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.

Winter Protection and Mulching

4 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Winter Protection and Mulching

REASONS FOR WINTER PROTECTION. Winter protection is necessary under the following conditions: First-When a plant is removed from its…

Winter Protection and Mulching: Hybrid

ROSES-WINTER PROTECTION OF. Hybrid Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals in most winters can be safely carried over by hilling up the soil about the…

Winter Protection and Mulching: Rhododendrons

RHODODENDRONS-WINTER PROTECTION OF. Rhododendrons, other broad-leaved evergreens and, to a certain extent, all other evergreens, are apt to…

Winter Protection and Mulching (Putting on the Gar- Wm C)

Putting on the Gar- Wm. C. McCollum House and Garden Dec., 1918 den's Winter Clothes To Protect Flowers Sinclair Draftsman Dec., 1914 From…

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