The Well-Tended Perennial Garden The Essential Guide to Planting and Pruning Techniques, Third Edition

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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden ...

TRACY DISABATO-AUST THE WELL-TENDED PERENNIAL GARDEN THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO PLANTING AND PRUNING TECHNIQUES A Bestselling Classi ...

TRACY DISABATO-AUST THE WELL-TENDED PERENNIAL GARDEN THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO PLANTING AND PRUNING TECHNIQUES A Bestselling Classi ...

Frontispiece: Hiddenhaven, the author’s collection of gardens, was used to evaluate the majority of pruning techniques in this b ...

To my family, Team Austome: Jim, Zach, and Alyssa. Love you forever, love you for always. Summer vignette from the back gardens ...

9 Preface 11 Basic Perennial Garden Planting & Maintenance 12 Design and Its Relationship to Maintenance 29 Bed Preparation: ...

desiGn and its relationshiP to Maintenance 7 CONTENTS Lenten rose (Helleborus ×hybridus) is not just another pretty face in the ...

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Spring at Hiddenhaven means fresh new growth on conifers and perennials. Colorful glass bobbles draw the eye, repeat the form of ...

A well-tended garden need not be rigid. The arbor entrance to the back gardens at Hidden- haven is welcoming and free spirited, ...

BASIC PERENNIAL GARDEN PLANTING & MAINTENANCE ...

12 Basic Perennial Garden PlantinG & Maintenance Design and Its Relationship to Maintenance T he amount of maintenance a gar ...

desiGn and its relationshiP to Maintenance 13 You will be rewarded manyfold for your time and effort to maintain a perennial gar ...

14 Basic Perennial Garden PlantinG & Maintenance of the various aspects of planting and maintenance. See the Encyclopedia of ...

desiGn and its relationshiP to Maintenance 15 planting out from underneath the overhang, which can also provide a useful 2-ft. c ...

16 Basic Perennial Garden PlantinG & Maintenance ...

desiGn and its relationshiP to Maintenance 17 soil, and many garden sites need to be modified to meet this need. Can organic mat ...

18 Basic Perennial Garden PlantinG & Maintenance overly sunny area, scorched plants might need pruning to remove damaged lea ...

desiGn and its relationshiP to Maintenance 19 Other factors to keep in mind Winds also can be an important factor in considering ...