Our Life in Gardens
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C. agrippinum, 72–73; C. autumnale, 74, 75; C. baytopiorum, 75; C. byzantinum, 73; C. hungaricum, 75; C. luteum, 75; C. speciosum, 73–74; double forms of, 74–75
Colchis, 72
Coliseum, 225
collectors, gardeners as, 69, 70, 85, 87, 147, 153, 227–28, 237
Colocasia esculenta, 263
columbines, 224
conifers, 228; as privacy screens, 203–204; as wind-breaks, 113
Connecticut River, 216
conservatories, 10, 44
container gardening, 189–93
Cooking from the Garden (Creasy), 32
corn, 170
Cornelian cherry, 121
Cornus, 7, 151, 291; C. canadensis, 160; C. florida, 160; C. mas, 204–205
Corot, Camille, 182
Corydalis, 76–81, 225; C. cava, 79; C. dyphilla, 79; C. flexuosa, 79–80; C. lutea, 77–78, 80, 224; C. ochroleuca, 78;C. sempervirens, 80–81; C. solida, 79, 81;C. turtschaninovii, 80; hardiness of, 81; transplanting, 77–78
cottage floweres, 52–53
Country Garden, The (Nuese), 252
courage, 254
crab apples, 204
Creasy, Rosalind, 32
Crinum moorei, 263–64
crocosmia, 258–59
Crocus, 4, 11, 138, 170; C. sativus, 71, 109, 309; C. speciosus, 71, 109; C. tommasinianus, 139, 276
crows, 174
Cruso, Thalassa, 119, 252
cucumber, 170
Culp, David, 125–26
Cuphea lanceolata, 49
currants, 170
cuttings: of arborvitae, 22–23, 25, 26–27; of boxwoods, 60
Cuttings from a Rock Garden (Foster and Foster), x
Cyclamen, 82–87, 109, 304; C. africanum, 84, 86–87; C. balearicum, 87; C. coum, 84, 87; C. creticum, 87; C. cyprium, 87;C. hederifolium, 82, 85–86, 87, 213; C. libanoticum, 87; C. persicum, 84–85, 95; C. rohlfsianum, 84, 87; hardiness of, 86
Cynara: C. cardunculus, 32; C. scolymus, 28–33
Cypripedium, 219; C. kentuckiense, 180, 275; C. reginae, 180
daffodils, 7, 71, 90–93, 170, 242, 310
Dahlia, 259–60, 263; ‘Bishop of Llandaff’, 260
Dame aux Camellias, La (Dumas), 68
dame’s rocket, 52–53, 54–55, 57–58
Daphne, 69, 225; D. bholua, 67
Darmera peltata, 108
deadly nightshade, 7
deer, 26
Deerfield River, 216
Dendromecon rigida, 183
Descanso Gardens, 68
devil-in-the-bush, 17
Dianthus, 225; D. barbatus, 52–53
Digitalis purpurea, 52–53, 55–57
dioecious plants, 219
division, of agapanthus, 11
dogwoods, 7, 151, 291
drabas, 225
Drucker, Marge, 269
Dumas, Alexandre, fils, 68
East Lambrook Manor, 292
eggplants, 281
Egypt, ancient, gardening in, 44, 189
Egyptian onions, 170
Elizabeth, Queen of France, 147
Elizabethan gardens, 17
English gardens, 56
English Rock Garden, The, 107
epimediums, 162, 228
Eryngium giganteum, 185
Eschscholzia californica, 183–84
espaliers, 7
Eucomis, 263
Everett, T. H., 237, 265
evergreens: boughs of, as protection for sensitive plants, 115–16, 233, 309; as hedges, 121, 122, 203–204; offshoots of, 25
Fargesia, 216
farmers markets, 280
farm stands, 279–81
Farrand, Beatrix, 311
Farrar, Reginald, 107
Fenderson, Kris, 187, 286
ferns, 76, 113, 225
fertilizing, of hedges, 122, 123
festivals, 169, 170; gardens as, 232–33
ficus, 3, 43, 44, 164
Fish, Margery, x, 125, 128–29, 130, 131, 292
Fishelson, Mrs., 4
Flanders fields, 186
“florists,” 198–99
flowering shrubs and trees, forcing of, 94–99
forcing, of branches, 94–99
forget-me-nots, 52–53, 55, 57, 104
Forsythia, 99; F. ×intermedia ‘Karl Sax’, 204; F. suspensa, 96, 272; F. viridissima, 96
Foster, Laura Louise “Timmy,” x
Foster, Linc, x, 198, 296, 311–12
foxgloves, 52–53, 55–57
Fritillaria meleagris, 73
Frost, Robert, 173
Fuchs, Leonard, 65
fuchsias, 65, 102
fuki, 218–19
fumitory, 76–81
future, of North Hill, 308–12
galanthophiles, 241
