Author(s): Murdoch

Plants & Flowers

"Annuals and perennials are perfect choices for today's busy gardener wanting low-maintenance, quick-growing plantings that provide form, flower, and foliage interest throughout the seasons. Annuals will add a fresh look and a kaleidoscope of colour, texture, and shape in just a matter of weeks. Planted afresh each year they can be used as mass plantings or as a splash of color among shrubs and perennials, as fillers of odd spaces, in rockeries, and as accent plants in pots and hanging baskets. Long-lasting, hardy perennials are garden classics that give a landscape structure and character. A well-chosen succession of perennials will supply months of colorful, ever-changing drama - even in winter. There is a range of perennial plants to suit every situation: sun, shade, dry banks, bog gardens, seaside gardens -in beds, borders, and drifts, as individual specimens or in containers. With so many varieties to choose from, planting just the right combination of perennials and annuals takes planning and careful consideration.
Organized into seasonal chapters, and illustrated throughout with stunning images of inspiring gardens, Annuals and Perennials gives you the key information you need to choose the right plant for the right spot in your garden. It provides easy-to-follow advice on planting, propagating, maintaining, and designing with these indispensable garden favourites. Each chapter includes selected specimens suitable for planting at that particular time of year, as well as seasonal highlights in terms of blooms, scent, or foliage. This book is an essential guide to the infinitely colourful and dynamic world of annuals and perennials."