The Heirloom Flower Gardens

by Gardner, Jo Ann

• ISBN13: 9781890132620
• ISBN10: 1890132624
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co

Summary

Favorite Old Plant Varieties are comforting, easy-going, dependable, and enduring. They've earned an abiding place in our hearts. They have a simplicity and elegance that make them valuable additions to the home landscape. And like old friends they possess a grace and beauty that will never grow old. Heirloom Flower Gardens celebrates more than 300 classic ornamental plants introduced to North America between 1600 and the 1950s, and explores their uses in the landscape and the home. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jo Ann Gardner has written extensively about herbs and ornamental plants

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
PART I The Home Gardener's Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Landscaping with Heirloom Flowers	1	(58)
The Education of an Heirloom Flower Gardener	3	(6)
The Heirloom Flower Garden Book	6	(3)
Growing Heirloom Flowers	9	(12)
Plant Types	10	(1)
Growing from Seed	11	(4)
Sidebar: Sample Indoor Seeding Chart	13	(2)
Soil	15	(2)
Planting	17	(1)
Maintenance	18	(3)
Sidebar: Instant No-Dig Raised Beds on Sod Ground	19	(2)
Preserving the Heirloom Garden	21	(10)
Seed Saving	21	(3)
Sidebar: Everlastings	23	(1)
Wintering Annuals	24	(1)
Plant Division	25	(1)
Softwood and Hardwood Stem Cuttings	26	(1)
A Simple Way to Propagate Old Garden Roses	26	(1)
Layering	26	(1)
Propagating and Preserving Bulbs	27	(1)
No---Dig Garden Renovation	27	(1)
Plant Collector's Guide	28	(3)
Landscaping with Heirloom Flowers	31	(10)
First Steps	32	(2)
Design	34	(3)
Furnishing the Heirloom Garden	37	(1)
Specialty Plantings	38	(3)
Period---Inspired Garden Designs	41	(18)
Colonial Gardens of Use and Delight: 1600---1700	41	(3)
Native Flora in the Natural Garden: 1700---1850	44	(3)
Sidebar: How to Make a Quiggly Fence	45	(2)
The Parlor Garden: Late 1700s---1850	47	(2)
Victoriana: 1850 to early 1900s	49	(3)
The American Cottage Garden, An Old---Fashioned Mix: late 1800s to early 1900s	52	(3)
Sidebar: A Child's Arbor	55	(1)
The Eclectic Garden: 1600---1950 Plus	55	(4)
PART II A Treasury of Heirloom Ornamentals, 1600---1950: Flowers, Herbs, Shrubs, and Vines	59
Plant Portrait Example	60
Abelia	61
Achillea	62
Aconitum	63
Adiantum	65
Aegopodium	66
Alcea	67
Alchemilla	70
Allium	72
Anthemis	74
Aquilegia	76
Aristolochia	78
Artemisia	79
Asclepias	82
Buxus	83
Calendula	85
Callistephus	87
Campanula	88
Canna	91
Centaurea	94
Clarkia	96
Clematis	98
Convallaria	100
Cosmos	102
Dahlia	104
Dianthus	108
Dicentra	113
Digitalis	115
Galanthus	118
Galium	119
Gladiolus	121
Hemerocallis	125
Hesperis	129
Hosta	130
Humulus	133
Hyacinthus	136
Hydrangea	139
Impatiens	140
Inula	143
Ipomoea	145
Iris	147
Kalmia	152
Lathyrus	153
Lavandula	157
Levisticum	161
Lilium	163
Lobularia	168
Lonicera	169
Lunaria	172
Lupinus	173
Lychnis	176
Mahonia	178
Malva	180
Mertensia	184
Mirabilis	185
Monarda	187
Myosotis	190
Myrrhis	191
Narcissus	193
Nicotiana	199
Nigella	201
Paeonia	203
Papaver	206
Parthenocissus	210
Pelargonium	212
Petunia	215
Phalaris	219
Phaseolus	220
Philadelphus	222
Phlox	224
Primula	228
Pulmonaria	230
Rhododendron	232
Ribes	236
Rosa	239
Rudbeckia	250
Salvia	252
Sambucus	255
Saponaria	257
Spiraea	259
Stachys	261
Syringa	263
Tagetes	266
Tanacetum	269
Tropaeolum	272
Tulipa	275
Valeriana	280
Viburnum	282
Viola	284
Weigela	290