral strawberries reported in the August 2012 issue

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Spinach Malabar review

Strawberries, day neutral review

Sunflowers, ever-blooming

Sweet peas from Dr. Keith Hemmett

Tax law on home garden produce

Thrive the movie

Tomato pollination clarification

White House Vegetable Garden book review

Zinnias, mildew resistant

SEPTEMBER 2012

Aphid in My Eye book review

Avocados, cold hardy kinds

Bromeliad Blue Tango review

Coconut water review

Daylilies, Siloam review

Garden lighting display at Longwood Gardens

Heronswood Garden update

Hibiscus Show, Ft Myers

Hibiscus Southern Belle and Disco discontinued

Humor in the garden

Kinsman Company history

Landisville Flower Trials

Lawns for fall planting

Melons for superior flavor

Native plants controversy

Vertical gardening saves space

OCTOBER 2012

American Garden plant awards

Apricots, black review

Basils, a review

Birch, Heritage and bark color

Bougainvillea, popular varieties

Caladiums for foliage color

Canna, from seed

Cherry, Bing review

New ornamental banana, Musella lasiocarpa reviewed in August 2012 issue

Pollination requirements for tomatoes clari�ed in August 2012 issue

2

Citrus caution for people on medication

Coneflower Cheyenne Spirit

Energy bars, home-made

Gardening myths exploded

Hosta, giant leafed varieties

Mazes made from corn are a new craze

Poison ivy remedy

Redwood, dawn review

Vinca Cora has disease resistance

Watermelon, seedless review

Wildflowers of South Africa

Worden Farm, organic growers make a profit

NOVEMBER 2012

Aspirin and plant health update

Azalea, Korean has good winter hardiness

Apples, most popular

Bamboo ban controversy

Banana trivia

Bok Choy, how to use

Blueberry, repeat fruiting

Cantaloupe warning

Conifer book review

Daylily re-bloomers definition

Dove tree, Sonoma blooms early

Encyclopedia of Woody Landscape Plants book review

Fiber for health

Healthy fruits and vegetables

Leafy tops that are edible

Lyme disease update

Marigold Queen Sophia discontinued

Mosquito control update

Naked ladies, different species

Patented plants overview

Peat controversy

Perennials that perform as annuals

Superiority of Swiss chard, Bright Lights over Five Color Chard explained in August 2012 issue

3

Seed companies to trust

Trademark plants

Vegetable peelers reviewed

Vegetables, Italian heirloom

Zucchini bread recipe

DECEMBER 2012

African violets lose habitat

Avant Gardener radio show

Beets of a different color

Bonemeal, home made

Brent Heath bulb expert interview

Chanticleer Garden book review

CSA sample contract

Daffodil website updated

Dipping pools gain in popularity

Garden hose warning

Hot pepper ratings

Jackson & Perkins, a history

Little Sparta garden visit

Mustard greens review

Plant a Row for the Hungry update

Seed dispersal by dinosaurs

Silent Spring book anniversary

Spiraling white fly invades Florida

Sweet potato trials

Water lily breeders

Watermelon Harvest Moon wins award

Zucchini relish recipe

JANUARY 2013

Angel’s trumpets, a review

Apple McIntosh history

Asian pears, how to grow

Blackberries, thorn-free

Chocolate news

Citrus as house plants 4

Corn gene pool threatened

HortIdeas ceases publication

House plant care

Kale chips gain in popularity

Landscapes to increase property values

Lawn over-seeding

Leaf mold and its benefits

Marigold, white and the famous $10,000 challenge

Palm oil plantations threaten the rain forest

Prunes and their benefits

Redouté rose painting sale

Seed starting overview

Slug control

Soil tests and when to take them

Tomato health claim

Tomato/potato plants

Vegetable gardens and bureaucratic insanity

Vermiculite and its benefits

Wood ashes as a source of potash

FEBRUARY 2013

Aphid organic controls

Barley can clear ponds of algae

Broccoli Romanesco review

Cabbage contest winner

Coffee grounds as a fertilizer

Drainage in pots

Edelweiss and UV protection

Fertilizer labeling explained

Figs and higher yields

Gardening advice to trust

Gardening subsidies and how to obtain them

Gardens of the future

Goldfish Tosakin for ponds

Gunnera for monster leaves

Hydroponics for home gardeners

The February 2013 issue reported on a visit to the home of Barnhaven primrose's in Britanny, France

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Leafsnap digital plant identification system

