Heirloom gardening in the South : yesterday's plants for today's gardens /
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| Author / Creator: | Welch, William C. (William Carlisle), 1939- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 537 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | AgriLife Research and Extension Service series AgriLife Research and Extension Service series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11124102 |
Table of Contents:
- Exploring our gardening heritage
- The three sisters: Native American influence
- Orange blossoms and Spanish-daggers: Spanish influence
- Formality and order: French influence
- Out of Africa: African influence
- Gardening with nature: English influence
- A garden in a wilderness: German influence
- Classics in the garden: Italian influence
- Plant explorers and timeless treasures: Asian influence
- Rediscovering a wealth of southern heirloom plants
- Natives, invasives, cemeteries, and rustling
- 'Slips and starts': how heirloom plants were increased
- Naturalizing daffodils and other southern bulbs
- The fruitful garden
- Enjoying the bounty
- The right plant in the right place
- Designing your own garden: basic design principles
- Fine-tuning the garden
- Heirloom plants of the South
- How our gardens grew: creating your own garden traditions
- A country cottage garden: fragilee
- A sense of place: Emanis house.