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Back Issue
Volume 73 Number 1 January 2012
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