Monterey Pine Forest book review

No-dig gardening techniques evaluated

Pesticide danger to children’s health

Pollination by hand

Redbud Lavender Twist evaluation

Round-up caution

Royal paulownia tree evaluation

Seed bank for Australia

Stink bug control

Sweet leaf, the herb

Tax deductions from gardening

Tomato Better Boy’s high yield potential

Vegetables that are perennial

Vertical gardens

Water lilies recommended for shade

Wood preservatives for gardens

MARCH 2013

Air Pots yield healthy woody plants

Azaleas that re-bloom

Banyan tree source

Baptisia Purple Smoke evaluation

Blackberry, Doyle’s Thorn-free

Blooma-Palooza flower trials

Bonsai source

Cabbage contest by Bonnie Plant Farms

California pack trials report

Clivias, an evaluation

Compost warning

Cucumbers resistant to nematodes

Daylilies that are day neutral

Deer controls that work

Earworm resistant sweet corns

GMO and GE differences

Hudson Valley Seed Library report

Visit to the Britanny garden of Kerdalo featured in the March 2013 issue

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Hydrangea Nantucket Blue review

Insecticidal soap benefits

Kerdalo Garden visit

Legumes and nitrogen fixing

Nematodes, beneficial

Pencil tree warning

Pepper plants source

Rhubarb fool recipe

Seed Savers Exchange new introductions

Spotted wing dropsophila threatens Florida natives

Tomatoland book review

Tropical Plants International Exhibition report

Water lily winners

Why Grow This? book review

Zoysia ‘De Anza’ variety review

APRIL 2013

A Gardener’s Guide to Healthy Soil book review

Bean sprouts hazard

Fresh berries as healthy food

Fruits, award winning

Garden Design magazine ceases publication

GMO controversy continues

Health remedies explained

Healthy eating

Mail order companies, the good, the bad and the ugly

Muscadine grapes are delicious

Orchid, Kaleidoscope price drop

Organic Gardening study controversy

Pitcher plants inspire new invention

Pollinators lured by caffeine

Popcorn for the microwave

RF Orchids report

Sunflowers gain sales

Sweet potato leaves are edible

Tomato growing problems

Landscape philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright reported in the April 2013 issue

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Tresco Abbey Gardens visit

Vegetables for healthy meals

Wright’s, Frank Lloyd landscape philosophy

MAY 2013

African violets name change

Anti-oxidant definition

Blue poppies and how to grow

Bottom heat aids germination

Buckwheat honored by new society

Carrots, how to grow

Deadly garden plants

Desert rose breeding

Gerbera, a new hardy perennial

Florida taste treats

Honeysuckle, blue – an overview

Hyacinth bean – poisonous or not?

Lily regal history

Ligularia trial results

Monet’s Garden appoints a new head gardener

Peter Beales, rosarian dies

Rose problems and solutions

Straw Bale Gardens, book review

Sunflowers can repair contaminated soil

Vegetable farming indoors

JUNE 2013

Asparagus growing

Bat population decline

Logee’s Greenhouse interview

Compost, a definition

Cucumber, Lemon and how to grow

Garden books for the compost pile

Garden books that are highly rated

Gluten allergies increase

Landis Valley Farm Museum

Law of the Minimum relative to feeding plants 8

Legumes and heart disease

Peonies, an overview

Philadelphia Flower Show financial losses

Raised beds

Rice and contamination warning

Rudbeckia varieties review

Seed distribution law

Vegetable breeding reduces nutritional value

JULY 2013

Abelia Silver Anniversary review

American chestnut update

Berberis Rosy Glow review

Blue flowers and their special appeal

Bracken fern warning

Chutney recipe to cut down on salt

Composting and New York city

Container gardens

Diet and heart disease

Elder Black Lace review

Four Seasons Farm Gardeners Cookbook book review

Lawn mower injuries

Native plant garden in New York

Ninebark review

Nutsedge as an edible

Ornamental grasses as fuel

Peony’s Envy mail order source review

Pesticide drift and the law

Spiraea Gold Mound review

Spiraea Mellow Yellow review

Staghorn sumac Tiger Eyes review

Strawberries for health

Sub-antarctic islands and their mega-herbs

Tapestry gardens

Thrips as garden pests

Tomato pollination and temperature

Japanese willow Hakuro-Nishika praised in July 2013 issue

The wild�owers of Campbell Island featured in the July 2013 issue

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Willow Hakuro-Nishika review

Worm species recommended for compost

AUGUST 2013

Barnhaven hellebores

Broccoli, heat resistant varieties

Chili pepper evaluation

Cornel Plantation redevelopment

Disneyworld’s Magic Garden review

Garlic pills

Ginkgo herbal remedies warning

Heronswood Garden update

Hops and their value in beer

Japanese beetle traps review

Naples Botanical Garden visit

Marie Selby Botanical Garden visit

Peanut allergies

Peskiest outdoor pests

Pesticide with neonicotinoids update

Plant painkiller discovered

Prickly pear cactus health claim

Queen Elizabeth in the Garden book review

Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay

Slow gardening

Tree of Heaven or tree from hell?

