Practical Flower Gardening

A trained horticulturist’s working handbook: what to plant, how to prepare the ground, and how to keep a flower garden going through the year without pretending it is effortless.

Perennial Table

7 pages in this part of Practical Flower Gardening.

Perennial Table

Plant Armeria Armeria Aster Aster Boltonia Boltonia Bocconia.

Perennial Table: Spring

Blue Blue 6 to 8 in. blue and white blue and white Spring or fall 1 ft.

Perennial Table: August-September

August-September 3 ft. 5 to 7 ft.

Perennial Table: Gypsophila

Gypsophila paniculata Spring or fall June-July white 2 to 2 ft.

Perennial Table: Hemerocallis

Riverton Beauty Spring August-September Hemerocallis lemon yellow 1 to 2 ft. 4 ft. flava August to September Spring or fall lemon yellow 2…

Perennial Table: Lychnis

May-June 18 in. 3 ft. roseum superbum Spring or fall rose pink Lychnis spreading habit 3 ft. chalcedonica Spring or fall scarlet 1 ft. 2 ft.

Perennial Table: Sedum

Spring or fall May lilac and white 1 ft. 18 to 24 in. alba June Sedum acre Spring or fall Sedum yellow low thick mat 3 in. album Spring or…

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