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Plantiful : start small, grow big with 150 plants that spread, self-sow, and overwinter / Kristin Green.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2014.Edition: First edDescription: 222 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1604693878
  • 9781604693874 :
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  • Start small, grow big with 150 plants that spread, self-sow, and overwinter
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Contents:
Gardening with a generous nature : some ground rules -- How plants grow -- Opportunistic or invasive? -- Making the most of your garden -- Self-sowers : the price is right -- Guide to serendipity : taking editorial control -- Start a seed collection -- Propagation : sow it grows -- 50 faithful volunteers -- Plants that spread : when a little goes a long way -- Guide to abundance : reuse, replant, repeat -- Propagation : easy pieces -- 50 thrilling fillers -- Frost-tender plants : push the zone -- Guide to optimism : plan ahead and save for later -- Propagation : beg a cutting -- Overwintering : in from the cold -- 50 come-back keepers -- In sum.
Summary: A bountiful garden is easy to create, and gardeners can save big by choosing plants that grow quickly and spread vigorously. The fragrant stems and dusty-blue flower spikes of anise hyssop will pop up throughout the garden when the plant goes to seed. A cascade of golden Japanese forest grass is a fast but well-contained spreader. And when you add frost-tender plants to the mix, you'll open the door to an even wider world of possibilities. This book is filled with a colorful palette of plants that self-sow, spread from their roots, and outlast our seasonal expectations. You'll find simple lessons on propagating and providing winter protection; learn how to strike the balance between letting surprises arise and taking creative control; and discover how much nature gives away for free.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Thrifty gardeners take note: the bucks saved on plant purchases will pay back the purchase price of Plantiful with dividends." --Tovah Martin, author of The Unexpected Houseplant

Whoever coined the phrase "money doesn't grow on trees" must not have been a resourceful gardener. Plantiful shows you how to have an easy, gorgeous garden packed with plants by simply making the right choices. Kristen Green highlights plants that help a garden quickly grow by self-sowing and spreading and teaches you how to expand the garden and extend the life of a plant by overwintering. The book features plant profiles for 50 self-sowers (including columbine, milkweed, and foxglove), 50 spreaders (such as clematis, snow poppy, and spearmint), and 50 plants that overwinter (including lemon verbena, begonia, and Chinese hibiscus). Additional gardening tips, design ideas, and inspirational photos will motivate and inspire gardeners of all levels.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index.

Gardening with a generous nature : some ground rules -- How plants grow -- Opportunistic or invasive? -- Making the most of your garden -- Self-sowers : the price is right -- Guide to serendipity : taking editorial control -- Start a seed collection -- Propagation : sow it grows -- 50 faithful volunteers -- Plants that spread : when a little goes a long way -- Guide to abundance : reuse, replant, repeat -- Propagation : easy pieces -- 50 thrilling fillers -- Frost-tender plants : push the zone -- Guide to optimism : plan ahead and save for later -- Propagation : beg a cutting -- Overwintering : in from the cold -- 50 come-back keepers -- In sum.

A bountiful garden is easy to create, and gardeners can save big by choosing plants that grow quickly and spread vigorously. The fragrant stems and dusty-blue flower spikes of anise hyssop will pop up throughout the garden when the plant goes to seed. A cascade of golden Japanese forest grass is a fast but well-contained spreader. And when you add frost-tender plants to the mix, you'll open the door to an even wider world of possibilities. This book is filled with a colorful palette of plants that self-sow, spread from their roots, and outlast our seasonal expectations. You'll find simple lessons on propagating and providing winter protection; learn how to strike the balance between letting surprises arise and taking creative control; and discover how much nature gives away for free.

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