Proven Plants Southern Gardens by Erica Glasener
New Garden Book by HGTV Host and Georgia Author About Ornamentals
Jan 21, 2010 Christine Eirschele
Cool Springs Press released Proven Plants Southern Gardens by Erica Glasener in January 2010. This new book is a concise guide for gardeners growing plants in the southern United States. Gardeners will discover the plant choices made by Glasener have a hardiness range as far south as zones 9 and 10. She augments this selection with plants reliably grown only in hot, humid sometimes-swampy environment of the southeast.
The chapters are labeled with the traditional plant categories: annuals, perennials, groundcovers, trees, shrubs and bulbs. The chapters are further divided by light tolerance and plant characteristics such as bloom times and seasonal interest. Ferns and roses have separate chapters. Glasener begins each section with her top 10 plant choices, adds 10 more ideas in a list form and adds garden vignettes between the sections.
Right Plant Right Place Garden Maxim
Glasener acknowledges the drought trends experienced in recent years in the South, and then stresses the garden maxim, right plant right place. However, she adds to Proven Plants Southern Gardens many plants that thrive with waterlogged roots, as well.
The container bog idea in this garden book uses pitcher plants, an excellent project especially for children. The plants-with-wet-feet list of trees and shrubs offers gardeners ideas for soils often swampy in the South.
Trees and Shrubs Plant Ideas
The trees and shrubs sections are divided into spring and summer ideas. In addition, there are lists of plants for screening hedges, trees that have a weeping form and appropriate conifers for growing in southern gardens.
In Proven Plants Southern Gardens, each plant description includes a uses-and- companion-plants paragraph. In the conifers section, cone bearing plants for container gardens and combining in mixed-plantings are recommended.
Rose Plants in the South
Rose plants recommended by Glasener range from the popular Knockout® Rose to the tough shrub rose, Rosa rugosa. But in her collection, the Georgia author also includes the heritage climber, Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea.’ It is a rose bush hardy only in zones 7 – 9.
Horticulturist and Garden Author
Erica Glasener is a horticulturist and garden author. She has hosted the Home and Garden Television program “A Gardener’s Diary” for 14 years. Articles written by Glasener have been published in Fine Gardening, The Farmer’s Almanac and Atlanta Magazine. Glasener gardens at her home in Atlanta, Georgia, where she grows ornamental plants including heirloom roses, along with edible vegetables and fruits.
Gardeners will find Proven Plants Southern Gardens by Erica Glasener a reliable plant guide that is easy to read. Cool Springs Press published this garden book in January 2010. The 239 pages are filled with photos; a garden glossary and plant index is located at the back of the book. The author incorporates plant nurseries and associations as resources providing web addresses for readers. ISBN 9781591864516 can be used to easily locate the book.
Cool Springs Press is a publisher that specializes in garden books. Small Space Gardening is a garden book packed with ideas for urban gardeners.
Proven Plants Southern Gardens highlight ornamental plants chosen by garden writer, Erica Glasener. Throughout the book, the Georgia author puts into practice her garden maxim right plant right place while recommending what to grow in the southern United States.
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