from the editor
2   Opportunity Shines

notebook
6    news and notes for Iowa Gardeners

fresh food
8    Be-Bop-A-Re-Bop

zoneworthy
10    Eastern Bee Balm

human element
12    Landscape Legibility

14   The Conifer Collector
Smitten with Color, Size, Shape & Texture

19   Canning is Hot
The Basics Are Back

23    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
Chile Peppers Bring It On

iowa arboretum
30    News from the state's
outdoor classroom

minding mother
36    Mix It Up



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on the cover
Horizontal bands of yellow streak the green needles of Red OD Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora ‘Red OD’ — a hardier cultivar developed from the seedlings of Dragon’s Eye (‘Oculus Draconis’). See story, page 14. Photo by Jason Fort.