Well-Tended
Perennial Garden : Planting & Pruning Techniques
by
Tracy Disabato-Aust, Steven M. Still (Foreword)
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Description
The difference between a garden that looks its
best for a few brief days and one that delights the
eye for weeks and months on end is frequently just a
matter of good planning and judicious care. Tracy
DiSabato-Aust has devoted years to studying how to
plan and care for perennials so that a garden can be
a real showplace with a minimum of maintenance.
The first key to success lies in good site
planning and plant selection that emphasizes each
plant’s strengths. Following that in importance
is learning how and when to prune and shape
perennials to produce more flowers, encourage lush
new growth, discourage pests, stagger bloom times,
and maintain vigorous health.
Amazingly, this is the first book that covers this
essential topic in detail, although books on pruning
woody plants abound. Deadheading, pinching, cutting
back, thinning, disbudding, and deadleafing are among
the techniques in the gardener’s arsenal that
are thoroughly explained and illustrated. An
extensive encyclopedia of important perennial species
and cultivars explains the pruning and maintenance
needs of each plant. Wonderfully useful appendices
offer a month-by-month planting and maintenance
schedule for the typical perennial garden.
Illustrated with 131 striking photographs by the
author, this book will show both amateur and
professional gardeners how to give their perennials
the kind of care that will allow them to look their
very best.
From
the Publisher
Tracy DiSabato-Aust has devoted years of study
to creating showplace gardens with minimal
maintenance. Her methods of pruning and shaping
perennials, thoroughly explained and illustrated
here, produce more flowers, encourage lush new
growth, discourage pests, stagger bloom times, and
maintain vigorous health. In just over two years,
this has become Timber Press's all-time bestselling
hardcover, with more than 60,000 copies in print.
About
the Author
Tracy DiSabato-Aust received B.S. and M.S.
degrees in horticulture from The Ohio State
University. She has worked for more than twenty years
as a landscape designer, horticultural consultant,
writer, and lecturer, receiving numerous
horticultural awards. Tracy's feature articles have
appeared in Fine Gardening and the American
Nurseryman, and her garden has been featured in
Country Gardens magazine.
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