AHS Great Plant GuideA brief introduction gives the basics of plant selection and care, followed by the A - Z photo section. Every plant is accompanied by a description and essential information on plant size and cultivation. The AHS Great Plant Guide gives scores of lists, presenting an additional 1,000 plants to meet any gardener's desires. |
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acid soil alkaline soil Annual H blue flowers Bulb bulbous perennial bushy CLEMATIS clump-forming perennial clumps color compact Conifer creamy cultivars CULTIVATION Best CULTIVATION Grow Cut back dark green leaves Deadhead deciduous deciduous shrub deciduous tree deep dense drained early spring early summer evergreen perennial Evergreen shrub flowerheads flowers are borne flowers in late fragrant full sun groundcover Grow in moist Grow in well-drained grown hedge herbaceous border HOSTA HYACINTHUS ORIENTALIS lance-shaped late spring late summer late winter marginally hardy mid-green leaves mixed border moderately fertile soil moist but well-drained mulch organic soil oval pale partial shade perennial bearing Perennial page petals pink flowers plants poor to moderately position in full pruning purple reliably moist RHODODENDRON rock garden scented shelter from cold shoots shrub bearing shrub border slow-growing spikes spreading spring and early subshrub sun or partial sunny Tolerates Trim VIBURNUM well-drained soil woodland garden yellow flowers