Beautiful at All Seasons

Southern Gardening and Beyond with Elizabeth Lawrence

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

AvElizabeth Lawrence,Ann L. Armstrong,Lindie Wilson,Ann L Armstrong

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Elizabeth Lawrence (1904–85) is recognized as one of America’s most important gardeners and garden writers. In 1957, Lawrence began a weekly column for the Charlotte Observer, blending gardening lore and horticultural expertise gained from her own gardens in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, and from her many gardener friends. This book presents 132 of her beloved columns. Never before published in book form, they were chosen from the more than 700 pieces that she wrote for the Observer over fourteen years.Lawrence exchanged plants and gardening tips with everyone from southern “farm ladies” trading bulbs in garden bulletins to prominent regional gardeners. She corresponded with nursery owners, everyday backyard gardeners, and literary luminaries such as Katharine White and Eudora Welty. Her books, including A Southern Garden, The Little Bulbs, and Gardens in Winter, inspired several generations of gardeners in the South and beyond.The columns in this volume cover specific plants, such as sweet peas, hellebores, peonies, and the bamboo growing outside her living-room window, as well as broader topics including the usefulness of vines, the importance of daily pruning, and organic gardening. Like all of Lawrence’s writing, these columns are peppered with references to conversations with neighbors and quotations from poetry, mythology, and correspondence. They brim with knowledge gained from a lifetime of experimenting in her gardens, from her visits to other gardens, and from her extensive reading.Lawrence once wrote, “Dirty fingernails are not the only requirement for growing plants. One must be as willing to study as to dig, for a knowledge of plants is acquired as much from books as from experience.” As inspiring today as when they first appeared in the Charlotte Observer, the columns collected in Beautiful at All Seasons showcase not only Lawrence’s vast knowledge but also her intimate, conversational writing style and her lifelong celebration of gardens and gardening.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-09-29
Mått138 x 230 x 18 mm
Vikt349 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagDuke University Press
ISBN9780822357766

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Elizabeth Lawrence was the author of A Southern Garden, The Little Bulbs (also published by Duke University Press), Gardens in Winter, and Lob’s Wood, as well as many other writings for newspapers, magazines, and gardening bulletins, some of which were collected in posthumous books including Gardening for Love and A Rock Garden in the South, both also published by Duke University Press. A graduate of Barnard College, she was the first woman to receive a degree in landscape architecture from North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University). Lawrence was awarded the Herbert Medal of the American Plant Life Society in 1943 and was honored by the American Horticultural Society and the National Council of State Garden Clubs for her writing.Ann L. Armstrong is a garden lecturer and writer in Charlotte, North Carolina. She wrote the Wing Haven Garden Journal, a garden planning and maintenance calendar. Lindie Wilson owns Elizabeth Lawrence’s former home in Charlotte, where for twenty years she has maintained the garden that Lawrence began in 1948.

Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xvNote to the Reader xxiOne: Seasonal Flowers Garden Resolutions 1Flowers for Christmas Time 3Flowers Greet the New Year 5Winter Flowers 7The Green Winter 8A Hard Winter 9Bamboo 11Storm Damage 13The Merry Month of May 14Tender Perennials for Hot-Weather Gardens 16Flowers in the Fall Border 18Fragrance in the Garden 19Fall Additions to the Border 21Sow Hardy Annual Seeds During September 22Planting Annuals in Autumn 24Late-Blooming Flowers 25The Gardening Year Is Just Beginning 27Two: Perennials and Annuals Planting in Relays 29Badge of Gardening Includes Black Knees 31Gardening Surprises 33The Law of Supply and Demand 34Variegated Foliage 36Selections for the Rock Garden 38Tropical Plants 39Annuals 41Sweet Peas 43Peony 45Tree Peonies and Others 46Clematis also Flowers in Shade 48Beautiful Lilies 49Asteromoea mongolica-- Kalimeris pinnatifida 51Hellebores 53The Christmas Rose and Other Hellebores 54Giridlian . . . A Master of Plants 56Night-Blooming Cereus 58The Dividends of Fall Planting 59Savannah Lands of East Carolina 61Petasites 62Three: Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers Planting Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers 65Bulbs Through the Seasons 66Some Early Spring Bulbs 68Daffodils Need Early Start 70Specialty Bulbs 72Crown Imperials 73Lycoris radiata 75Amaryllis Family 77The Surprise Lily 78Lilies Grow Where None Were 79Garden Casualties 81Four: Trees and Shrubs Planting for Ice Storms 83Plants for Parking Strips 85Flowering Trees for the City 86Street Trees 88Trees with Colored Bark 90Witch Hazels 92Flowering Cherries 93Serviceberries and Sloes 95Dogwoods 97Buckeyes 98Eucalyptus 100Honey Locust 102Osmanthus 103Hollies 105Conifers 106Firs and Cedars 108Flowering Shrubs 110March-Flowering Shrubs 111Viburnums and Other Flowering Shrubs 113June-Flowering Shrubs 114Viburnums 116Pyracanthas 118Nandinas 119Hydrangeas 121Sasanquas 122Camellia saluenensis 124E. A. Bowles's Lunatics 125Five: Vegetables and Herbs, Climbers and Creepers Fall Vegetables 129Two Vegetable Gardens 130Mrs. Hobbs and Her Herbs 132Sweet Woodruff 134Dandelions 136Vines Are Useful Tools 137Smilax 139Clematis Hybrids 140Akebia and Rosa banksiae 142Ground Covers 144Ground Covers Pose Problems 146Tiny Creepers 148Six: Gardeners and Gardens Wing Haven 151Importance of Garden Details 152Steps in Your Garden 154Walks and Paths 156Terraces and Patios 158Water in the Garden 159Mr. Krippenndorf's Garden 161Physic Garden at the Country Doctor Museum 162Mr. Busbee's Garden 164A Visit to Italy's Oldest Botanic Garden 166Colette's Mother's Garden 167The Splendor of Royal Gardens 169Gotelli's Collection of Dwarf Conifers 171The Scented Garden 172The Gardens of a Soldier's Wife 174Pioneer Seedsman 176Young Belgian Guided Southern Horticulture 177Meet Caroline Dormon 179She Talks to the Birds 181The Hunt Arboretum 182Seven: Gods, Legends, and Rituals The Gods of the Garden 185The Ash, a Symbol in History 187The Tale of the Magical Hawthorn Tree 189The Holy Thorn Blooms for Royalty 190The Christian Year Parallels the Garden Year 192Holiday Wreaths 194The Advent Wreath 196Legend and Lore of the Christmas Tree 197International Christmas Trees 199The Flowers of the Trinity 201The Flowers of Passiontide 203The Story of the Passion Flower 205Rituals of the Palms 206Rogation Days-- The Blessing of the Crops 208Eight: Bits and Pieces Asafetida 211Feeding the Birds 213Honey 214Organic Gardening 216Pruning 218Pruning Should Be Done Every Day 219Historic Flower Arrangements 221Bouquet Carried Messages 223Pomanders 224Creatures Add to a Garden 226Index 229

“[This] attractive book offers information and advice on a wide range of plants and a myriad of gardening topics. Armstrong and Wilson’s choice to arrange the essays in the book by subject matter provides the reader a valuable resource on plant material to which he/she may return over and over. The book’s exhaustive and helpful index augments its practical usability.” - Deborah Moore Clark (Carolina Landscape) “Fans of Elizabeth Lawrence will want to get their hands on Beautiful at All Seasons. . . . Those unfamiliar with Lawrence will find themselves enchanted with her thoughtful and conversational writing, akin to a modern day blog.” (American Gardener) “Fifty years after her columns for the Charlotte Observer were first published, Elizabeth Lawrence inspires a new generation of garden enthusiasts. Her vast knowledge of plants delights both novice and experienced gardeners.” (Southern Accents) “Here are revealed Lawrence’s wide gardening interests-plant culture, lore and literature, flowers of the church calendar, and correspondence with literary luminaries. . . . Elizabeth had a graceful writing style-warm, engaging, and conversation-like.” - Bobby J. Ward (Rock Garden) “Lawrence displays the virtues of a dedicated plantswoman: she is generous, patient, watchful and above all curious as she delves into the histories of her favorite plants or consults her favorite experts . . . on the more arcane aspects of plant lore.” - Jennifer Potter (TLS) “This collection is possessed of many virtues. Though the columns were written decades ago, they are not dated, offering ideas, descriptions, and tips that are valid both now and in the future. One virtue is that the collection can be used as a reference book for plants that will easily snuggle into Southern gardens, from peonies and hellebores to hydrangeas and smilax. . . . But more-much more-recommends this book than its undoubted value as a reference volume. Lawrence's way with words enchants.” - Janet Lembke (News & Observer)