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The Know Maintenance perennial garden / Roy Diblik.

Diblik, Roy (Author). Diblik, Roy. Based on: Small perennial gardens. (Added Author).

Summary:

We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy garden achievable at home. The new, simplified approach is made up of hardy, beautiful plants grown on a 10x14 foot grid. Each of the 62 garden plans combines complementary plants that thrive together and grow as a community. They are designed to make maintenance a snap. In fact, the entire garden is mowed down at the end of the season! The garden plans can be followed explicitly or adjusted to meet individual needs; size can be altered by treating the grid-like design as a modular building block that can be halved, doubled, or tripled as needed. This complete garden system makes a gorgeous perennial garden available to everyone, no matter their skill or the size of their space.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604693348
ISBN: 1604693347
ISBN: 9781604694949
ISBN: 1604694947
Physical Description: 216 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2014.
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Knowing your plants means less work. A fresh and innovative approach to an easy-care garden. 62 plans., 74 plants, and garden-tested techniques"--Cover. "Portions of this book are based on Roy Diblik's Small perennial gardens: the know maintenance approach, published in 2008 by American Nurseryman."--verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Understanding your garden -- Understanding plants -- Site preparation and planting -- Care and maintenance -- Key plants for Know Maintenance gardens -- The garden plans -- Creating your own plant communities -- Been there, done that : portraits of outstanding gardeners.