PRODUCT INFO
This edition touts the benefits and beauty of growing grasses and succulents. Over the last decade, ornamental grasses have become a must have plant for gardens. Whether it be grass for the lawn, ornamental grasses or succulents, this edition has it all.
It’s an interesting contrast – grasses and succulents – the latter seeming so commonplace on the Prairies, while the former seems so exotic. Yet, both of these types of plants will flourish on our northern plains. You will be intrigued when you learn about what striking grasses you can grow and how hardy some of the succulents are.
Learn about the increasing popularity of fairy gardening. Read about the increasing variety of succulents available and how you can fill a planter with an assortment of different colours and textures. Read about a low maintenance succulent garden.
Learn how to care for your lawn – how often to cut it, what types of grass to use, and how to spot diseases. Are you afraid that planting an ornamental grass will take over your garden? Learn which grasses to plant and which ones to avoid.
As usual, the general section covers a wide range of topics. Look for information on peonies, hummingbird gardens, which flowers are good as cut flowers, conifers and those pesky little voles.
This is one edition you will enjoy for years to come. Happy reading!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Grasses
Topic
Authors
Grasses and Succulents
Jane Reksten
Why Grow Ornamental Grasses?
Tammy Jensen
Hardy But Underused Ornamental Grasses
Sara Williams
Ornamental Grasses, One Year at a Time. An Annual Option!
John Moore
Native Grasses for Your Prairie Garden
June Flanagan
Big Bluestem - Provincial Grass of Manitoba
Jeannie Gilbert and Elizabeth Punter
Time to Cut the Grass
Craig Gillespie
Propagation of Grass
Dr. Steven Tannas & Eileen Tannas
Tame Grass Species Suitable for Low Maintenance Lawns and Turf
Dr. Steven Tannas and Kathy Tannas
Using Native Grasses as Lawn Replacements
Dr. Steven Tannas & Kathy Tannas
A Perennial Affair: Finding Grasses that Love the Cold Zones
Holly Rupert
Diseases of Lawn Grasses: Causes, Controls and Prevention
Jeannie Gilbert
Invasive Ornamental Grasses
Craig Gillespie
Dogs and Grass - a Veterinarian's Perspective
Ken I. Mould
Question and Answers: The Gravel Lawn
Anna Thurmayr
Value of Manitoba Grasses
Juanita Kopp
Succulents
Topic
Authors
Succulents - An Overview
Susanne Olver
Low Maintenance Gardening with Succulents
William Dowie
Succulent Propagation
Johannes Olwage
Succulents Have Character
Shea Doherty
Pass the Salt Shaker! Manitoba's Salt-loving Succulent Red Samphire
Diana Bizecki Robson
Winterizing Tender Succulents
Marilyn N. Dudek
Living Stones - Little Jewels
Susanne Olver
Wintering and Pest-Control for Succulents
Shea Doherty
General
Topic
Authors
It's Always Summer in The Peace Garden
Johannes Olwage
Where Do I Grow Thee Alpine? Show Me the Ways!
Amanda Botincan
Zoned Out? Get over it!
Morgan Webb
Think Inside the Box!
Mick Manfield
Eat off your Balcony - Gardening without a Garden
Arlene Ortiz (Wheeler)
Do You Know Your Vegetables?
leaun Evans
Meadow Voles
Craig Gillespie
Peonies: Perennial Favorites
Brian Porter
Peonies the Terrible Travelers
Arlene Ortiz (Wheeler)
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Warren Otto
A Garden for All Seasons
Children and Plants--a Winning Combination for the Future!
Mind, Body, Soul and Soil - Horticulture as Therapy
Cherl Cohan
Creating a Hummingbird Garden
Michael Wiens
Conifers with a Difference
Sara Williams
Cut Flowers from the Garden
Lynn M. Collicutt
What's in a Name?
Warren Otto
Cactus & Succulent Societies
Linda Pearn
Q & A
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