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The flower garden : how to grow flowers from seed / Clare Foster & Sabina Rüber.

Title:

The flower garden :

Author:

Foster, Clare

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Books

Physical Description:

208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

ISBN:

9781786274106

Production / Publication Information:

London : Laurence King Publishing, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part 1: Choosing your flowers -- Cottage garden favorites -- Filigree fillers -- Bold and beautiful -- Sweetly scented -- Exotic beauties -- Edible flowers and herbs -- Bee-friendly flowers -- Part II: Sowing and growing -- Introduction -- Sowing under cover -- Sowing direct -- Pests and diseases -- Part III: How to use flowers -- Using annuals and biennials in borders -- Planting a mini meadow -- Making a sweet pea arch -- Making a cutting garden -- Container planting -- Arranging your flowers -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Summary:

"Bring color to any garden with this step-by-step guide to growing flowers from seed, no previous gardening experience necessary...Easy-to-follow instructions on how and when to sow almost 60 plants"--Back cover.

Bibliography note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language:

English

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Growing flowers from seed is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to supplement your borders, bringing instant color to tired gardens. Many of these flowers are also ideal for cutting, so within a single growing season you can produce armfuls of beautiful blooms to cut and bring inside the house.

Author Clare Foster and photographer Sabina Rüber have been experimenting with growing flowers from seed for several years. In this book they pass on that invaluable experience, explaining how and when to sow and grow a huge range of flowers from Aquilegia to Zinnia.

Introduction	p. 6
Part I Choosing your flowers	p. 10
Cottage Garden Favorites	p. 12
Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)	p. 16
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum)	p. 18
Columbine (Aquilegia)	p. 20
Larkspur (Consolida)	p. 24
Sweet william, carnation, and pinks (Dianthus)	p. 26
Foxglove (Digitalis)	p. 30
Wallflower (Erysimum)	p. 34
Money plant (Lunaria annua)	p. 36
Lupin (Lupinus)	p. 38
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella)	p. 40
Poppy (Papaver)	p. 44
Annual phlox (Phlox drummondii)	p. 48
Scabious (Scabiosa atropurpurea)	p. 50
Filigree Fillers	p. 54
False Queen Anne's lace (Ammi)	p. 58
Quaking grass (Briza maxima)	p. 60
Hare's ear (Bupleurum rotundifolium)	p. 61
Baby's breath (Gypsophila)	p. 62
Rabbit's tail grass (Lagarus ovatus)	p. 64
Venus's navelwort (Omphalodes linifolia)	p. 65
White lace flower (Orlaya grandiflora)	p. 66
Switch grass (Panicum "Frosted Explosion")	p. 68
Mexican feather grass (Stipa tenuissima)	p. 69
Bold and Beautiful	p. 70
Calendula (Calendula officinalis)	p. 74
Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)	p. 76
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)	p. 80
Sunflower (Helianthus)	p. 82
Mallow wort (Malope trifida)	p. 84
Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia)	p. 86
Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia)	p. 88
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)	p. 90
Sweetly Scented	p. 92
Sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis)	p. 96
Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)	p. 98
Stocks (Matthiola)	p. 102
Flowering tobacco (Nicotiana)	p. 104
Exotic Beauties	p. 108
Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)	p. 112
Basket flower (Centaurea americana)	p. 113
Spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)	p. 114
Cup-and-saucer plant (Cobaea scandens)	p. 116
Dahlia (Dahlia)	p. 118
Morning glory (Ipomoea)	p. 122
Bells of Ireland (Moluccella laevis)	p. 124
Edible Flowers and Herbs	p. 126
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)	p. 130
Dill (Anethum graveolens)	p. 131
Borage (Borago officinalis)	p. 132
Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)	p. 134
Basil (Ocimum basilicum)	p. 136
Pot marjoram (Origanum onites)	p. 137
Parsley (Petroselinum crispum)	p. 138
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)	p. 140
Viola (Viola tricolor)	p. 142
Bee-Friendly Flowers	p. 144
Korean mint or hyssop (Agastache)	p. 148
Corncockle (Agrostemma githago)	p. 150
Cupid's dart (Catananche caerulea)	p. 152
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)	p. 154
Honeywort (Cerinthe major)	p. 156
Fiddleneck (Phacelia tanacetifolia)	p. 158
Sage (Salvia)	p. 160
Verbena (Verbena)	p. 162
Part II Sowing and growing	p. 164
Introduction	p. 166
Sowing under cover	p. 170
Sowing direct	p. 178
Pests and diseases	p. 179
Part III How to use your flowers	p. 180
Using annuals and biennials in borders	p. 182
Planting a mini meadow	p. 184
Making a sweet pea arch	p. 186
Making a cutting garden	p. 188
Container planting	p. 190
Arranging your flowers	p. 192
Glossary	p. 198
Resources	p. 200
Index	p. 201
Acknowledgments	p. 208

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