What to order, when to plant it and how to keep it alive: a 1920s gardener's working notes on bulbs, annuals, perennials and roses, down to the fourteen perennials she would not garden without.

Their Propagation

2 pages in this part of Flowers for Every Garden.

Their Propagation

HERBACEOUS perennials are usually propagated either by seed, by cuttings, or by division. Some may be easily propagated by all three…

Their Propagation: Hardy

Oriental poppies, Japanese anemones, and the anchusas may be easily propagated by means of root cuttings. Hardy chrysanthemums, phlox…

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