Successful Southern Gardening: A Practical Guide for Year-round Beauty

by Sandra F. Ladendorf

Overview

In this practical, how-to book on the problems and possibilities of gardening in the tricky environments officially known as zones 7 and 8, Ladendorf draws on her own experience, interviews and research for her weekly newspaper column, and visits to hundreds of public and private gardens. Although this book will be particularly helpful to novice gardeners and newcomers to the area, it also offers a vast amount of current information for the seasoned gardener.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807842416
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	03/01/1989
Edition description:	1
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
1	Introduction	1
2	Soils	7
3	Trees	21
4	Shrubs	42
5	Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and Camellias	61
6	Lawn	82
7	Ground Covers and Vines	95
8	Bulbs	110
9	Roses	139
10	Perennials	153
11	Annuals	176
12	Native Plants and Meadow Gardens	196
13	Rock Gardening	212
14	Vegetables, Fruits, and Nuts	229
15	Propagation	247
16	Pests, Diseases, and Chemicals	263
17	Conclusion	278
	Recommended Nurseries	282
	Plant Societies	286
	Suggested Reading List	289
	Index	291

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

As a Northerner [Ladendorf] brings special insights to her book, making it particularly valuable for other Yankee transplants to the South."—Christian Science Monitor

Editorial Reviews

Here is a thoroughly generous, informative, and well-crafted book in the best tradition of superior garden writing."—award citation, Garden Writers Association of America



Accurate and delightful to read. . . . She counts on and quotes from a superb network of amateur and professional horticulturists, including those associated with the North Carolina Botanical Garden."—Publishers Weekly



A lively and practical handbook."—Horticulture

From the Publisher

Ladendorf, garden columnist for the News and Observer in Raleigh, N.C., has grown ``lilacs and asters in Connecticut, raphiolepsis, calochortus, and ceonothus in California, and hardy rhododendrons and sweet peas in Michigan,'' and is now ``luxuriating in the beauty of azaleas, lycoris, crinums, and numerous southeastern native plants'' in Chapel Hill. Her experience gardening in such wide-ranging climates has helped her screen hundreds of species for their adaptability to her North Carolina home. Making no attempt to recommend plants for the far reaches of thevast and varied area called the South, Ladendorf restricts her counsel to zones 7 and 8--but knowledgeable gardeners in other parts of the South can apply her advice to their own turf. She counts on and quotes from a superb network of amateur and professional horticulturists, including those associated with the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Her book is accurate and delightful to read, though meant for gardeners with a greener-than-average thumb; beginners will have to grow into it. Illustrations. (Mar.)

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