Wilkinson Sword tools mystery

SEPTEMBER 2013

American Ivy Society anniversary

Atlas cedar, weeping a review

Bismarck palm review

Chelsea Flower Show anniversary

Cordyline Cherry Sensation a review

Cranberries for health

Daffodils, green

Dawn redwood Gold Rush review

Doctor Martin’s heirloom lima bean review

Red shouldered hawk among birds endangered by neonicotinoid pesticides in the August 2013 issue

Dawn redwood Gold Rush reported in the September 2013 issue

Visit to the Marie Selby Botanical Garden featured in the August 2013 issue

10

Dr. Martin's heirloom pole lima bean was featured in the September 2013 issue

Visits to Landisville �ower trials covered in the September 2013 and 2014 issues

Dunedin Botanical Garden anniversary

Eucalyptus invasive controversy

False cypress Gold Thread review

Florida buttonwood review

Gardens of Marrakesh book review

Heirloom vegetables definition challenged

Honey locust Frisia review

Koreshan historic garden visit

Landisville Flower Trials visit

Miracle Gro plant food not nicotinoidal

Monkey puzzle tree review

Okra trials report

Pansies Grandio review

Pear, weeping pendula review

Redbud Forest Pansy review

Roses, most fragrant

Silk tree, Summer Chocolate review

Snowdrops review

Spotted wing fruit fly threat

Spruce, Colorado Montgomery review

Trees with colorful foliage

OCTOBER 2013

Alcatraz Gardens visit

American Garden award winners

Beech, weeping purple review

Cherry, weeping pendula review

Chicons, how to grow

Colchicum warning

Crop rotation

Fossil fuel alternative made from plant sugars

Four Arts Garden visit

GMO labeling

Gomphrena species cleans polluted soil

Hemlock, Sargent’s weeping review

Herb garden in New Zealand to be world’s largest 11

Growing Chicory chicons covered in the October 2013 issue

High Mowing Organic Seeds

Kale and French cuisine

Katsura tree, weeping review

Lomatia, oldest living plant found in Tasmania

Monterey pine endangered

Park Seeds under new ownership

Pumpkin, how to grow a giant

Round-up update

School gardens promoted

Tomatoes, breeding for improved taste

Weeping trees review

Wild tulips for garden display

NOVEMBER 2013

Asian long horned beetle threat

Aster trials at Chicago Botanical Garden

Digital Plant Photography book review

Gardening’s health benefits sought by RHS

Green Walls book review

Images in Time book review

Nitrogen fixing plants, more sought by plant scientists

Pollan book on eating healthy criticized by Readers Digest

Pringle, Cyrus Guernsey plant collector

Rainwater harvesting

Ringling Museum gardens visit

Root cuttings

Shimmer in the garden

Stan Hewitt Hall Gardens visit

Sweet peas, confusion over fall planting

Sweet potato trials, Oklahoma

The Layered Garden book veview

Thompson and Morgan update

Vegetable gardens contest winners

DECEMBER 2013

Best plant foods for good health

Eat more whole fruit, drink less juice

Visit to the Four Arts Garden, Palm Beach featured in the October 2013 issue

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Gardening trends report

History of New Zealand Gardens

Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand book review

Leonard J. Buck Rock garden visit

Hogweed invasion gains ground

Minter Gardens has closed

Neem insecticide harmful to beneficial insects

Pecan nut varieties that are hardy

Poinsettia and its poison status

Poinsettia, a history

Private Edens book review

Purple loosestrive not invasive according to Quebec

Rose that resembles a bougainvillea

Sandwich or salad for your health?

Soil Science book review

Trans fats ban supported by New York Times

Van Sweden, James dies

Watercress soup recipe

JANUARY 2014

American Community Gardening Association survey results

Astilbes review

Baker Creek Seen Catalog claims world’s biggest

Cooking oil from sunflower seed

Dipping pool versus swimming pool

Foxtail lilies review

Herbal remedies challenged

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens visit

Okra trials at ECKO, Florida

Popcorn, healthy or unhealthy?

