Creating Beds and Borders : Creative Ideas from America's Best Gardeners

by FINE GARDENING EDITORS

• ISBN13: 9781561584734
• ISBN10: 1561584738
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Taunton

Summary

Gardening enthusiasts will be inspired by this series of garden design books from more than 50 of America's best gardeners, landscape architects, horticulturists, and nursery owners. They'll discover a wealth of information on everything from planting perennial borders and garden rooms to landscape layout and gardening in harmony with nature.Creating Beds and Borders features design concepts for mixed borders, and techniques for selecting plants, pruning perennials, and starting plants from seed.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(1)
PART 1: Design Strategies	4	(34)
Bed & Border Basics	6	(8)
Barbara Blossom Ashmun
Order in the Border	14	(6)
Nick Seminchuk
Design Island Beds to View from Any Angle	20	(8)
Barbara Blossom Ashmun
Perennial Border Design with Foliage	28	(10)
Darrel Apps
PART 2: Great Border Plants	38	(56)
Good Looks Begin at the Edge	40	(8)
Sydney Eddison
Flowering Shrubs Enhance Mixed Borders	48	(8)
Erica Glasener
Annuals Pep Up Perennial Borders	56	(6)
Elisabeth Sheldon
Lacing the Border with Beauty	62	(8)
Frances Wenner
Shrubs for the Perennial Border	70	(6)
Elisabeth Sheldon
Well-Placed Shrubs Make Borders Better	76	(10)
Marietta O'Byrne
Roses Enliven a Border	86	(8)
Judith C. McKeon
PART 3: Special Techniques	94	(38)
Build a Bed without Breaking Your Back	96	(6)
Barbara Blossom Ashmun
Drawing the Line on Curved Beds & Borders	102	(6)
Barbara Allen
Pruning Perennials in Midseason	108	(8)
Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Start with Seeds for a Collector's Paradise	116	(8)
Marietta O'Byrne
Renovating a Perennial Bed	124	(8)
Chris Curless
PART 4: Garden Gallery	132	(36)
A Perennial Border for All Seasons	134	(8)
Sydney Eddison
Solutions for Wet, Shady Sites	142	(8)
Inta Krombolz
Designing a Warm-Climate Border	150	(6)
Jimmy
Becky Stewart
Can't Dig Down? Build Up	156	(6)
Karin Overbeck
Sun and Shade	162	(6)
Marie Castellano
Credits	168	(1)
Index	169