2014 Editorial Calendar - Chicagoland Gardening Magazine

2014 Editorial Calendar
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January/February– The Ideas Issue!
Special Issue Filled With 100’s of Ideas for Home Gardens
Plus: Best New Plants of 2014; One space, three different budgets; Pond Tips
Special Sections: Order Direct, Gardening Events
Scheduled to mail: 12/5
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Calendar items: 11/6
Space closing: 11/7
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March/April
Geums: New Varieties from a Local Breeder
Plus: A “Before & After” Garden; Curb Appeal; Garden Myths
Special Sections: Order Direct, Gardening Events
Bonus Supplement: Annual Resource Guide!
Scheduled to mail: 2/11
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Calendar items: 1/6
Space closing: 1/7
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May/June
Rhododendrons & Azaleas: Success in Chicagoland
Plus: Having it All in a Small Garden; Kids’ Gardens; Growing Hydroponically
Scheduled to mail: 4/8
Special Section: Public Gardens Guide
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Calendar items: 3/3
Space closing: 3/4
Materials due: 3/11
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July/August
Tropical Gardening
Plus: Growing Veggies on Roofs; Native Garden Ideas from the Illinois Prairie Path
Special Section: Petal Tours/Public Gardens Guide
Scheduled to mail: 6/10
Calendar items: 5/5
Space closing: 5/6
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September/October
Attracting Butterflies to the Garden
Plus: Unusual Shrubs You’ve Never Grown; Living Succulent Art
Special Sections: Order Direct, Landscape & Fall Festivals Guides
Scheduled to mail: 8/12
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Calendar items: 7/7
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November/December
Poinsettias and Their Cousins
Plus: Great Winter Containers; Crafts Made with Gourds; Growing in a Terrarium
Special Section: Order Direct, Holiday Greens & Activities Guide
Scheduled to mail: 10/14
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Editorial 2014
Chicagoland Gardening
Abraham Darby
New English Roses by David Austin
The big deal about the Austins is that they have the form
and fragrance of “olde tyme” roses but the repeat bloom of a
modern hybrid tea. I hanker after every David Austin rose I
see, but have limited myself to three so far: Constance Spry,
Heritage™, and Abraham Darby®. Although bred in Shropshire,
England, the Austins are generally hardy here, according to
trials done at the Chicago Botanic Garden, but some, such as
Abraham Darby, do get some black spot (I pretend I don’t see
it.) In my garden the other two have not been afflicted.
Heritage is an upright plant that grows about 4 feet tall. Its
light pink flowers have the old-fashioned half-quartered form
and it can be richly perfumed, but its first June flowers often
appear alongside the year’s first heat wave. Temperatures soaring
into the 90s tend to drain the fragrance and fade the color to
white. During the cooler days of September and October, however, the flowers are a lovely pink and the scent is glorious.
Abraham Darby is a uniquely colored apricot pink with rich
fragrance and repeat bloom until frost. The flower stems tend
to nod, but that may be because I live near the lake and my soil
turns sandy about 18 inches down. Those of you with clay may
find those canes standing ramrod straight.
Constance Spry is a climber with large peony-like pink blossoms. It’s Austin’s first introduction, from 1961, and the only
one that doesn’t repeat bloom. Spectacular when it flowers, it is
very, very vigorous. I regularly trim it back and remove canes all
the way to the ground. It never seems to be enough. I sometimes
consider replacing it with something more compact, but its roots
are probably immense at this point, and I’m not sure my knees
would survive the excavation. As with Heritage, too much heat
and the fragrance evaporates.
Since I hanker after every David Austin rose I see, I now have
my heart set on Lady of Shalott, a striking double-flowered orange
beauty. Heaven only knows where I’ll find room for it.
