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Current Issue
Volume 73 Number 1 January 2012
Here’s what you’ll find in the latest issue of Pacific Horticulture magazine. We’re pleased to offer selected articles from the magazine on this website. To see the other articles, subscribe now and you’ll receive this issue in your mailbox shortly.
The Cover
Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum 'White Icicle', a cultivar of red flowering currant introduced by University of British Columbia Botanical Garden. Photograph by Phil Van Soelen
Feature Articles
Revealing the “Essence of the Tree:” Aesthetic Pruning of Japanese Maples
Judy Maier
Great Plant Picks 2012: Made in the Shade
Rick Peterson & Richie Steffen
The Most Majestic Southern California Oak
James Henrich
Australian Shrubs
Erle Nickel
Web Extra Web Extra: A Resource Guide to Australian shrubs
Two Great Flower Shows: A Comparison
Rizaniño Reyes
The Enchanted Hacienda: An Island of Biodiversity
Arnold Markman
Filoli’s Daffodil Collection
Lucy Tolmach
Web Extra Web Extra: A Resource Guide to daffodils
Relict Gold: The Long Journey of the Chinese Narcissus
Donn L Todt
Web Extra Web Extra: A Resource Guide to daffodils
Pacific Plant Promotions: Adiantum Mairisii
Richie Steffen
A Currant Affair
Paul Lee Cannon
Web Extra A Ribes Resource Guide
Striving for Diversity: Persian Ironwood
Matt Ritter
Web Extra A Persian Ironwood Resource Guide