List Of Herbaceous Perennials Microform

Author : Isabella Preston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528316101
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Herbaceous Perennials written by Isabella Preston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Herbaceous Perennials: With Lists of Varieties for Special Purposes and Districts There is much to interest an observant gardener in noting the differences in habit of growth and colour of foliage of the plants as the young growth appears early in the spring. The bronzy colour of the peony, the bluish leaves of the Virginian bluebell, and the sword-like leaves of the iris illustrate this, but indeed each species has its own habit and can be recognized as soon as it pushes through the ground. In a. Well planned perennial border there should be bloom from early spring until late fall. This needs care and thought but, like everything else, the pleasure derived from successful achievement more than compensates for the work done. In a small garden there is frequently no choice of position and following the line of the fence is the obvious place. A position in the open, away from the roots of trees, is best, though shade during part of the day is beneficial to some plants. The width of the bed depends on the length and also on the size of the garden. From five to ten feet is generally recommended. The edge should be straight if the lot is small and rectangular, but a curved edge frequently is effective in a larger space. If the ground is of different levels, or if there are any special permanent features, note should be made of them and the border planned to emphasize these points of interest. When the position is selected the soil must be considered. As the border is expected to remain for some years the soil must be well prepared. The best way to do this is by trenching in the fol lowing manner. Mark off a strip across the bed, about one and one - half feet wide, dig out the soil about the same depth and remove this soil to the end of the bed. Break up the soil at the bottom of the trench, then put in a thick layer of well rotted manure. Cow manure is best for light soils and horse manure for heavy land. Mark off the next strip of ground and fill up the trench with the soil. Continue this process until the end of the bed is reached, when the soil that was removed from the first trench is used to fill up the last one. Many people may not be able to take so much trouble in preparing the bed, in which case a heavy covering of the manure should be spread over the surface of the ground and dug in. Whichever method is chosen the work should be done in the fall and the soil left rough so that it will benefit as much as possible from the action of the winter weather. In the spring heavy soils should be given a dressing of hydrated lime and then dug and forked well to get the surface into good con dition for planting. The lime tends to lighten the soil. Lime should also be applied on soils that are inclined to be acid and the surface worked up and level led before planting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.