The Complete Garden

A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

Window Boxes and Hanging Baskets

4 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Window Boxes and Hanging Baskets

STRICTLY speaking, window boxes do not come under the category of planting or designing the grounds, but in a vital way they serve to tie…

Window Boxes and Hanging Baskets: Geranium

Ageratum houstonianum (dwarf) Floss Flower Antirrhinum (intermediate or dwarf) Snapdragon Codiaeum (in variety) Croton Dracaena indivisa…

Window Boxes and Hanging Baskets: Petunia

Ageratum houstonianum (dwarf) Floss Flower Asparagus sprengeri Asparagus Fern Caladium (small leaf varieties) Elephant's Ear Fern Boston…

Window Boxes and Hanging Baskets: Lantana

Asparagus sprengeri Asparagus Fern Cobaea scandens Cup and Saucer Vine Fuchsia procumbens Trailing Fuchsia Hedera helix English Ivy Ipomoea…

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