Product Description

While gardeners may be happy enough with their gardens in spring and early summer, few feel so confident about prolonging the display. Thankfully, Late Summer Flowers shows how to extend the blooming season. By choosing plants that have a late flowering season, or offer such bonuses as attractive foliage, seedheads, or berries, it is possible to get the best from the garden in late summer and autumn. The book advises on companion planting and planting for color and texture, and includes detailed discussion of how to choose plantings for sun and shade, dry soil and damp, and for problem conditions such as heavy clay or light sand.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1274623 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Review
"Christopher explores a great many plants besides the usual mums and asters. ... This book opens our eyes to the possibilities of a bounteous garden all the way to Thanksgiving."
—Valerie Easton, Seattle Times, October 1, 2006 (Seattle Times )

"The new reference for extended-season gardening."
—John Bagnasco, Garden Compass, September/October 2006 (Garden Compass )

Christopher explores a great many plants besides the usual mums and asters. ... This book opens our eyes to the possibilities of a bounteous garden all the way to Thanksgiving. Valerie Easton, Seattle Times, October 1, 2006 (Seattle Times )

The new reference for extended-season gardening. John Bagnasco, Garden Compass, September/October 2006 (Garden Compass )

From the Publisher
Gardeners may be happy with their gardens in spring and early summer, but few feel confident about prolonging the display. This book shows how to extend the bloom season by choosing the right plants to get the best from the garden in late summer and fall.

About the Author
Marina Christopher is an enthusiastic and very successful nursery owner, with a following of committed gardeners including such luminaries as Piet Oudolf and Dan Pearson. She has a degree in botany and marine biology from the University of North Wales and did postgraduate research at Oxford before working at Fireside Nursery, specializing in wildflowers and plants that attract wildlife, and subsequently at Green Farm Plants, a specialist nursery that focuses mainly on late summer–flowering perennials and grasses. She now runs a herbaceous perennial nursery, Phoenix Plants, which concentrates on unusual and interesting cultivars and varieties. She also teaches courses and workshops on the cultivation of perennials. Marina is passionate not only about plants, but also nature, and she aims to promote eco-friendly attitudes among today's gardeners.

Customer Reviews

A much needed book on autumn flowers
I found this book written by an expert plantswoman on growing perennial flowers extremely worthwhile read. Good photos and down to earth comments on the subject of late flowering perennials. Excellent directory on the plants, and some very new plant introductions mentioned. Recommended.

Only in England
I should have known better. Anything called a "late summer flower" by an English author will be long gone in the Midwest. Ok if you live in Maine or seattle, I expect.