by Joe Eck
Rhododendrons of the World (Leach), 266, 267
robins, 133–34
Robinson, William, 172
rock daphne, 225
Rock Gardening (Foster), x
rock gardens, 77, 115, 141, 142; at North Hill, 24, 105, 106, 108, 155, 220–21, 222, 293
rock harlequin, 80–81
Rogers, Owen, 149
Roman Empire, 225
Roman gardens, 44, 176, 292
Romneya coulteri, 183
roots, pruning of, 42–43, 210, 301
Rosa: R. canina, 231; R. chinensis, 231; R. ×damascena, 231; R. gallica, 231; R. moschata, 231
rosemary willow, 295–96
roses, 60, 149, 169–70, 227–33, 246, 309, 310; climbing, 179, 298, 302; ‘Cuisse de Nymphe’, 232; floribunda, 230, 231; ‘Great Maiden’s Blush’, 232; hardiness of, 231; hybrids of, 229–30; ‘Madame Hardy’, 232; medicinal properties of, 229; overwintering of, 116; repeat-flowering, 231–32; ‘Rose Edouard’, 231–32; shrub, 230–33, 285; ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’, 232; tea, 230, 231; ‘Tour de Malakoff ‘, 231
routines, of gardeners, 309–10
Royal Horticultural Society’s Color Dictionary of Flowering Plants, 265–66
Sackville-West, Vita, x, 123, 148, 252, 273
sage, 228–29
sagebrush, 144
saguaro cactus, 144
Saint Barbara’s weed, 52–53
salicorne, 279
Salix, 97–98, 99, 121, 172–73, 291–96; S. alba, 292; S. alba ‘Britzensis’, 293; S. alba ‘Chermesina’, 293; S. alba var. caerulea, 98, 293; S. alba var. sericea, 172, 295; S. alba var. vitellina, 98, 172, 293; S. caprea, 98; S. caprea ‘Pendula’, 294; S. caprea ‘Weeping Sally’, 294–95; S.×chaenomeloides, 98, 293; S. elaeagnos, 295–96; S. gracilistyla, 98; S. gracilistyla‘Melanostachys’, 294; S. lindleyana, 296
salpiglosis, 6
Salvia: S. horminum, 49; S. officinalis, 228–29; S. sclarea, 52
Sandersonia aurantiaca, 263
San Francisco, 208–209, 267
Sargent crab apple, 204
Sarnia, 165
Sasa: S. palmata, 218; S. veitchii, 218
Savage, Phil, 155
Sax, Karl, 204, 205
saxifrages, 225
scaffold, of hedges, 122
Schneider, Peter, 230
Schwerdt, Pamela, x, 124
scillas, 138
seasons, in gardens, 309–11
sedums, 225
Sempervivum, 234–39; S. arachnoideum, 237–38; S. calcareum, 238; S. tectorum, 237–38
Seneca Hills Rare Plant Nursery, 83–84, 86
Seven Deadly Sins, 27, 117
Shakespeare, William, 226
sharing, of plants, 276, 289, 306–307
Sheridan Nurseries, 61
Shortia galacifolia, 158–59
Sissinghurst, x, 124
snake’s head fritillary, 73
snapdragons, 6
snow cover, hardiness and, 115, 116
snowdrops, 126, 138, 139, 170, 228, 240–45
soil: condition of, 55, 111; temperature of, 115–16
Sorbus: S. alnifolia, 246–49; S. cashmiriana, 165
Sorel boots, 234
Southern gardens, 39
Southern Vermont AIDS Project, 212
Spanish poppy, 186
Sprague, Jim, 90
Sprekelia formosissima, 263
Springer, Lauren, 184
spring snowflakes, 138–40, 141
spruces, 113, 115, 122
squash, 170, 279, 281
staghorn ferns, 3
standards, 38–40, 44, 63, 102, 204, 310; overwintering of, 43–44
Stewartia, 151, 170, 246, 247, 250–54, 275, 291; hardiness of, 252–53; S. pseudocamellia, 247, 252
Stokowski, Leopold, 177
stone walls, 77
stove houses, 191
stratification, 195
Strauss, Richard, 310
strawberries, 170
Strybing Arboretum, 209
“Student, The” (Moore), 117
Sugiyama, Nao, 211
summer, 83, 111, 310
summer snowflakes, 138, 140–41
sunflowers, 15
sweet olive, 39
sweet william, 52–53
