One. Seasonal Flowers. Garden resolutions -- Flowers for Christmas time -- Flowers greet the new year -- Winter flowers -- The green winter -- A hard winter -- Bamboo -- Storm damage -- The merry month of May -- Tender perennials for hot-weather gardens -- Flowers in the fall border -- Fragrance in...

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Beteilige Person:	Lawrence, Elizabeth 1904-1985 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen:	Armstrong, Ann L. (MitwirkendeR), Wilson, Lindie (MitwirkendeR)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Durham Duke University Press 2007
Schlagwörter:	Gardening / Southern States
Zusammenfassung:	One. Seasonal Flowers. Garden resolutions -- Flowers for Christmas time -- Flowers greet the new year -- Winter flowers -- The green winter -- A hard winter -- Bamboo -- Storm damage -- The merry month of May -- Tender perennials for hot-weather gardens -- Flowers in the fall border -- Fragrance in the garden -- Fall additions to the border -- Sow hardy annual seeds during September -- Planting annuals in autumn -- Late-blooming flowers -- Two. Perennials and annuals. Planting in relays -- Badge of gardening includes black knees -- Gardening surprises -- The law of supply and demand -- Variegated foliage -- Selections for the rock garden -- Tropical plants -- Annuals -- Sweet peas -- Peony -- Tree peonies and others -- Clematis also flowers in shade -- Beautiful lilies -- Asteromoea mongolica, Kalimeris pinnatifida -- Hellebores -- The Christmas Rose and other Hellebores -- Giridlian, a master of plants -- Night-blooming cereus -- The dividends of fall planting -- Savannah lands of East Carolina -- Petasites -- Three. Bulbs, corms, and tubers. Planting bulbs, corms, and tubers -- Bulbs through the seasons -- Some early spring bulbs -- Daffodils need early start -- Specialty bulbs -- Crown imperials -- Lycoris radiata -- Amaryllis family -- The surprise lily -- Lilies grow where none were -- Garden casualties -- Four. Trees and shrubs -- Planting for ice storms -- Plants for parking strips -- Flowering trees for the city -- Street trees -- Threes with colored bark -- Witch hazels -- Flowering cherries -- Serviceberries and sloes -- Dogwoods -- Buckeyes -- Eucalyptus -- Honey locust -- Osmanthus -- Hollies -- Conifers -- Firs and cedars -- Flowering shrubs -- March-flowering shrubs -- Viburnums and other flowering shrubs -- June-flowering shrubs -- Viburnums -- Pyracanthas -- Hydrangeas -- Sasanquas -- Camellia saluenensis -- E.A. Bowles's lunatics -- Five. Vegetables and herbs, climbers and creepers -- Fall vegetables -- Two vegetable gardens -- Mrs. Hobbs and her herbs -- Sweet woodruff -- Dandelions -- Vines are useful tools -- Smilax -- Clematis hybrids -- Akebia and Rosa banksiae -- Ground covers -- Ground covers pose problems -- Tiny creepers -- Six. Gardeners and gardens -- Wing haven -- Importance of garden details -- Steps in your garden -- Walks and paths -- Terraces and patios -- Water in the garden -- Mr. Krippendorf's garden -- Physic garden at the Country Doctor Museum -- Mr. Busbee's garden -- A visit to Italy's oldest botanic garden -- Colette's mother's garden -- The splendor of Royal Gardens -- Gotelli's collection of dwarf conifers -- The scented garden -- The gardens of soldier's wife -- Pioneer seedsmen -- Young Belgian guided Southern horticulture -- Meet Caroline Dormon -- She talks to the birds -- The Hunt Arboretum -- Seven. Gods, legends, and rituals -- The gods of the garden -- The ash, a symbol in history -- The tale of the magical hawthorn tree -- The Holy Thorn blooms for royalty --
Beschreibung:	Includes index
Umfang:	xx, 238 p., [8] p. of plates ill 25 cm
ISBN:	9780822389767 0822389762