Rose hybridization

Seed Savers Exchange drops the Lazy Wife bean

Spanish moss is neither Spanish nor a moss

Vegetables that are purple, review

Wild Boar Farms breeds new tomatoes

Winterberry is berried treasure

Bene�ts of 'Dipping Pools' reported in the December 2013 issue

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FEBRUARY 2014

Baptisia Blue Towers review

Benches for the garden

Buyer Beware! Suspicious garden products

Beneficial insects for the garden

Felicita Garden visit

Getty Garden visit

Ghost birch review

Grow bags review

Herbs, ten best for culinary use

Ivy Tenerife review

Lavender Hidcote from seed

Lilac Boomerange re-bloomer review

Roses the Impressionists painter or grew

Rudbeckia Goldsturm from seed

Salsify review

Scorzonera review

Square Foot Gardening seed mats review

Vegetables of a different color

MARCH 2014

Apple Red Delicious losing sales lead

Aster October Skies review

Asters, New England name change

Begonias marketed as Surefire

Camelina plant aids plant breeders

Collection gardens

Hibiscus Fleming hybrids review

Hilda Klager Lilac Garden visit

Hybrids intergeneric and intersdpecific

Irises, Siberian review

Jack-in-the-pulpits review

Joyce Stewart’s contribution to orchid knowledge

Kew Gardens book revieww

Lilac festival, Rochester

Living Ledge container gardens review

Discussion about garden benches featured in the February 2014 issue

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Maple Glen Garden visit

Mrs R. O. Backhouse daffodil breeder

Poppies for 10 miles of highway

Solar panels increase property values

Spray-N-Grow system of plant nutrition review

Vegetable farms move indoors

White gardens are romantic

APRIL 2014

An Uninhibited Guide to Aphrodisiac Herbs, Flowers and Veggies book

review

American mistletoe overview

Baobab tree makes an attractive house plant

Bellagio Conservatory visit

Callaway Gardens visit

Champion trees register

Crepe myrtle or crape myrtle?

Edible flowers seed mixture

Fortune, Robert and his big steal

Merril, Elmer D. and his association with the dawn redwood

Monarch butterflies endangered

Mushroom kits, a review

Onions, an overview

Poppy, Giant Iranian measures ten inches across

Potato scab plays havoc in the UK

Pothos performs a magic trick

Quinoa is expanding in popularity

Roselle is a substitute for cranberries

Spinach substitutes for hot weather

Switchgrass named Perennial Plant of the Year

Tree stump removal that inexpensive

Vines that are invasive

MAY 2014

Amazon water lilly, annual or perennial?

Auricula primroses can be addictive

Bird book for gardeners

The impressive size of the Iranian giant perennial poppy featured in the April 2014 issue

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Brazil nuts reduce risk of blood clots

Burle Marx Garden visit

Calamondin orange, an overlooked fruit

Cottage food laws are eased

Community garden cities

Daffodil Gardenia blooms late

Gardens of Wales, visit

Giant perennials can provide a tropical look

Fruit, nut and vegetable definitions

Herbal flea controls questioned

Kidneys, keeping them healthy

My Cool Shed book review

Peanuts can help produce healthy babies

Sweet corns, why isolate?

Vegetable gardening – another survey confirms rise

Venus fly trap care

JUNE 2014

Adirondack chair contest

Canterbury bells review

Crops suitable for grow bags

Diet changes recommended for better health

Fine Foliage book review

Hiroshi Makita Japanese landscape designer

Lilies of the valley, forcing for early bloom

Mazes and maze hedge choices

Poison ivy treatment subject of video

Rainwater harvesting

Rose, grandest of the century

Tasmanian flax resists hot weather

Typhoon tomato set to overtake celebrity in popularity

Virginia Woolf’s Garden book review

JULY 2014

Australian gardens to visit

Bamboo book review

Banana Seminole introduced

Fragrant heirloom da�odil Gardenia reviewed in the May 2014 issue

New calibrachoa annuals from seed reported in the August 2014 issue

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Brazelberries new dwarf berry fruits

