Heirloom gardening in the South : yesterday's plants for today's gardens / William C. Welch and Greg Grant ; with Cynthia W. Mueller and Jason Powell.
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| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | AgriLife Research and Extension Service series.
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This resource was acquired with funds from Office of the Provost, Michigan State University, in honor of Professor Mary Zehner, who retired from the Department of Agriculture, Food Resources & Economics in 1994. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 537 pages. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Exploring our gardening heritage
- The three sisters: Native American influence
- Orange blossoms and Spanish-daggers: Spanish influence
- Formality and order: French influence
- Out of Africa: African influence
- Gardening with nature: English influence
- A garden in a wilderness: German influence
- Classics in the garden: Italian influence
- Plant explorers and timeless treasures: Asian influence
- Rediscovering a wealth of southern heirloom plants
- Natives, invasives, cemeteries, and rustling
- 'Slips and starts': how heirloom plants were increased
- Naturalizing daffodils and other southern bulbs
- The fruitful garden
- Enjoying the bounty
- The right plant in the right place
- Designing your own garden: basic design principles
- Fine-tuning the garden
- Heirloom plants of the South
- How our gardens grew: creating your own garden traditions
- A country cottage garden: fragilee
- A sense of place: Emanis house.