Galanthus, 126, 138, 139, 170, 228, 240–45; G. koenenianus, 241; G. nivalis, 242, 243; G. nivalis ‘Blewbury Tart’, 244; G. nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’, 243; G. nivalis‘Sandersii’, 244; G. nivalis ‘Virescens’, 244; G. nivalis ‘Viridapice’, 243–44; G. reginae-olgae, 242; G. reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis, 242; G. ‘S. Arnott’, 245;G. ‘William Thomson’, 241
Galax, Va., 159
Galax urceolata, 159
Galtonia candicans, 260–61
Garbo, Greta, 177
Garden Conservancy, 50, 311
Gardening in the Shade (Fish), 125
gardening magazines, 303–304
garlic, 170
Gentiana, 104–109; G. acaulis, 106, 107; G. andrewsii, 108; G. asclepiadea, 107, 108; G. decumbens, 106–107; G. scabra, 109; G. septemfida, 108–109
Gentle Plea for Chaos, A (Osler), x
George, Marjorie, 5
Geranium, 17, 228; G. robertianum, 228
giant pandas, 217
Gladiolus, 256–57, 263; G. callianthus ‘Murielae’, 258; G. ×hortulanus, 257;G. nanus, 257
glasshouses, 10
Glaucidium palmatum, 180
global warming, 213, 216, 218, 285, 299
Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’, 263
gluttony, of gardeners, 27
goats, 90
gomphrena, 6
Goodwin, Nancy, 86
Gossler, Roger, 270
Gossler Farms, 153, 270
Great Dixter, 29, 30, 31, 124, 274
greenhouses, 44, 77, 132, 142; at North Hill, 69, 82, 104–105, 220–22, 267, 306
Green Mountains, 111, 113
grosbeaks, 134
groundcover, 10–11
groundcovers, 157–62
Guernsey, 165
Guernsey lilies, 165–66
Hamamelis, 97, 99, 115, 126, 132, 151, 294; H. ×’Brevipetala’, 115
hardiness, 110–17, 190, 299; of magnolias, 152, 154, 156; in mature gardens, 113; ratings as rough estimate of, 112, 135, 253–54; of roses, 231; snow cover and, 115, 116; of stewartias, 252–53; water and, 114–15, 154; wind and, 112–13
Haskell, Allen C., 7, 39–40
Hassell, Adah, 146
Hawkins, Lester, 209, 210
Headbourne Worthy, 12
heathers, 115
heaths, 115
hedges, 118–24; fertilizing of, 122, 123; pruning, 121, 122, 123–24
Heimlich’s Nursery, 66
Helleborus (hellebore), 115, 125–31, 228; flowering season of, 126; H. dumetorum, 127–28; H. ×ericsmithii, 128; H. foetidus, 127; H. niger, 126–27, 128; H.×orientalis, 127, 128–31
Hemerocallis fulva, 259
hemlocks, 111, 115, 122, 271–72
hens-and-chicks, 234–39
herb gardens, 7
herb Robert, 228
Heronswood, 307
Hesperis matrionalis, 52–53, 54–55, 57–58
Hidcote, 260
highbush blueberry, 98–99, 121
Himalayan blue poppy, 186–88, 299
Hinkley, Dan, 49, 179–80, 198, 307
Hippeastrums, 166
historians, gardeners as, 189
hollies
, 39, 109, 114, 132–37, 151, 246, 247
hollyhocks, 52–53, 54, 57
honeysuckles, 179
hornbeam, 121
Hornig, Ellen, 83–84, 86
hostas, 108, 129, 275, 309
houseleeks, 234–39
houses, as protection for weakly hardy plants, 114
Houttuynia cordata, 108
hummingbirds, 20
Hunnemannia fumariifolia, 184
hyacinths, 4, 7
Hydrangea, 273; H. anomala subsp. petiolaris, 272–73
Hymenocallis, 261; H. ×festalis, 261
Ilex, 132–37; I. glabra, 136–37; I. opaca, 114, 135–36, 246; I. verticillata, 39, 109, 133–35, 247
Impatiens glandulifera, 214–15
impermanence, of gardens, 49–50
Impreneta pots, 193
ingenuity, in gardens, 222–23
“in the green,” use of term, 242
invasive plants, 212–19
Iris pseudacorus, 108
Italian gardens, 177–78
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (Wordsworth), 91
Jacobean lilies, 263
jade plant, 304
January Thaw, 94–95, 97, 98, 99, 117
Japanese apricot, 208–11
Japanese butterbur, 218–19
Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art (Tsuji), 211
Japanese knotweed, 47
Japanese primrose, 199–200, 215–16, 221
jasmines, 67, 69, 95
Jekyll, Gertrude, 19, 25, 178
Johnson, Lawrence, 260
junipers, 25
