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    The Modern Flower Garden - 2. The Herbaceous Border - With Chapters on Planning and Arrangement
    The Modern Flower Garden - 2. The Herbaceous Border - With Chapters on Planning and Arrangement
    The Modern Flower Garden - 2. The Herbaceous Border - With Chapters on Planning and Arrangement
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    The Modern Flower Garden - 2. The Herbaceous Border - With Chapters on Planning and Arrangement

    By Kitty Lloyd Jones

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    This is volume II of “The Modern Flower Garden” series, dealing with herbaceous plants and their use in borders. Herbaceous plants are annual, biennial, or perennial plants that have no persistent woody stem above ground and die completely at the end of the growing season or when they have flowered and fruited. Including helpful photographs and simple, step-by-step instructions, this fantastic guide will be of considerable gardeners with an interest in herbs. Contents include: “First Considerations”, “Position and Aspect”, “Background”, “Size, Proportions and Shape”, “Edges for Borders”, “Preparing the Border”, “Planning and Arrangement”, “The General Border”, “Colour Schemes”, “A Border of Mixed Colours”, “Practical Hints on Planning”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781473353497
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      The Modern Flower Garden - 2. The Herbaceous Border - With Chapters on Planning and Arrangement - Kitty Lloyd Jones

      2. THE HERBACEOUS BORDER

      BY KITTY LLOYD JONES, B.Sc., N.D.Hort.

      CHAPTER I

      First Considerations

      In nearly all gardens, large and small, the herbaceous border plays a very important part. Where there are several borders, each can be planted entirely for one particular period, and treated in this way there are opportunities for marvellous displays of colour. But where there is only one border it is usually the aim of the gardener to keep it bright during as long a period as possible. And it is possible to have a good border for many months, but only when the planting is very carefully planned, and when the details of cultivation are given every care.

      No other form of gardening is so universally useful and within the reach of all; even those with the smallest gardens, and with very little to spend, can have a good herbaceous border. A start can be made with quite a small outlay, for the plants are not expensive and most of them increase rapidly. What is more, surplus plants are soon available for planting in other parts of the garden and for giving away.

      In order to deal with every aspect of this subject it is convenient to presume that the border under consideration is an entirely new one. This in no way rules out those who are seeking advice on the improvement and upkeep of existing borders, for in both cases the same practical problems arise.

      POSITION AND ASPECT

      The best effects are obtained when the border is in such a position that it is looked at from end to end, the ideal being a double border with a wide path down the centre. The result of looking down—rather than at—a border is that one sees the whole in a foreshortened perspective, each group in flower showing up well against another; and, what is even more important, the groups that are over do not appear to leave gaps when the border is viewed as a whole, as they do when the border is looked at from the front.

      A south or south-west aspect is ideal, and for a double border an aspect that runs north and south. But it is possible to have very good results in almost any position; a west border is particularly lovely in the evening light, and a north border is good for lilies and shade-loving plants, though it may be rather cold for many of the choicest herbaceous perennials. The position chosen should be at a reasonable distance from trees and large shrubs, not only on account of the shade they cast, but also because their roots would soon invade a well-dug and manured

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