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

Calamagrostis ×acutiflora, 226, 381 ‘Karl Foerster’, 227, 347 ‘Overdam’, 227 Calamagrostis arundinacea, 227 Calamagrostis brachy ...

columbine, 100, 158, 159, 38 7, 388 comfrey, 43, 324 ‘Axminster Gold’, 324 Commelinaceae, 332 common bleeding heart, 201 common ...

perennials that do not rebloom after, 104, 357 perennials that do not require, 104, 363–364 perennials that require frequent, 10 ...

‘Bright Star’, 204 ‘Milkshake’, 79 pruning before flowering, 137 Echinops, 80, 350 Echinops ritro, 205 , 344, 347, 354, 356, 358 ...

Fritillaria spp., 72 fritillaries, 72 frost grass, 229 frost heaving, 47, 50, 381, 391 frosts, 133, 384, 390 fuchsia, 116 Fusari ...

Helenium autumnale, 230 , 346, 349, 351, 352, 356, 358, 359, 367, 368, 369, 37 4, 375, 377 ‘Moerheim Beauty’, 231 ‘Waltraut’, 23 ...

Inula ensifolia, 247 , 344 ‘Compacta’, 247 Inula helenium, 248 Inula magnifica ‘Sonnenstrahl’, 248 invasive plants, 26, 61, 79 I ...

leaf humus, 36 leafminer, 66, 69 leaf spots, 66 leaves, fallen, 132, 390, 391 leaves, removing. See deadleafing Leguminosae, 173 ...

‘Candy Floss’, 265 Lupinus hybrids, 265 , 346, 348, 349, 351, 356, 359, 361, 362, 367, 369, 370, 373, 374, 376 Lychnis coronaria ...

old-fashioned bleeding heart, 386 Olympic mullein, 336 Olympic Scotch bluebell, 180 Onagraceae, 217, 275 Onoclea sensibilis, 212 ...

Phlomis, 344, 354, 356, 363, 364, 373 Phlomis fruticosa, 284 Phlomis russeliana, 284 Phlomis tuberosa, 284 ‘Amazone’, 284 Phlox ...

pre-emergent herbicides, 57 Primulaceae, 266, 267, 269, 296 Primula denticulata, 296 , 343, 357 , 374 Primula japonica, 296 , 29 ...

Salvia azurea, 305 Salvia coerulea, 305, 363, 364, 365, 368, 373, 37 4 ‘Black and Blue’, 305 Salvia greggii, 305–306, 373, 374 ‘ ...

soil aerating, 20–21, 36, 37, 39, 107 , 382, 387, 388 compaction, 20, 33, 36, 40, 42, 48 evaluating conditions, 15, 17 perennial ...

‘Hidcote Blue’, 324 Symphytum officinale ‘Hidcote Blue’, 324 Symphytum ×uplandicum ‘Axminster Gold’, 324 , 354 Syneilesis aconit ...

Veronica teucrium, 338 veronica / Veronica, 26, 70, 9 7, 339, 340, 376, 386 ‘Sunny Border Blue’, 339 Viola, 81 ‘Columbine’, 341 ...

About the Author Tracy DiSabato-Aust has worked in the horticulture industry for over 40 years, earning inter- national acclaim ...