Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques

Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques
by Tracy DiSabato-Aust

Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques
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Author: Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 1998-02-01
ISBN: 0881924148
Number of pages: 338
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated

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Book Review: Pleased recipient
Summary: 5 Stars

I enjoyed an earlier copyright of this book and the new one is improved. Great reference for any gardener, especially those that want to do the best they can with the perennials.

Summary of Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques

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.

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