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Tables of Contents for Well-Tended Perennial Garden
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
9
2
Preface
11
2
Acknowledgments
13
2
SECTION ONE: Basic Perennial Garden Planting & Maintenance
15
60
Chapter 1 Design and Its Relationship to Maintenance
15
10
Chapter 2 Bed Preparation: Insurance for Success
25
16
Chapter 3 Planting and Establishment
41
12
Chapter 4 Pests and Diseases of Perennials
53
10
Chapter 5 Staking
63
4
Chapter 6 Division
67
5
Chapter 7 Renovation of the Established Perennial Garden
72
3
SECTION TWO: Pruning Perennials
75
44
Chapter 8 Introduction to Pruning
75
8
Chapter 9 Deadheading
83
8
Chapter 10 Cutting Back
91
13
Chapter 11 Pinching, Disbudding, Thinning, and Deadleafing
104
8
Chapter 12 Pruning to Prepare for Winter and Pruning to Prepare for Spring
112
7
SECTION THREE: Encyclopedia of Perennials
119
102
Guide to Using the Encyclopedia
119
2
A-Z Encyclopedia of Perennials
121
100
Appendix A Ornamental Grasses
221
4
Appendix B Perennial Garden Planting and Maintenance Schedule
225
8
Appendix C Lists of Perennials for Specific Pruning and Maintenance Requirements
233
15
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
248
1
Metric Conversion Chart
249
1
Glossary
250
5
Bibliography
255
2
Index of Plant Names
257