Kamel, Georg Josef, 64–65
Kentia palms, 3
Kerdalo, 273–74
Kilmarnock willow, 294
King Lear (Shakespeare), 226
Korean mountain ash, 246–49
Kreutzberger, Sybille, x, 123–24
lady’s slipper orchids, 180, 219, 275
late-season gardens, 17, 18–21, 71
Laughton, Johnny, 289
laurels, 7
Laurus nobilis, 38–45, 69, 191, 310
Lawrence, D. H., 105–106, 109
Lawrence, Elizabeth, 252
Leach, David, 153, 155, 266–67, 269
leeks, 236
Lemoine, Victor, 147, 148
Lenten rose, 127, 128–31
leptospermum, 67
lettuces, 16, 170 280, 283, 309
Leucojum, 138–43; L. aestivum, 138, 140–41; l. a. “Gravetye Giant”, 141; L. autumnale, 141–42; L. nicaense, 142;L. roseum, 142; L. trichophyllum, 142;L. vernum, 138–40, 141
Lexington Gardens, 6, 7
lilacs, 121, 144–50, 170, 204, 246; Governor Wentworth, 145; Lemoine hybrids, 147; longevity of, 145–46; Preston hybrids, 148–49
lilies: calla, 263; Chinese lantern, 263; Guernsey, 165–66; Jacobean, 263; pineapple, 263
lily of the Nile, 10
Linnaeus, 65
live oaks, 144
Lloyd, Christopher, 29, 124, 233, 274
Lloyd, Nathaniel, 124, 274
locust posts, for pergolas, 179
loosestrife, 215
Lopez, Mr., 268
Los Angeles County Arboretum, 304
love-in-a-mist, 17
Lumley, Al, 147–48
Lyman, Hitch, 242–43
Lythrum salicaria, 215
Macleaya cordata, 182
Magnolia, 107, 151–56, 170, 275, 291; forcing of, 96; hardiness of, 152, 154, 156; M. acuminata, 155, 156; M. campbellii, 209; M. ‘Elizabeth’, 106;M. grandiflora, 67; M. liliiflora, 156;M. ×loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’, 99, 154–55, 246, 247, 251; M. × loebneri‘Merrill’, 99, 152–53, 154, 155; M. macrophylla, 156; M. sieboldii, 156;M. ×soulangeana, 3, 154; M. stellata, 153–54; M. tripetala, 156; M. virginiana, 114, 154
Making Things Grow Outdoors (Cruso), 119, 252
Malus: M. sargentii, 204; M. ‘Snowbank’, 204
Manix, Jack and Karen, 279
maples, 111, 145, 248, 253, 273, 291; paper bark, 151
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 173
marigolds, 15, 16, 107
marsh marigolds, 197
Matteuccia struthiopteris, 180
mature gardens, 113, 274, 275–77
Meconopsis betonicifolia, 186–88, 299
Medes, 229
Mediterranean, 83, 141, 142
Mesopotamians, 189, 190
Middle Ages, gardens in, 44–45, 48
Millstream, 198, 296, 311–12
mock oranges, 179
Momordica balsamina, 7
Monarch butterflies, 19
monastery gardens, 229
monocarpic plants, 52
monospecific colonies, 160
Monticello, 23
Montrose, 86
Moore, Marianne, 117
Morden Experiment Station, 148
mosses, 225
mossy phloxes, 225
Mount Vernon, 23
muscat grapes, 221
Myosotidium hortensia, 104, 266
Myosotis sylvatica, 52–53, 55, 57
myrtles, 39, 44, 157, 245, 275
Naples, 177
narcissus, paperwhite, 4, 95, 163, 258
nasturtiums, 16
neatness, 100–101
Nerine, 163–68; N. bowdenii, 166; N. sarnienis, 165–66
New England, emblematic plants of, 144–46
New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening (Everett), 265
Nicolson, Harold, x, 273
Nicotiana, 19–21; N. langsdorffii, 19–20, 114; N. mutabilis, 19, 20–21; N. rustica, 19; N. tabacum, 19
Nigella damascena, 17–18
Norris, Tony, 166–67
North America, colonial, barberry in, 48
North Hill, 102, 187; bog at, 107–108, 114, 154, 221, 293; creation of, 88–90, 110–11, 202–203; daffodil meadow at, 88–93, 119, 155, 178, 181; future of, 308–12; greenhouse at, 69, 82, 104–105, 220–22, 267, 306; growing zone of, 60, 112; Holly Court at, 136; magnolia walk at, 155–56; pergola walk at, 176–81, 233, 295; rhododendron garden at, 137, 296; rock garden at, 24, 105, 106, 108, 155, 220–21, 222, 293; Rose Alley at, 233, 288; seasons at, 309–11; terraces at, 25, 108, 148, 233, 286, 296; vegetable garden at, 119, 126, 155, 170, 178, 181, 283, 293, 309–10; winter garden at, 66–70, 95, 203, 217, 267, 286, 300
