Jo Ann Gardner: The Heirloom Garden. Selecting and Growing over 300 Old-Fashioned Ornamentals

Gardeners everywhere are rekindling their longtime love affair with old-fashioned plants. Easy, tolerant, robust, and enduring, these living heirlooms have been handed down from garden to garden, from generation to generation. Some hardy survivors have even thrived in neglected gardens, fields, and graveyards.
In The Heirloom Garden, Jo Ann Gardner reintroduces modern readers to those popular and historic plants that make up such a large part of our rich garden heritage. In one concise volume she offers information on a wide variety of plants well suited to North American gardens. Precise descriptions and histories, as well as complete growing information, provide home gardeners with a practical guide for selecting and enjoying their favorite heirloom plants. "Collector's Choice" sections under each plant portrait list the very best varieties, with references to mail-order sources and suppliers. Also offered are tips on preserving endangered heirlooms and on creating unique period gardens.