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

pre-emergent herbicides, 57
Primulaceae, 266, 267, 269,
296
Primula denticulata, 296 , 343,
357 , 374
Primula japonica, 296 , 297,
343
‘Miller’s Crimson’, 297
‘Postford White’, 297
primula / Primula, 127, 346,
348, 350, 361, 362, 370,
371
Primula vulgaris, 358, 377
pruning
aesthetic considerations
for winter, 133
benefits to perennial
gardens, 85, 389
to the ground or basal
foliage, 9 1
of infected plant parts, 63,
66, 72, 85, 91
to lateral buds, 91, 95
for long performance
during peak season, 11 9
for managing bloom time,
112–116
objectives, 87–92
only once, 114
overwintering and, 131–
133
in planting / maintenance
schedule, 381, 382, 384,
386, 387, 388
plants benefiting from
severe, 109
to prepare for spring,
134–135
to prepare for winter,
129–133
for protection from insect
pests, 71
scope and types of, 85,
92–93
shaping, 91, 111, 112, 113,
126
techniques, 138
tools, 66, 93
variables for timing, 138
See also cutting back;
deadheading; lists
by maintenance needs;
pinching
pruning of specific plants.
See Encyclopedia of
Perennials; specific plant
names
Pseudofumaria lutea, 297 ,
298, 348, 356, 359, 361,
362, 367, 376, 377

Pulmonaria longifolia, 299

‘Bertram Anderson’, 299

‘E. B. Anderson’., 90

‘Raspberry Splash’, 299

‘Roy Davidson’, 299

‘Trevi Fountain’, 299

Pulmonaria officinalis, 299

‘Sissinghurst White’, 299

pulmonaria / Pulmonaria,

34 7, 349, 350, 354, 358,

360 , 361, 362, 366, 373,

37 4, 376

cutting back, 382

as mildew-prone, 67

thinning, 126

during winter, 131

Pulmonaria rubra, 299

‘David Ward’, 299

‘Redstart’, 299

Pulmonaria saccharata, 126,

298 , 299

‘Leopard’, 299

‘Majeste’, 299

‘Mrs. Moon’, 299

‘Pierre’s Pure Pink’, 299

‘Samouri’, 299

purple angelica, 158

purple coneflower, 137, 203,

205

purple mullein, 336

purple toadflax, 261

pussytoes, 64

queen-of-the-meadow, 213

queen-of-the-prairie, 212, 213

rabbits, 72–73

raccoons, 73

Ranunculaceae, 146, 148, 156,

157 , 158, 188, 189, 196,

236, 328, 335

Ranunculus, 350

Ratibida pinnata, 345

rattlesnake master, 208

record keeping, 19, 379, 383,

391

recycling, 37, 49, 391

red baneberry, 148

red barrenwort, 206

red-hot poker, 254

red lungwort, 299

renovating established

gardens

before and after views,

58–59, 61

determining objectives, 58

replanting, 61

selecting plants, 58, 61

as a spring project, 382

time involved in, 61

weed concerns, 58

reseeding plants, 100, 103–

105, 132, 361–362

Rheum, 343, 355, 357, 369, 377

Rheum palmatum var.

tanguticum, 300

rice button aster, 323

rock soapwort, 307

Rodgersia aesculifolia, 301

Rodgersia pinnata, 300

‘Chocolate Wings’, 301

‘Fireworks’, 301

Rodgersia podophylla, 301

rodgersia / Rodgersia, 343,

34 7, 350, 354, 358, 359,

37 0, 371, 376, 377

‘Bloody Mary’, 300, 302

Rodgersia sambucifolia, 301

root rot, 37, 66

Rosaceae, 152, 166, 212, 213,

215, 224, 225, 294, 306

Rosa rugosa, 69, 239

rose campion, 100, 312, 313

rose mallow, 243

Rosmarinus officinalis, 350

Roundup, 32, 43, 57, 61, 382

royal fern, 212

ruby cinquefoil, 295

Rudbeckia fulgida

‘Goldsturm’, 301 , 302, 347,

353, 361, 362

Rudbeckia fulgida var.

speciosa, 103, 301, 386

Rudbeckia hirta, 345

Rudbeckia maxima, 48, 301,

364

Rudbeckia newmanii, 301

Rudbeckia nitida

‘Goldquelle’, 303

‘Herbstsonne’, 19, 77, 130,

302 , 347, 351, 353, 362,

364

rudbeckia / Rudbeckia, 105,

130 , 350, 364, 368, 370,

373, 37 4

Rudbeckia triloba, 302

rue, 64

rugosa roses, 69, 239

Russian sage, 79, 282

rust, 68

Rutaceae, 201

Ruta graveolens, 303 , 344,

348, 354, 358, 359, 367,

368, 373, 374, 376

as caterpillar food, 64

‘Jackman’s Blue’, 304

‘Variegata’, 304

sage, 305

Salvia argentea ‘Artemis’, 305