Beautiful at all seasons southern gardening and beyond with Elizabeth Lawrence

Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xvNote to the Reader xxiOne: Seasonal Flowers Garden Resolutions 1Flowers for Christmas Time 3Flowers Greet the New Year 5Winter Flowers 7The Green Winter 8A Hard Winter 9Bamboo 11Storm Damage 13The Merry Month of May 14Tender Perennials for Hot-Weather Gardens 16Flowers in the Fall Border 18Fragrance in the Garden 19Fall Additions to the Border 21Sow Hardy Annual Seeds During September 22Planting Annuals in Autumn 24Late-Blooming Flowers 25The Gardening Year Is Just Beginning 27Two: Perennials and Annuals Planting in Relays 29Badge of Gardening Includes Black Knees 31Gardening Surprises 33The Law of Supply and Demand 34Variegated Foliage 36Selections for the Rock Garden 38Tropical Plants 39Annuals 41Sweet Peas 43Peony 45Tree Peonies and Others 46Clematis also Flowers in Shade 48Beautiful Lilies 49Asteromoea mongolica-- Kalimeris pinnatifida 51Hellebores 53The Christmas Rose and Other Hellebores 54Giridlian . . . A Master of Plants 56Night-Blooming Cereus 58The Dividends of Fall Planting 59Savannah Lands of East Carolina 61Petasites 62Three: Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers Planting Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers 65Bulbs Through the Seasons 66Some Early Spring Bulbs 68Daffodils Need Early Start 70Specialty Bulbs 72Crown Imperials 73Lycoris radiata 75Amaryllis Family 77The Surprise Lily 78Lilies Grow Where None Were 79Garden Casualties 81Four: Trees and Shrubs Planting for Ice Storms 83Plants for Parking Strips 85Flowering Trees for the City 86Street Trees 88Trees with Colored Bark 90Witch Hazels 92Flowering Cherries 93Serviceberries and Sloes 95Dogwoods 97Buckeyes 98Eucalyptus 100Honey Locust 102Osmanthus 103Hollies 105Conifers 106Firs and Cedars 108Flowering Shrubs 110March-Flowering Shrubs 111Viburnums and Other Flowering Shrubs 113June-Flowering Shrubs 114Viburnums 116Pyracanthas 118Nandinas 119Hydrangeas 121Sasanquas 122Camellia saluenensis 124E. A. Bowles's Lunatics 125Five: Vegetables and Herbs, Climbers and Creepers Fall Vegetables 129Two Vegetable Gardens 130Mrs. Hobbs and Her Herbs 132Sweet Woodruff 134Dandelions 136Vines Are Useful Tools 137Smilax 139Clematis Hybrids 140Akebia and Rosa banksiae 142Ground Covers 144Ground Covers Pose Problems 146Tiny Creepers 148Six: Gardeners and Gardens Wing Haven 151Importance of Garden Details 152Steps in Your Garden 154Walks and Paths 156Terraces and Patios 158Water in the Garden 159Mr. Krippenndorf's Garden 161Physic Garden at the Country Doctor Museum 162Mr. Busbee's Garden 164A Visit to Italy's Oldest Botanic Garden 166Colette's Mother's Garden 167The Splendor of Royal Gardens 169Gotelli's Collection of Dwarf Conifers 171The Scented Garden 172The Gardens of a Soldier's Wife 174Pioneer Seedsman 176Young Belgian Guided Southern Horticulture 177Meet Caroline Dormon 179She Talks to the Birds 181The Hunt Arboretum 182Seven: Gods, Legends, and Rituals The Gods of the Garden 185The Ash, a Symbol in History 187The Tale of the Magical Hawthorn Tree 189The Holy Thorn Blooms for Royalty 190The Christian Year Parallels the Garden Year 192Holiday Wreaths 194The Advent Wreath 196Legend and Lore of the Christmas Tree 197International Christmas Trees 199The Flowers of the Trinity 201The Flowers of Passiontide 203The Story of the Passion Flower 205Rituals of the Palms 206Rogation Days-- The Blessing of the Crops 208Eight: Bits and Pieces Asafetida 211Feeding the Birds 213Honey 214Organic Gardening 216Pruning 218Pruning Should Be Done Every Day 219Historic Flower Arrangements 221Bouquet Carried Messages 223Pomanders 224Creatures Add to a Garden 226Index 229