Burpee: The complete flower garderner

Make flower gardening even more enriching and rewarding with Burpee -The Complete Flower Gardener. The ultimate authority, it helps you get going and growing with: Informative Plant Portraits of more than 175 plants -from Achilles to Zinnia-including the heirloom flowers your grandmother loved as well as today's plant breeders' newest cultivars. Invaluable guidance on everything from planning and planting your pot or plot to choosing tools to gardening with children. Environmentally friendly solutions to common problems-both caused by conditions in your site and by wildlife, diseases, and bugs. Information on special gardens - with details on creating a Butterfly Garden, an Edible Garden, a Hillside Garden, a Perennial Cutting Garden, and more.

Introduction.

PARTI. FLOWER GARDENING FROM THE GROUND UP.

Chapter 1. The World of Flowers: Understanding Plant Basics.

Chapter 2. Where Does Your Garden Grow: Taking Stock of Local Conditions.

Chapter 3. Home Ground: Assessing Your Garden Site.

Chapter 4. Terra Wonderful: Making Great Soil For Growing Flowers.

Chapter 5. Balancing Act: Creating Borders and Beds.

Chapter 6. Garden Work: Planting and Tending Flowers.

Chapter 7. Bugs and Other Bothers: Handling Problems in the Flower Garden.

Chapter 8. Being Single-Minded: Creating Gardens of Special Delight.

Chapter 9. Tool Talk: Equipping the Flower Gardener.

PART II. PLANT PORTRAITS.

Achillea.

AconitumAgeratum houstonianum.

Alcea rosea.

Alchemilla mollis.

Allium.

Amsonia tabernaemontana.

Anemone.

Anthemis tinctoria.

Antirrhinum majus.

AquilegiaAruncusAsclepias tuberosa.

Aster.

Astilbe.

Baptisia australis.

Begonia.

BergeniaBrachyscome iberidifolia.

Bracteantha bracteata.

Calendula officinalis.

Campanula.

Canna [ts] generalis.

Catharanthus roseus.

Celosia argenteaCentaureaCentranthus ruber.

Chrysanthemum ? morifolium.

CimicifugaCleome hasslerana.

Convallaria majalis.

CoreopsisCorydalis.

Cosmos.

Crocus.

DahliaDelphiniumDianthusDicentraDictamnus albus.

DigitalisEchinacea purpurea.

Echinops ritro.

EpimediumEryngiumEschscholzia californica.

EupatoriumEuphorbia.

FilipendulaFritillaria.

FuchsiaGaillardiaGalium odoratum.

Gazania ringens.

GeraniumGeumGladiolusGomphrenaGypsophilaHelenium autumnale.

HelianthusHelleborusHemerocallisHeucheraHibiscus moscheutos.

HostaHyacinthus orientalis.

IberisImpatiens.

IpomoeaIrisKniphofia uvaria.

Leucanthemum [ts] superbum.

LiatrisLigularia.

LiliumLimoniumLinumLiriopeLobeliaLobularia maritima.

Lunaria annua.

Lupinus.

Lychnis.

LysimachiaMalvaMatthiola incana.

MonardaMyosotis sylvatica.

Narcissus.

Nepeta.

NicotianaNigella damascena.

OenotheraPaeoniaPapaverPelargoniumPenstemonPerovskia atriplicifolia.

PetuniaPhloxPhysostegia virginiana.

Platycodon grandiflora.

Portulaca grandiflora.

PotentillaPrimulaPulmonariaRodgersiaRudbeckia.

SalviaScabiosa caucasica.

SedumStachys byzantina.

TagetesThalictrumTradescantiaTropaeolum majus.

TulipaVerbascumVerbenaVeronicaViola.

ZinniaAppendix.

Index.