Beautiful at All Seasons: Southern Gardening and Beyond with Elizabeth LawrenceElizabeth Lawrence (1904–85) is recognized as one of America’s most important gardeners and garden writers. In 1957, Lawrence began a weekly column for the Charlotte Observer, blending gardening lore and horticultural expertise gained from her own gardens in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, and from her many gardener friends. This book presents 132 of her beloved columns. Never before published in book form, they were chosen from the more than 700 pieces that she wrote for the Observer over fourteen years. Lawrence exchanged plants and gardening tips with everyone from southern “farm ladies” trading bulbs in garden bulletins to prominent regional gardeners. She corresponded with nursery owners, everyday backyard gardeners, and literary luminaries such as Katharine White and Eudora Welty. Her books, including A Southern Garden, The Little Bulbs, and Gardens in Winter, inspired several generations of gardeners in the South and beyond. The columns in this volume cover specific plants, such as sweet peas, hellebores, peonies, and the bamboo growing outside her living-room window, as well as broader topics including the usefulness of vines, the importance of daily pruning, and organic gardening. Like all of Lawrence’s writing, these columns are peppered with references to conversations with neighbors and quotations from poetry, mythology, and correspondence. They brim with knowledge gained from a lifetime of experimenting in her gardens, from her visits to other gardens, and from her extensive reading. Lawrence once wrote, “Dirty fingernails are not the only requirement for growing plants. One must be as willing to study as to dig, for a knowledge of plants is acquired as much from books as from experience.” As inspiring today as when they first appeared in the Charlotte Observer, the columns collected in Beautiful at All Seasons showcase not only Lawrence’s vast knowledge but also her intimate, conversational writing style and her lifelong celebration of gardens and gardening. |
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... Clematis also Flowers in Shade 49 51 53 54 56 Beautiful Lilies Asteromoea mongolica—Kalimeris pinnatifida Hellebores The Christmas Rose and Other Hellebores Giridlian ... A Master of Plants 58 Night-Blooming Cereus 59 The Dividends of ...
... .................................................... Fall Vegetables 130 Two Vegetable Gardens 132 Mrs. Hobbs and Her Herbs 134 Sweet Woodru√ 136 Dandelions 137 Vines Are Useful Tools 139 Smilax 140 Clematis Hybrids.
... Useful Tools 139 Smilax 140 Clematis Hybrids 142 Akebia and Rosa banksiae 144 Ground Covers 146 Ground Covers Pose Problems 148 Tiny Creepers ..................................................................................
... Wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox, has been at its best since the first of December. Since we have had so little rain and sleet, none of the flowers have been spoiled and the scent is delicious. Clematis seasonal flowers 7 Winter Flowers.
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Contents
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Two Perennials and Annuals | 29 |
Three Bulbs Corms and Tubers | 65 |
Four Trees and Shrubs | 83 |
E A Bowless Lunatics | 125 |
Five Vegetables and Herbs Climbers and Creepers | 129 |
Six Gardeners and Gardens | 151 |
Seven Gods Legends and Rituals | 185 |
Eight Bits and Pieces | 211 |
Index | 229 |
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