Lawrence / Armstrong / Wilson Beautiful at All Seasons

Southern Gardening and Beyond with Elizabeth Lawrence
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8976-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

In 1957, the revered garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence began a weekly column for the Charlotte Observer. This book presents 132 of the more than 700 pieces that she wrote for the Observer over fourteen years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawrence, Elizabeth

Armstrong, Ann L.

Wilson, Lindie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Gartenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Note to the Reader xxi

One: Seasonal Flowers

Garden Resolutions 1

Flowers for Christmas Time 3

Flowers Greet the New Year 5

Winter Flowers 7

The Green Winter 8

A Hard Winter 9

Bamboo 11

Storm Damage 13

The Merry Month of May 14

Tender Perennials for Hot-Weather Gardens 16

Flowers in the Fall Border 18

Fragrance in the Garden 19

Fall Additions to the Border 21

Sow Hardy Annual Seeds During September 22

Planting Annuals in Autumn 24

Late-Blooming Flowers 25

The Gardening Year Is Just Beginning 27

Two: Perennials and Annuals

Planting in Relays 29

Badge of Gardening Includes Black Knees 31

Gardening Surprises 33

The Law of Supply and Demand 34

Variegated Foliage 36

Selections for the Rock Garden 38

Tropical Plants 39

Annuals 41

Sweet Peas 43

Peony 45

Tree Peonies and Others 46

Clematis also Flowers in Shade 48

Beautiful Lilies 49

Asteromoea mongolica-- Kalimeris pinnatifida 51

Hellebores 53

The Christmas Rose and Other Hellebores 54

Giridlian. A Master of Plants 56

Night-Blooming Cereus 58

The Dividends of Fall Planting 59

Savannah Lands of East Carolina 61

Petasites 62

Three: Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers

Planting Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers 65

Bulbs Through the Seasons 66

Some Early Spring Bulbs 68

Daffodils Need Early Start 70

Specialty Bulbs 72

Crown Imperials 73

Lycoris radiata 75

Amaryllis Family 77

The Surprise Lily 78

Lilies Grow Where None Were 79

Garden Casualties 81

Four: Trees and Shrubs

Planting for Ice Storms 83

Plants for Parking Strips 85

Flowering Trees for the City 86

Street Trees 88

Trees with Colored Bark 90

Witch Hazels 92

Flowering Cherries 93

Serviceberries and Sloes 95

Dogwoods 97

Buckeyes 98

Eucalyptus 100

Honey Locust 102

Osmanthus 103

Hollies 105

Conifers 106

Firs and Cedars 108

Flowering Shrubs 110

March-Flowering Shrubs 111

Viburnums and Other Flowering Shrubs 113

June-Flowering Shrubs 114

Viburnums 116

Pyracanthas 118

Nandinas 119

Hydrangeas 121

Sasanquas 122

Camellia saluenensis 124

E. A. Bowles's Lunatics 125

Five: Vegetables and Herbs, Climbers and Creepers

Fall Vegetables 129

Two Vegetable Gardens 130

Mrs. Hobbs and Her Herbs 132

Sweet Woodruff 134

Dandelions 136

Vines Are Useful Tools 137

Smilax 139

Clematis Hybrids 140

Akebia and Rosa banksiae 142

Ground Covers 144

Ground Covers Pose Problems 146

Tiny Creepers 148

Six: Gardeners and Gardens

Wing Haven 151

Importance of Garden Details 152

Steps in Your Garden 154

Walks and Paths 156

Terraces and Patios 158

Water in the Garden 159

Mr. Krippenndorf's Garden 161

Physic Garden at the Country Doctor Museum 162

Mr. Busbee's Garden 164

A Visit to Italy's Oldest Botanic Garden 166

Colette's Mother's Garden 167

The Splendor of Royal Gardens 169

Gotelli's Collection of Dwarf Conifers 171

The Scented Garden 172

The Gardens of a Soldier's Wife 174

Pioneer Seedsman 176

Young Belgian Guided Southern Horticulture 177

Meet Caroline Dormon 179

She Talks to the Birds 181

The Hunt Arboretum 182

Seven: Gods, Legends, and Rituals

The Gods of the Garden 185

The Ash, a Symbol in History 187

The Tale of the Magical Hawthorn Tree 189

The Holy Thorn Blooms for Royalty 190

The Christian Year Parallels the Garden Year 192

Holiday Wreaths 194

The Advent Wreath 196

Legend and Lore of the Christmas Tree 197

International Christmas Trees 199

The Flowers of the Trinity 201

The Flowers of Passiontide 203

The Story of the Passion Flower 205

Rituals of the Palms 206

Rogation Days-- The Blessing of the Crops 208

Eight: Bits and Pieces

Asafetida 211

Feeding the Birds 213

Honey 214

Organic Gardening 216

Pruning 218

Pruning Should Be Done Every Day 219

Historic Flower Arrangements 221

Bouquet Carried Messages 223

Pomanders 224

Creatures Add to a Garden 226

Index 229

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Lawrence was the author of A Southern Garden, The Little Bulbs (also published by Duke University Press), Gardens in Winter, and Lob’s Wood, as well as many other writings for newspapers, magazines, and gardening bulletins, some of which were collected in posthumous books including Gardening for Love and A Rock Garden in the South, both also published by Duke University Press. A graduate of Barnard College, she was the first woman to receive a degree in landscape architecture from North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University). Lawrence was awarded the Herbert Medal of the American Plant Life Society in 1943 and was honored by the American Horticultural Society and the National Council of State Garden Clubs for her writing.Ann L. Armstrong is a garden lecturer and writer in Charlotte, North Carolina. She wrote the Wing Haven Garden Journal, a garden planning and maintenance calendar. Lindie Wilson owns Elizabeth Lawrence’s former home in Charlotte, where for twenty years she has maintained the garden that Lawrence began in 1948.