The New Orleans Garden: Gardening in the Gulf SouthUniv. Press of Mississippi, 1993 - 528 páginas Among America's garden cities, one of the most remarkably beautiful is New Orleans. Now the exotic New Orleans garden can live not only in romance but also in settings very close to home. Whether in the Vieux Carré or in the humid hinterlands, anyone hoping to recreate such a romantic spot in the climes of the Gulf Coast region should consult Charlotte Seidenberg's essential handbook. In this new edition of a favorite manual among New Orleans gardeners, Seidenberg instructs how to create a beautiful garden in this subtropical, sometimes richly alluvial zone and identifies plants that over generations have become a part of the gardening heritage of New Orleans. She discusses such basics as soil preparation and pest control and advises the gardener on how to grow roses, native and exotic trees and shrubs, vines, annuals, perennials, ferns, wildflowers, bulbous and tuberous plants, and groundcovers. She instructs how best to create specialty gardens such as container gardens and herb gardens. Like many other gardeners today, she is ecology-conscious, strongly advocating that one should garden not only for beauty but also for attracting wildlife. |
Contenido
Foreword | 9 |
Preface | 12 |
Acknowledgments | 14 |
INTRODUCTION | 17 |
BASICS | 25 |
Soil | 26 |
Modifying the Soil for Gardening | 29 |
Climatic Considerations | 37 |
FERNS | 301 |
Culture of Ferns | 305 |
Ferns for the New Orleans Garden | 308 |
WILDFLOWERS | 313 |
Wildflowers for the New Orleans Garden | 320 |
Wildflowers by Season of Bloom | 337 |
LAWNS AND GROUNDCOVERS | 341 |
Ground Covers for the New Orleans Garden | 347 |
Microclimates | 41 |
Seeds | 44 |
Cuttings | 47 |
Pest Control | 48 |
ROSES | 51 |
Roses for the New Orleans Garden | 65 |
Modern Roses | 67 |
EXOTIC TREES SHRUBS | 71 |
Exotic Trees Shrubs for the New Orleans Garden | 75 |
Deciduous Shrubs | 85 |
Evergreen Trees | 98 |
Evergreen Shrubs | 105 |
Palms Palmettos Cycads | 123 |
Trees for Fall Color | 125 |
VINES | 127 |
Vines for the New Orleans Garden | 130 |
Vines by Season of Bloom | 149 |
ANNUALS | 153 |
Annuals for the New Orleans Garden | 157 |
Annuals by Season of Bloom | 176 |
PERENNIALS | 179 |
Perennials for the New Orleans Garden | 182 |
The Daylily | 209 |
Perennials by Season of Bloom | 215 |
BULBS CORMS TUBERS RHIZOMES | 219 |
The Louisiana Iris | 223 |
Bulbs Corms Tubers Rhizomes for the New Orleans Garden | 225 |
Bulbous Plants by Season of Bloom | 263 |
NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS | 267 |
Native Trees Shrubs for the New Orleans Garden | 275 |
Deciduous Shrubs | 284 |
Evergreen Trees | 289 |
Evergreen Shrubs | 294 |
Palms Palmettos | 298 |
Trees for Fall Color | 299 |
THE WILDLIFE GARDEN | 349 |
Water | 360 |
Shelter | 362 |
Plants | 363 |
Plants for the Wildlife Garden | 366 |
The Hummingbird Garden | 368 |
Plants for the Hummingbird Garden | 373 |
The Butterfly and Moth Garden | 376 |
Moths | 380 |
Plants for the Butterfly Moth Garden | 383 |
The Bee Garden | 386 |
Bats in the New Orleans Garden | 389 |
SPECIAL GARDENS | 393 |
Container Gardens | 397 |
Water Gardens | 399 |
The Fragrance Garden | 401 |
The Shade Garden | 403 |
The New Orleans Herb Garden | 410 |
HISTORIC GARDENING | 421 |
Plants in Traditional New Orleans Gardens | 427 |
Of the 1830s | 428 |
Lelievres Recommendations 1838 Gardens | 431 |
Border Plants for 1895 | 433 |
A History | 435 |
17181803 | 436 |
18031860 | 440 |
18601900 | 453 |
19001990 | 462 |
Notes | 486 |
Bibliography | 495 |
Botanical Names | 500 |
Resources | 502 |
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