Charles Cresson on the American Flower GardenHere is step-by-step guidance for creating a fabulous flower garden that flourishes year after year. Features an encyclopedia of bulbs, annuals, perennials, vines, and garden shrubs, plus advice on treating pests and charts of bloom seasons. |
Contents
The Green ThumbThe Keys to Success | 85 |
The Gardeners and Designers Resource Guide | 137 |
INDEX | 238 |
Copyright | |
Common terms and phrases
12 inches 12-inch spread Appearance 2-foot spread Appearance 36 inches tall 9 Height alba Annual Zones Aster Astilbe Background or middle bed Notes Bellis perennis biennials bloom season border Notes Buddleia Chrysanthemum Clematis climates color Coreopsis verticillata cuttings or seed deadheading deciduous Dianthus Division or seed dried flower Notes early spring edging Notes Epimedium fall feet Appearance feet tall flower garden foliage Bloom Period foreground of bed fresh-cut flower Notes frost grandiflora green foliage Bloom groundcover grow Hibiscus syriacus Hosta hybrids Ipomoea quamoclit Iris xiphium July Propagation leaves Bloom Period Linaria purpurea Lonicera Maximum Height middle of bed Middle or foreground Miscanthus sinensis moist soil mulch October Propagation orange perennials Phlox pinch pink flowers plants pruning purple purpurea Related Species Requires rich rhizomes rich soil Rodgersia roses self-sows September Propagation shade shrubs Sow seed indoors species and hybrids spikes stems transplant tulips Varieties vines weeds white flowers winter