Elizabeth Lawrence was the author of A Southern Garden, The Little Bulbs (also published by Duke University Press), Gardens in Winter, and Lob’s Wood, as well as many other writings for newspapers, magazines, and gardening bulletins, some of which were collected in posthumous books including Gardening for Love and A Rock Garden in the South, both also published by Duke University Press. A graduate of Barnard College, she was the first woman to receive a degree in landscape architecture from North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University). Lawrence was awarded the Herbert…mehr
Elizabeth Lawrence was the author of A Southern Garden, The Little Bulbs (also published by Duke University Press), Gardens in Winter, and Lob’s Wood, as well as many other writings for newspapers, magazines, and gardening bulletins, some of which were collected in posthumous books including Gardening for Love and A Rock Garden in the South, both also published by Duke University Press. A graduate of Barnard College, she was the first woman to receive a degree in landscape architecture from North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University). Lawrence was awarded the Herbert Medal of the American Plant Life Society in 1943 and was honored by the American Horticultural Society and the National Council of State Garden Clubs for her writing. Ann L. Armstrong is a garden lecturer and writer in Charlotte, North Carolina. She wrote the Wing Haven Garden Journal, a garden planning and maintenance calendar. Lindie Wilson owns Elizabeth Lawrence’s former home in Charlotte, where for twenty years she has maintained the garden that Lawrence began in 1948.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Elizabeth Lawrence was the author of A Southern Garden, The Little Bulbs (also published by Duke University Press), Gardens in Winter, and Lob’s Wood, as well as many other writings for newspapers, magazines, and gardening bulletins, some of which were collected in posthumous books including Gardening for Love and A Rock Garden in the South, both also published by Duke University Press. A graduate of Barnard College, she was the first woman to receive a degree in landscape architecture from North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University). Lawrence was awarded the Herbert Medal of the American Plant Life Society in 1943 and was honored by the American Horticultural Society and the National Council of State Garden Clubs for her writing. Ann L. Armstrong is a garden lecturer and writer in Charlotte, North Carolina. She wrote the Wing Haven Garden Journal, a garden planning and maintenance calendar. Lindie Wilson owns Elizabeth Lawrence’s former home in Charlotte, where for twenty years she has maintained the garden that Lawrence began in 1948.
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Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Note to the Reader xxi One: Seasonal Flowers Garden Resolutions 1 Flowers for Christmas Time 3 Flowers Greet the New Year 5 Winter Flowers 7 The Green Winter 8 A Hard Winter 9 Bamboo 11 Storm Damage 13 The Merry Month of May 14 Tender Perennials for Hot-Weather Gardens 16 Flowers in the Fall Border 18 Fragrance in the Garden 19 Fall Additions to the Border 21 Sow Hardy Annual Seeds During September 22 Planting Annuals in Autumn 24 Late-Blooming Flowers 25 The Gardening Year Is Just Beginning 27 Two: Perennials and Annuals Planting in Relays 29 Badge of Gardening Includes Black Knees 31 Gardening Surprises 33 The Law of Supply and Demand 34 Variegated Foliage 36 Selections for the Rock Garden 38 Tropical Plants 39 Annuals 41 Sweet Peas 43 Peony 45 Tree Peonies and Others 46 Clematis also Flowers in Shade 48 Beautiful Lilies 49 Asteromoea mongolica-- Kalimeris pinnatifida 51 Hellebores 53 The Christmas Rose and Other Hellebores 54 Giridlian . . . A Master of Plants 56 Night-Blooming Cereus 58 The Dividends of Fall Planting 59 Savannah Lands of East Carolina 61 Petasites 62 Three: Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers Planting Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers 65 Bulbs Through the Seasons 66 Some Early Spring Bulbs 68 Daffodils Need Early Start 70 Specialty Bulbs 72 Crown Imperials 73 Lycoris radiata 75 Amaryllis Family 77 The Surprise Lily 78 Lilies Grow Where None Were 79 Garden Casualties 81 Four: Trees and Shrubs Planting for Ice Storms 83 Plants for Parking Strips 85 Flowering Trees for the City 86 Street Trees 88 Trees with Colored Bark 90 Witch Hazels 92 Flowering Cherries 93 Serviceberries and Sloes 95 Dogwoods 97 Buckeyes 98 Eucalyptus 100 Honey Locust 102 Osmanthus 103 Hollies 105 Conifers 106 Firs and Cedars 108 Flowering Shrubs 110 March-Flowering Shrubs 111 Viburnums and Other Flowering Shrubs 113 June-Flowering Shrubs 114 Viburnums 116 Pyracanthas 118 Nandinas 119 Hydrangeas 121 Sasanquas 122 Camellia saluenensis 124 E. A. Bowles's Lunatics 125 Five: Vegetables and Herbs, Climbers and Creepers Fall Vegetables 129 Two Vegetable Gardens 130 Mrs. Hobbs and Her Herbs 132 Sweet Woodruff 134 Dandelions 136 Vines Are Useful Tools 137 Smilax 139 Clematis Hybrids 140 Akebia and Rosa banksiae 142 Ground Covers 144 Ground Covers Pose Problems 146 