Exploring our gardening heritage -- The three sisters: Native American influence -- Orange blossoms and Spanish-daggers: Spanish influence -- Formality and order: French influence -- Out of Africa: African influence -- Gardening with nature: English influence -- A garden in a wilderness: German influence -- Classics in the garden: Italian influence -- Plant explorers and timeless treasures: Asian influence -- Rediscovering a wealth of southern heirloom plants -- Natives, invasives, cemeteries, and rustling -- 'Slips and starts': how heirloom plants were increased -- Naturalizing daffodils and other southern bulbs -- The fruitful garden -- Enjoying the bounty -- The right plant in the right place -- Designing your own garden: basic design principles -- Fine-tuning the garden -- Heirloom plants of the South -- How our gardens grew: creating your own garden traditions -- A country cottage garden: fragilee -- A sense of place: Emanis house
Notes
Revised and expanded edition of: The southern heirloom garden