Syneilesis: S. aconitifolia, 180; S. palmata, 180
Syringa, 170, 246; S. reflexa, 148; S. villosa, 148; S. vulgaris, 121, 144–50; S. vulgaris‘Alba’, 204
tea plants, 65, 67, 70
tea roses, 230, 231
Temple Nursery, 242
terraces, 6–7, 120, 272; at North Hill, 25, 108, 148, 233, 286, 296
thistles, 32
Thuja, 113; T. occidentalis, 23–25, 26, 122; T. plicata, 25–26
Thunberg, Carl Peter, 49
time, 271–77, 308, 310
tomatoes, 170, 279, 281
tool sheds, 100–101, 103
tortoises, 94–95
transplanting: of biennials, 57–58; of corydalis, 77–78
Trees for American Gardens (Wyman), 247
“triennials,” 52
Triteleia laxa, 263
tropical plants, as accents, 37
trowels, 100–103
Tsuji, Shizuo, 211
tuberoses, 261–62
Tudor, Tasha, 54
tulips, 7, 242
Tweedia caerulea, 18
umeboshi, 211
Union Square Market, 280
Vaccinium, 161–62; V. corymbosum, 98–99; V. macrocarpon, 161; V. vitis-idaea minus, 161
valerians, 225
Vancouver, George, 162
Vancouveria hexandra, 162
vegetable gardens, 16, 178, 278–83; annuals in, 16–17; design of, 282; as hard work, 281–82; at North Hill, 119, 126, 155, 170, 178, 181, 283, 293, 309–10; paths in, 282–83
vegetables, garden vs. market, 28–29
Verbena bonariensis, 18–19
Verey, Rosemary, 13
Vermont: autumn in, 111; growing season in, 110–11, 213; invasive plants in, 214; January Thaw in, 94–95; laws of, 203; summer in, 82, 83, 111, 174; winter in, 82, 95, 110–11, 211, 222, 254, 267, 306
Veterans Day poppies, 182, 186
Viburnum ×bodnantense, 96–97, 99, 126
Vienna Botanical Garden, 244
Villa Cimbrone, 177–78
Vinca, 157; V. minor, 245
Viola (violets), 114, 284–90; V. labradorica, 285–86; V. rosea, 286–87; V. rotundifolia, 284–85; V. sororia, 287–88; V. sororia‘Freckles’, 288–90; V. ‘Sulfurea’, 287
Virgil, 231
Wakehurst Place, 228
Walker Farm, 279
walks and paths, function of, 180–81
walls, planted, 223–26
wandflower, 159
Warley, 276
Washingtonia palms, 144
water, hardiness and, 114–15, 154
Wayside Gardens, 247
We Made a Garden (Fish), x
Western Hills Rare Plant Nursery, 63, 209, 295
Weston Nurseries, 26, 118, 135, 152, 215, 247
White, E. B., 273
White, Katherine, 273
White Flower Farm, 299
white pine, 122
Willmott, Ellen, 185, 276
willows, 97–98, 99, 121, 172–73, 291–96; Kilmarnock, 294; Rosemary, 295–96; weeping, 291, 292, 294–95
willow twigs, 292; as pea supports, 172–73, 293
Wilson, E. H., 258
Wilt-Proof, 117
wind, hardiness and, 112–13
wine, and artichokes, 31
winter, 82, 95, 110–11, 132–33
winter gardens, 44; at North Hill, 66–70, 95, 203, 217, 267, 286, 300
winter sun, 113, 135
Wisteria, 67, 69, 297–302; as dwarf plants, 299–300; W. floribunda, 179, 299; W. floribunda ‘alba’, 298–302; W. macrostachya, 179; W. sinensis, 179, 299
witch hazels, 97, 99, 115, 126, 132, 151, 294
Wol
ff, Guy, 193
Wolkonsky, Prince Peter, 273–74
woodland plants, 113, 179–80, 197
wood poppy, 180
Wood and Garden (Jekyll), 25
Wordsworth, William, 91, 277
work, gardening as, 233, 281–82
World War I, 186
Wyman, Donald, 247, 252
Wyman’s Garden Encyclopedia, 112, 207, 252, 265
Xanthorrhoea, 191
Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata, 303–307
yellow birch, 248
yews, 7, 133, 228; as hedges, 118–21, 122, 123–24, 274
Younger, Albert, 149
young gardens, 274–75
zinnias, 6, 15, 16