Feature articles throughout the year discuss…
Plants: What Grows in Our Zone and Where to Find Them
Home Gardens and Gardeners in Our Region
Professionally Designed Gardens
Community Supported Agriculture Programs
Small and Large Space Gardening from Basic to Elaborate
Private and Public Display Gardens
Associations and Niche Plant Societies
Romantica® Roses
By Carolyn Ulrich
Irresistible
When it comes to roses, some of us just can’t say no.
Here’s the true confession of one local gardener.
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Q & A—Ask Our Experts
Answers to readers’ questions using our own expertise
and information from local professionals.
What To Do in the Garden
Timely tasks and helpful hints for ornamental, edible
and indoor garden maintenance.
Regional Reports
Gardening news reaching into Rockford, Kankakee,
Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan
Calendar of Events
The region’s most comprehensive calendar of gardening
classes and special events listed chronologically by
region. Listings are free.
Potpourri
Current gardening news and views., letters from readers,
garden club profiles and more.
Sources
A shopper’s guide for the issue. Readers can begin their
search for plants and products they’ve just read about
in the pages of the magazine. Contact Ann Sanders at
630-908-2224 for more information about how to be
included. Email: [email protected]
These are the French answer to David Austin. Bred in
Provence, France, by the Meilland Rose Company, they have
the old-fashioned flower form with wonderful fragrance, hardiness and a fairly compact habit. They are hyped as having
“improved disease resistance,” according to one website, but my
Rouge Royale® has a significant black spot problem most years.
Yet I treasure it because of its incredible fragrance and lovely
he powers that be have hit upon a way to get me to stop
dark red color. The flowers emerge looking like a hybrid tea,
talking about roses. “Write us a story,” they said, “and get then make a metamorphosis into the half-quartered form of old
it out of your system.”
roses. This is the only rose that gets winter protection since I
It so happens that I do have quite a few roses — more than really don’t want to lose it. A gardener I know in St. Charles has
20, I believe, although whenever I set out to do a mental
had a good experience growing other Romanticas with lots of
count, I keep getting confused. Did I include the ‘Harison’s
bloom and no disease problems.
Yellow’ or not? And what about the Cherry Pie in the conAlso from Meilland International is Elle®, a lovely, very fratainer? Oh, I think I forgot Hot Cocoa™. And so I start over,
grant pink hybrid tea that was an All-America Rose Selections
and then start over again. Finally, I decide to just let it go. As I winner in 2005. Mine grows in partial shade so it’s not a heavy
said, more than 20.
bloomer. If I could find a place for it in more sun, I would move
Some of these roses I bought because I dearly coveted them.
it … probably. Gotta think about those knees.
Others were sent out by the breeder for trialing purposes before
The
Explorer Series
they appear on the retail market (some identified only by numbers), so I have a few no-name wonders hanging around. But
Do you want tough? Then get an Explorer rose. This series
among those whose identities I know, here is my little survey of was bred at Canada’s agricultural research stations in Ottawa,
the best and the brightest.
Quebec and Ontario. All named after Canadian explorers such
Lady of Shalott
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAVID AUSTIN ROSES
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Columns
Gardening Basics
The novice gardener is hungry for basic information. We’ll take out
the fear factor and teach newbies how to succeed in the garden.
The Indoor Garden
Extending the garden indoors. . . focusing on the plants we can
grow indoors and the people who do it well.
NEW! – Curb Appeal
Our staff explores the heartland and brings back front yard designs
that make you stop for a second look.
The Edible Garden
The wave of new gardeners is finding growing their own food a
rewarding way to learn about gardening. This column provides how-to
along with a look at a wide variety of food homeowners can grow.
The Hands-On Gardener
How can gardeners save around the yard? By doing it themselves. This
column takes a step-by-step approach to succeeding in garden projects.
Chicagoland Natives
How can we use native plants in the garden? This column examines
a wide range of native plant issues.
Container Gardening
Fun and colorful ideas for containers.
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The Garden Classroom
The science behind the garden’s pretty face is examined in articles ranging
from environmental issues to sustainability to why the bees are disappearing.
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