Buist, Robert seedsman and nurseryman

Fruit cocktail tree proof needed

Governor’s Palace garden visit

Groundhog facts

Raw food trend boosts sales of kale

Safflower thorn-free

Scotts Lawn Service history

Sunflowers, perennial kinds

The Genus Tulip book review

Vegetable gardening on the rise

Watermelon, mini seedless introduction

Zucchini Costa Romanesco introduction

AUGUST 2014

Bluemel, Kurt dies

Calibrachoa to grow from seed

Coleus Kong Jr review

Comfrey fertilizer stimulates tomato growth

Compost collection service for cities

Cowpeas undercrop for corn

Doctor Gachet’s sinister garden visit

Fall planting tip

Farmers Market website worth visiting

Flower garden controversy

Forest Farm nursery review

Garden Design magazine re-launch

Health care savings possible from gardening

Insect pests, fifteen worst

Mini vegetable benefits

Nuttall, Thomas plant hunter

Orchid restoration at Fairchild Botanical Garden

Peas for fall harvests

Pruning shrubs for winter stem color

Roses by Ralph Moore transferred to Texas A&M University

Tick disease, new strain discovered

New stamp series honoring farmers markets reported in the August 2014 issue

The sinister garden of Dr. Gachet featured in the August 2014 issue

Early peach Spring Snow praised in the September 2014 issue

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US Postal Service introduces Farmers Market stamps

Vatican Gardens visit

Zinnias Profusion and Zahara vie for sales

SEPTEMBER 2014

Asparagus harvest needed

Apricots and how to beat the frost

Bald cypress introduction from Holland

Bi-colored blooms make a garden sparkle

Bristlecone pines, why they are long-lived

Chipboard from corn residue can save trees

Cider sales surge

Citrus disease threatens US groves

Colchicums for fall color

Evergreen with blue foliage

Eyed elators are a beneficial insect

Exotic fruit exhibition, Florida

Knotweed is a noxious invasive plant

Mangrove forests double in size in Florida

Maze companion plantings

Peach Spring Snow review

Perennial tulips review

Princess Sturdza’s garden visit

Prison gardens make life tolerable

Scent allied to pollination success

Seed burying plant discovered in Brazil

Shiva, Dr. Vandana opposition to GMO seeds criticized

Strawberry Albion a day-neutral success

Streptocarpus from Poland

Time magazine’s portrayal of an organic fruit ridiculous

Titan lily studied in the wild

OCTOBER 2014

Banana nutritional value improved

Cherries that resist cracking

Clematis Pink Mink review

Drip irrigation inventor dies

Rising popularity of cider reported in the September 2014 issue

The September 2014 issue reported on a New Yorker magazine article critical of Dr. Vandana Shiva's opposition to GMO seeds

Annual gomphrena, Razzle Dazzle reported in the October 2014 issue

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Elephant ears review

Fairy gardens are a new trend

Fruit tree harvest, reasons for poor yields

Garden health tips

Garden market survey highlights Millenium Generation

Gomphrena Pink Zazzle review

Green Gulch Farm visit

Henderson, Peter seedsman and nurseryman

Inverewe Garden visit

Loquat produces fruit indoors

Native Hawaiian plants endangered

Orchid garden visit

Peaches nutritional value

Pelleted seed problems

Peony bloom for 8 weeks

Perennial Vegetables book review

Phipps Conservatory visit

Pulses and their health benefits

Rat trap to make yourself

Sugar from natural sources

Tree museum opens in Switzerland

NOVEMBER 2014

Alaska Botanical Garden

Bananas, overwintering

Blood pressure foods

Copyright law flaws

Cypress ‘Naylor’s Blue’

Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’

Earthworms migration

Ferns

Freeze

Frost

Fuel crops

Haverter and Sholl Boxwood Huckleberry area

Heirloom seeds

Fruit cocktail tree authenticity ques-tioned in the October 2014 issue

Review of elephant ears featured in the October 2014 issue

Visit to the Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh covered in the October 2014 issue

Popularity of the weeping katsura tree featured in the November 2014 issue

The confusing de�nitions of an heirloom vegetable, such as Brandy-wine tomatoes, revealed in the November 2014 issue

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Heligan, Lost Gardens of

Horsetails invasiveness

Huckleberry, box

Katsura tree

Melon, quick dishes

Morris Arboretum Fernery

Philadelphia Flower Show

Photography, time lapse

Poinsettia

Popcorn

Portland International Rose test Garden

Seeds of Design

Silkworm screws

Snow plant

DECEMBER 2014

Index

IN THE NEXT ISSUE: New research corrects origins of the edible watermelon. A visit to the Denver Botani-cal Garden. Chihuly glass exhibitions wow visitors. New 'Super Sweet' sugar maple produces more syrup faster. A report about the mail order onion specialists Dixondale Farms. Sea buckthorn loses its luster as a home landscape shrub. Update on disease that threatens black walnut trees. The myth that trilliums are hard to grow. AND MUCH MORE.