Passionate Gardening Good Advice for Challenging Climates

by Springer Ogden, Lauren; Proctor, Rob

• ISBN13: 9781555913489
• ISBN10: 1555913482
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum

Summary

In this gorgeous and informative book, the reader gets not one but two powerhouse gardening writers who estimate that together they have grown around 3,000 species. Lauren and Rob work in different settings--one in the city, one in the country--and by traveling through the seasons, they reveal their secrets to handling almost any gardening challenge. Beautiful photographs, engaging text about their varied adventures, and the joy of gardening under any conditions spring forth from the page to the delight of all readers.

Author Biography

Lauren Springer Ogden and Rob Proctor are authors, photographers, lecturers, garden designers, and above all, passionate gardeners. Their writings have appeared in many national publications. For eight years, they collaborated on an award-winning gardening column for the Denver Post. Rob is the author of ten books, including Naturalizing Bulbs and Herbs in the Garden: The Art of Intermingling. He and his garden frequently appear on the Discovery Channel. An accomplished artist, he taught for eight years at Denver Botanic Gardens' School of Botanical Illustration, and his works hang in the Smithsonian. He is director of horticulture at Denver Botanic Gardens. He tends his own one-acre garden without benefit of staff. Lauren gardened professionally on both sides of the Atlantic before receiving her master's degree in horticulture. She designs gardens for the public; her private gardens have been featured on television and in numerous publications. The American Horticultural Society named her book The Undaunted Garden one of the 75 best American gardening books of the recent century. In the foothills of Colorado, she divides her time between an untold number of plants, four dogs, two horses, ten cats, three children, and one husband.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	3	(4)
Preface	7	(1)
Common Ground	8	(32)
The Killing Fields	10	(2)
Garden One-Upmanship	12	(2)
Ode to Clay	14	(4)
Starting Over	18	(2)
Weeds	20	(3)
Geography Lesson	23	(3)
Feed and Fluff	26	(2)
Much Ado About Mulch	28	(3)
Watering	31	(4)
Learning to Love Latin	35	(2)
Non-Peak Performance	37	(3)
Design and Inspiration	40	(60)
Bulbs in the Grass	42	(2)
Rock Garden Basics	44	(3)
Borders	47	(3)
Gardening Between Flagstones	50	(3)
Adventures in Water Gardening	53	(3)
A German Four-Square Garden	56	(2)
Vegetable Artistry	58	(3)
Potted Herbs	61	(3)
Upward with Vines	64	(6)
Bulb Companions	70	(2)
Rose Companions	72	(4)
Designing with Grasses	76	(4)
Bronze Foliage	80	(2)
Variegata	82	(2)
Silver	84	(4)
Soft Yellow	88	(3)
Brilliant Color	91	(3)
Garden Furniture	94	(3)
Garden Art	97	(3)
Challenges	100	(50)
A New Garden	102	(4)
Wise Lawns	106	(2)
The Weeding Instinct	108	(3)
Dry Shade	111	(3)
Hellstrips	114	(4)
Edges	118	(3)
Slugs	121	(2)
Oh Deer!	123	(3)
Undervalued Trees	126	(4)
Underused Shrubs	130	(4)
Hardy Climbing Roses	134	(3)
Frost-Hardy Annuals	137	(3)
Long-Blooming Perennials	140	(4)
Made for Mud	144	(2)
Party On	146	(2)
The Grand Tour	148	(2)
Through the Seasons	150	(152)
Spring	152	(1)
Between Seasons	153	(2)
A Basement Greenhouse	155	(3)
Starting Tender Bulbs Indoors	158	(3)
Apple Blossoms Indoors	161	(2)
Small Bearded Iris	163	(4)
Spring Mistakes	167	(2)
Fragrant Spring Shrubs	169	(2)
The Waiting Game	171	(2)
The Lilac	173	(3)
Dirt Days	176	(2)
Crabapples	178	(2)
Annual Planting	180	(3)
Penstemons	183	(6)
Summer	188	(1)
Canadian Roses	189	(3)
The Opium Poppy	192	(5)
Hummingbirds	197	(2)
Water and Sun	199	(3)
Night Fragrance	202	(2)
Bush Fruits	204	(3)
The Summertime Blues	207	(5)
Panty Hose and Tomatoes	212	(2)
A Touch of the Tropics	214	(4)
Summer Stars	218	(5)
Summer Scents	223	(3)
Seed Collecting	226	(3)
Autumn	228	(1)
Lilies	229	(3)
Fall-Blooming Bulbs	232	(3)
Late-Season Annuals	235	(5)
Bulb Tricks	240	(2)
The Little Bulbs	242	(3)
Alliums	245	(3)
Daffodils for Naturalizing	248	(3)
Long-Lived Tulips	251	(4)
Winding Down	255	(2)
Perennials for Fall Foliage	257	(2)
Shrubs and Trees for Autumn Color	259	(3)
Forcing Bulbs	262	(4)
``Perennial'' Annuals and Biennials	266	(5)
Winter	270	(1)
Ruthless People	271	(3)
For the Birds	274	(4)
Holiday Flowers	278	(2)
Rob Goes Tree Shopping	280	(2)
The Christmas Tree	282	(2)
Christmas Plants---Myth and Legend	284	(3)
Tender Bulbs Indoors	287	(3)
Winter Herbs	290	(2)
Bones	292	(2)
Winter Beauty	294	(4)
Winter Madness	298	(2)
Resolutions	300	(2)
Perspectives	302	(26)
Pretty Poison	304	(3)
Labels	307	(2)
High-Impact Gardening	309	(2)
Herbal Baths	311	(2)
Hand in Hand	313	(2)
Tools	315	(2)
Father Figure	317	(1)
The Garden Bum	318	(2)
The Pregnant Gardener	320	(2)
Urban Wildlife	322	(2)
Animal Moments	324	(2)
Records	326	(2)
Related Reading	328	(1)
Sources for Plants and Seeds	329	(2)
Index	331