Tiny Creepers 148 Six: Gardeners and Gardens Wing Haven 151 Importance of Garden Details 152 Steps in Your Garden 154 Walks and Paths 156 Terraces and Patios 158 Water in the Garden 159 Mr. Krippenndorf's Garden 161 Physic Garden at the Country Doctor Museum 162 Mr. Busbee's Garden 164 A Visit to Italy's Oldest Botanic Garden 166 Colette's Mother's Garden 167 The Splendor of Royal Gardens 169 Gotelli's Collection of Dwarf Conifers 171 The Scented Garden 172 The Gardens of a Soldier's Wife 174 Pioneer Seedsman 176 Young Belgian Guided Southern Horticulture 177 Meet Caroline Dormon 179 She Talks to the Birds 181 The Hunt Arboretum 182 Seven: Gods, Legends, and Rituals The Gods of the Garden 185 The Ash, a Symbol in History 187 The Tale of the Magical Hawthorn Tree 189 The Holy Thorn Blooms for Royalty 190 The Christian Year Parallels the Garden Year 192 Holiday Wreaths 194 The Advent Wreath 196 Legend and Lore of the Christmas Tree 197 International Christmas Trees 199 The Flowers of the Trinity 201 The Flowers of Passiontide 203 The Story of the Passion Flower 205 Rituals of the Palms 206 Rogation Days-- The Blessing of the Crops 208 Eight: Bits and Pieces Asafetida 211 Feeding the Birds 213 Honey 214 Organic Gardening 216 Pruning 218 Pruning Should Be Done Every Day 219 Historic Flower Arrangements 221 Bouquet Carried Messages 223 Pomanders 224 Creatures Add to a Garden 226 Index 229
Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Note to the Reader xxi One: Seasonal Flowers Garden Resolutions 1 Flowers for Christmas Time 3 Flowers Greet the New Year 5 Winter Flowers 7 The Green Winter 8 A Hard Winter 9 Bamboo 11 Storm Damage 13 The Merry Month of May 14 Tender Perennials for Hot-Weather Gardens 16 Flowers in the Fall Border 18 Fragrance in the Garden 19 Fall Additions to the Border 21 Sow Hardy Annual Seeds During September 22 Planting Annuals in Autumn 24 Late-Blooming Flowers 25 The Gardening Year Is Just Beginning 27 Two: Perennials and Annuals Planting in Relays 29 Badge of Gardening Includes Black Knees 31 Gardening Surprises 33 The Law of Supply and Demand 34 Variegated Foliage 36 Selections for the Rock Garden 38 Tropical Plants 39 Annuals 41 Sweet Peas 43 Peony 45 Tree Peonies and Others 46 Clematis also Flowers in Shade 48 Beautiful Lilies 49 Asteromoea mongolica-- Kalimeris pinnatifida 51 Hellebores 53 The Christmas Rose and Other Hellebores 54 Giridlian . . . A Master of Plants 56 Night-Blooming Cereus 58 The Dividends of Fall Planting 59 Savannah Lands of East Carolina 61 Petasites 62 Three: Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers Planting Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers 65 Bulbs Through the Seasons 66 Some Early Spring Bulbs 68 Daffodils Need Early Start 70 Specialty Bulbs 72 Crown Imperials 73 Lycoris radiata 75 Amaryllis Family 77 The Surprise Lily 78 Lilies Grow Where None Were 79 Garden Casualties 81 Four: Trees and Shrubs Planting for Ice Storms 83 Plants for Parking Strips 85 Flowering Trees for the City 86 Street Trees 88 Trees with Colored Bark 90 Witch Hazels 92 Flowering Cherries 93 Serviceberries and Sloes 95 Dogwoods 97 Buckeyes 98 Eucalyptus 100 Honey Locust 102 Osmanthus 103 Hollies 105 Conifers 106 Firs and Cedars 108 Flowering Shrubs 110 March-Flowering Shrubs 111 Viburnums and Other Flowering Shrubs 113 June-Flowering Shrubs 114 Viburnums 116 Pyracanthas 118 Nandinas 119 Hydrangeas 121 Sasanquas 122 Camellia saluenensis 124 E. A. Bowles's Lunatics 125 Five: Vegetables and Herbs, Climbers and Creepers Fall Vegetables 129 Two Vegetable Gardens 130 Mrs. Hobbs and Her Herbs 132 Sweet Woodruff 134 Dandelions 136 Vines Are Useful Tools 137 Smilax 139 Clematis Hybrids 140 Akebia and Rosa banksiae 142 Ground Covers 144 Ground Covers Pose Problems 146 Tiny Creepers 148 Six: Gardeners and Gardens Wing Haven 151 Importance of Garden Details 152 Steps in Your Garden 154 Walks and Paths 156 Terraces and Patios 158 Water in the Garden 159 Mr. Krippenndorf's Garden 161 Physic Garden at the Country Doctor Museum 162 Mr. Busbee's Garden 164 A Visit to Italy's Oldest Botanic Garden 166 Colette's Mother's Garden 167 The Splendor of Royal Gardens 169 Gotelli's Collection of Dwarf Conifers 171 The Scented Garden 172 The Gardens of a Soldier's Wife 174 Pioneer Seedsman 176 Young Belgian Guided Southern Horticulture 177 Meet Caroline Dormon 179 She Talks to the Birds 181 The Hunt Arboretum 182 Seven: Gods, Legends, and Rituals The Gods of the Garden 185 The Ash, a Symbol in History 187 The Tale of the Magical Hawthorn Tree 189 The Holy Thorn Blooms for Royalty 190 The Christian Year Parallels the Garden Year 192 Holiday Wreaths 194 The Advent Wreath 196 Legend and Lore of the Christmas Tree 197 International Christmas Trees 199 The Flowers of the Trinity 201 The Flowers of Passiontide 203 The Story of the Passion Flower 205 Rituals of the Palms 206 Rogation Days-- The Blessing of the Crops 208 Eight: Bits and Pieces Asafetida 211 Feeding the Birds 213 Honey 214 Organic Gardening 216 Pruning 218 Pruning Should Be Done Every Day 219 Historic Flower Arrangements 221 Bouquet Carried Messages 223 Pomanders 224 Creatures Add to a Garden 226 Index 229
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