While gardeners may be happy enough with their gardens in spring and early summer, few feel so confident about prolonging the display. Thankfully, Late Summer Flowers shows how to extend the blooming season. By choosing plants that have a late flowering season, or offer such bonuses as attractive foliage, seedheads, or berries, it is possible to get the best from the garden in late summer and autumn. The book advises on companion planting and planting for color and texture, and includes detailed discussion of how to choose plantings for sun and shade, dry soil and damp, and for problem conditions such as heavy clay or light sand.
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"Christopher explores a great many plants besides the usual mums and asters. ... This book opens our eyes to the possibilities of a bounteous garden all the way to Thanksgiving."
—Valerie Easton, Seattle Times, October 1, 2006 (Seattle Times )
"The new reference for extended-season gardening."
—John Bagnasco, Garden Compass, September/October 2006 (Garden Compass )
—Valerie Easton, Seattle Times, October 1, 2006 (Seattle Times )
"The new reference for extended-season gardening."
—John Bagnasco, Garden Compass, September/October 2006 (Garden Compass )
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While gardeners may be happy enough with their gardens in spring and early summer, few feel so confident about prolonging the display. This book shows how to extend the blooming season by choosing the right plants that will help make it possible to get the best from the garden in late summer and autumn.
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A much needed book on autumn flowers,
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I found this book written by an expert plantswoman on growing perennial flowers extremely worthwhile read. Good photos and down to earth comments on the subject of late flowering perennials. Excellent directory on the plants, and some very new plant introductions mentioned. Recommended.
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Only in England,
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I should have known better. Anything called a "late summer flower" by an English author will be long gone in the Midwest. Ok if you live in Maine or seattle, I expect.
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Many plants naturally bloom later in the year, so to create a successful late-summer border with the minimum of effort it would be prudent to use a large percentage of them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
congested spikes, gritty bed, violet filaments, silvery grey foliage, gravel border, pinnate foliage, dissected foliage, providing nectar, autumn border, sharp drainage, purple filaments, toothed foliage, naturalistic planting, disc florets, strong vertical accent, branched flowering, retentive soil, lean diet, summer border, seed strains, dappled shade, fall colours, foliage effect, named forms, breeding work Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Many plants naturally bloom later in the year, so to create a successful late-summer border with the minimum of effort it would be prudent to use a large percentage of them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
congested spikes, gritty bed, violet filaments, silvery grey foliage, gravel border, pinnate foliage, dissected foliage, providing nectar, autumn border, sharp drainage, purple filaments, toothed foliage, naturalistic planting, disc florets, strong vertical accent, branched flowering, retentive soil, lean diet, summer border, seed strains, dappled shade, fall colours, foliage effect, named forms, breeding work Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Piet Oudolf, Ernst Pagels, South African, Coen Jansen, New World, South America, Plant Finder, Atropurpurea Group, Old World, United States, Chelsea Physic Garden, Graham Gough New!
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