Keep your perennial beds looking their best, season after season. From planning and planting to pruning and propagating, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to maintain a stunning perennial garden. Nancy J. Ondra provides an in-depth, plant-by-plant guide that profiles 125 popular perennials, with helpful information on each plants soil, light, and water needs. Ondras expertise and passion for gardening, along with Rob Cardillos breathtaking photography, will inspire you to create a garden of your dreams that will last a lifetime.
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PART ONE PERENNIAL CARE BASICS |
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Creating an Easy-Care Perennial Garden |
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Selecting Easy-Care Perennials |
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Reworking Established Gardens |
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Caring for Your Perennials |
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Planting and Moving Perennials |
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Fertilizing and Soil-Building |
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Choosing and Using Mulches |
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Perennial Care from Fall to Spring |
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Making the Most of Holding Beds |
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Troubleshooting Perennial Garden Problems |
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Evaluating Perennial Problems |
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Insects and Related Pests |
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PART TWO PLANT-BY-PLANT PERENNIAL GUIDE |
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| Plant Reference by Common Name |
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Rob Cardillo has been photographing gardens, plants, and the people who tend them for more than 20 years. Formerly the director of photography at Organic Gardening, he now works for major publishers, horticultural suppliers, and landscape designers throughout the United States. Visit him at robcardillo.com.Nancy J. Ondra, author of Container Theme Gardens, is a garden writer and editor as well as the former owner and operator of a small rare-plant nursery. She is the author or co-author of a dozen gardening books, including Foliage (winner of the 2008 Book Award from the American Horticultural Society), The Perennial Gardeners Design Primer (winner of a 2006 Silver Award from the Garden Writers Association), Five-Plant Gardens, The Perennial Care Manual, Fallscaping, and Grasses. She currently gardens in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and blogs at www.hayefield.com.
