Choosing Perennials

This informative guide features ideas for improving the garden. Each garden design features a plot plan and plant list, illustrations of the garden as it changes throughout the seasons, expert tips from the designer, and ways to customize the design so that it suits the reader's site and style. There are also hands-on projects to help individualize the garden. The eight projects examined are: foundation planting - climbing plants on trellises; island beds; the colour-theme garden; the shaded garden; the romantic garden - herb and rose garden; the cottage garden; driveway planting; and cross-season planting. Susan McClure is the co-author of "Successful Organic Gardening", "Perennials", "Low Maintenance Landscaping", "Fruits and Berries", "Companion Planting". She is also the sole author of "The Harvest Gardener" and "The Herb Gardener".