Nuccio, Guillio, 269
Nuccio’s Nursery, 269
Nuese, Josephine, 252
Oakes, Mrs., 195
oaks, 145, 291
Oconee bells, 158–59
“Ode: Intimations of Immortality” (Wordsworth), 277
Olbrich, Marshall, 63, 178, 209, 210, 295
old-fashioned gardens, 54, 57
Olga, Queen of Greece, 242
onions, Egyptian, 170
opium poppies, 184–86
orangeries, 45, 191
orchids, 69, 180
Ornithogalum saundersiae, 263
Osler, Michael, x
Osler, Mirabel, x
Osmanthus fragrans, 39
ostrich fern, 180
outbuildings, 104–105
overwintering: of agapanthus, 12–13; of banana trees, 35; of bay trees, 42, 43–44; of boxwoods, 60–61
oxalis, 262
Pachysandra, 157; P. procumbens, 158; P. terminalis, 158
Pacific Horticulture, 267
Paestum, 231
Page, Russell, 53
Palmer, Lewis, 12
pansies, 95
Papaver: P. commutatum, 186; P. rhoeas, 182, 186; P. rupifragum, 186; P. somniferum, 184–86
paperwhite narcissus, 4, 95, 163, 258
Parkinson, John, 127
passion, of gardeners, 9, 69, 147, 152, 228, 240, 270
Paxistima: P. canbyi, 160–61
peach trees, 96
Peale, Rembrandt, 193
Peale, Rubens, 193
peas, 169–75, 309; shelling, 174; supports for, 171–73, 293
peonies, 53, 130, 199, 215
Pepperell, Mass., authors’ house in, 6–8, 145–46
peppers, 281
perennials, 17, 32, 80, 114, 309; clumping, 36; false assumptions about, 53; half hardy (weak), 15, 52; overwintering of, 113, 115
pergola walk, 176–81, 233, 295
Perrault, Charles, 17
Persians, 229
Petasites japonicus var. giganteus, 218–19
petits pois, 172
Philippines, 64
Phlox drummondii, 6, 18
Phyllostachys aureosulcata, 217, 246
pineapple lilies, 263
pines, 113, 115, 122, 145
planning, biennials and, 53–54
plantains, 47
planted walls, 223–26, 238–39
pleasure, of gardening, 273, 274–77, 310
Pleioblastus: P. auricomus, 217–18; P. variegatus, 218
Pliny the Elder, 181
Pliny the Younger, 181, 235
Podophyllum pleianthum, 180
Polianthes tuberosa, 261–62
Pollan, Michael, x
pollarding, 292–93, 295
Polygonum cuspidatum, 47
Pompeii, 177, 181
poppies, 16, 170, 182–88; California, 183–84; Himalayan blue, 186–88; Mexican tulip, 184; opium, 184–86; Spanish, 186; Veterans Day, 182, 186
Portsmouth, N.H., 145
pots, 192–93, 210; for bay trees, 41; Impreneta, 193
potted plants, 189–93, 262–63, 304, 310
Preston, Isabella, 148, 149
Preston lilacs, 148–49
Prides Crossing, Mass., 271–73
primroses, 187, 194–201, 215–16, 221
Primula, 187, 194–201; P. auricula, 198–99; P. beesiana, 200; P. ×bulleesiana, 200–201, 221; P. denticulata, 197; P. florindae, 107; P. japonicas, 199–200, 215–16, 221; P. obconica, 201; P. veris, 198; P. vulgaris, 196–98; P. vulgaris subsp. sibthorpii, 198
privacy screens, 203–204
privet hedges, 7, 121, 149
pruning, 310; of bay trees, 42–43; of hedges, 121, 122, 123–24; of roots, 42–43, 210, 301; see also pollarding
Prunus: P. mume, 208–11; P. ×’Hally Jolivette’, 202–207; P. ×subhirtella, 204; P. ×yedoense, 204
pumpkins, 279, 281
puntarelle, 278–79
pussy willows, 99
“Putting in the Seed” (Frost), 173
pyracantha, 7
quinces, 7, 206
radishes, 16, 170
Ramonda myconi, 225
raspberries, 170
rat stripper, 160–61
Ravello, Italy, 177
Ray, John, 64
Readsboro, Vt., 89, 111
reference books, 265–66
Remay, 116, 233, 309
rescued plants, 164
Réunion Island (Isle de Bourbon), 231
Rhododendron, 67, 68, 117, 133, 137, 151, 209, 265–70, 275; ‘Else Frye’, 269, 270; ‘Fragrantissimum’, 269, 270; Maddenii, 268, 269–70; Old Dexter hybrids, 271; R. ‘Countess of Haddington’, 269, 270; R. fosterianum, 268, 269–70