Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION [key part of book]
ACTIVITIES AND TOPICS
1. ASSESSMENT AND PLAN
2. BEFORE YOU CHOOSE A PLANT
3. COMMON GARDENING MISTAKES
4. GARDENING MYTHS
5. BEST PRACTICES AND TIPS
6. BASIC BOTANY (Taxonomy, Morphology/Anatomy, Physiology)
7. REPRODUCTVE STRATEGIES
8. ARE THEY CREATED EQUAL?
9. PLANT NAMES
10. GARDEN CENTER LABELS
11. RECORD KEEPING AND SIGNAGE
12. WEATHER AND CLIMATE (Zone Hardiness and Frost)
13. CHANGE AND ECOLOGY
14. ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN
15. A MATTER OF TASTE
16. WANNABE AND FRUSTRATED GARDENER
17. LANDSCAPERS AND DESIGNERS
18. TYPES OF MAN-MADE LANDSCAPES/GARDENS
19. HARDSCAPE AND ART (Objects in the Garden and Rocks)
20. CONTAINERS
21. FOUNDATION PLANTING
22. EASEMENTS (RIGHT-OF-WAYS)
23. SAFETY AND LIABILITY
24. ETIQUETTE/ETHICS
25. TRUTH IN ADVERTISING
26. ONE-TRICK PONY, THE PERFECT FIT AND SHORT-TERM RELATIONSHIPS
27. ALLELOPATHY AND BLACK WALNUT TOLERANCE
28. PLANT SOURCES AND LUST
29. MAKING PLANTS DO TRICKS
30. SURPRISES
31. WHY AND WHAT?
32. HOW TO PLANT SHRUBS AND TREES
33. TRANSPLANTING/MOVING PLANTS
34. WATER AND WATERING
35. LIGHT
36. SOIL
37. MULCHING
38. BEDS
39. COMPOSTING
40. FERTILIZERS AND NUTRIENTS
41. CHOOSING –CIDES (Pesticides: Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides)
42. DISEASES AND DISORDERS
43. NATURAL (ORGANIC) REMEDIES
44. PRUNING
45. LAWNS
46. USING PLANTS AS A BARRIER OR TO BLOCK
47. PLANTING ON SLOPES
48. HIGH-MAINTENANCE PLANTS AND TIME-CONSUMING ACTIVITIES
49. WEEDS AND WEEDING
50. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
GARDENING BY SEASON
51. SPRING AND THE FLORAL DOLDRUMS (Late Spring to Early Summer)
52. SUMMER
53. FALL
54. WINTER
ANIMALS
55. BIRDS and the BEES
56. BUTTERFLIES
57. DEER BROWSING
58. BAD “BUGS”
59. SMALL VARMINTS
60. GARDENING WITH CHILDREN AND PETS
SPECIFIC GROUPS AND CATEGORIES
61. ACID PLANTS AND SOIL
62. PLANTS FOR CLAY SOIL
63. GARDENING WITH ANNUALS AND FORBS
64. SHRUB vs. TREE
65. BEECHES AND OAKS
66. BRAMBLES (Blackberries and Raspberries)
67. OTHER BERRIES (Blueberries, Currants, Gooseberries, Strawberries)
68. BIG LEAF PLANTS
69. GEOPHYTES (Bulbs and Corms)
70. DOGWOODS
71. DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS
72. ERICADS (Azalea and Related Taxa)
73. EVERGREENS AND GYMNOSPERMS
74. COLOR
75. FRAGRANCE
76. FERNS
77. FRUIT TREES
78. FRUITS (Ornamentals and Hitchhikers)
79. NUT PLANTS
80. GRAMINOIDS (Grasses, Rushes, Sedges)
81. GROUNDCOVER
82. HERBS
83. HOLLY FAMILY
84. HOSTAS
85. HYDRANGEAS
86. IRISES
87. LILACS
88. LILIES
89. MAGNOLIAS
90. MAPLES
91. MOON (NIGHT) GARDEN
92. MOSSES
93. LANDSCAPING WITH NATIVES
94. PROBLEM PLANTS (Suckering, Spreading, Temperamental, Invasive)
95. MADNESS (Dandelion, Common Blue Violet, White Clover)
96. THE WORST OF THE WORST (Honeysuckle, Wintercreeper, Callery Pear)
97. ROSES
98. SHADE PLANTS
99. SUCCULENTS
100. TALL AND THIN
101. VEGETABLE GARDENING
102. VIBURNUMS
103. VINES AND CLIMBING PLANTS
104. WATER GARDENS
105. WET SOIL PLANTS
106. WITCH HAZEL FAMILY
17 COMMANDMENTS OF GARDENING
PLANT LISTS
RESOURCES
(Regional Arboreta and Gardens, Internet, Organizations, Publications)