Flower Gardening: A Practical Guide to Creating Colorful Gardens in Every Yard Book

	The Beauty of Flowers	8
	Garden Designs	10
	All about Location	14
	Specialty Gardens	18
	Flower Arranging	21
	Creating Sachets	23
	Entertaining in the Garden	30
	Decorating Ideas for Garden Events	31
	Contemporary and Classic	32
	Garden Where You Are	34
	Making a Birdhouse	42
	Birdhouses on a Trellis	43
	Making a Bird Feeder	44
	Log Planter with Bird Feeder	45
	Flowers of Every Color, Shape, and Texture	48
	Containers with Complementary Colors	57
	Accessorizing Your Landscape	58
	Flower Garden Plans	60
	Greating Flower Gardens	62
	Drying Flowers	67
	Sites and Soils	68
	Plans for Flower Beds and Borders	70
	Corner Flower Bed Plan	71
	Formal Rose Garden Plan	72
	Layered Bed Plan	74
	English Border Plan	76
	Formal Mixed Bed Plan	78
	Bird Garden Plan	80
	Uncharted Territory	82
	Vining Plants and Flower Supports	84
	Construction and Planting	86
	Preplanting Building and Installation	88
	Raised-Bed Masonry	90
	Fieldstone Planter	92
	Adding Drip Irrigation	95
	Adding Low-Voltage Lighting	96
	Soil and Drainage	98
	Planting Flowers	100
	Transplanting Nursery Containers	101
	Planting Seed	103
	Planting Bulbous Plants	105
	Casual and Formal Beds	107
	Single-Species Mass Planting	108
	Mixed-Species Groups	109
	Flower Succession Plantings	113
	Preparing Containers for Planting	115
	Planting a Container	116
	Bulb Forcing for Year-Round Color	117
	Planting Hanging Baskets	119
	Caring for Flowers	122
	Proper Watering Methods	127
	Using Granular and Liquid Fertilizers	129
	Staking and Supporting Flowers	130
	Thinning and Pinching Flowers	131
	Annual and Seasonal Pruning	133
	Propagating Flowers	134
	Dividing and Layering Perennials	136
	Collecting Seed to Share	137
	Flower Pest and Disease Control	138
	Applying Pest and Disease Controls	141
	Encyclopedia of Flowering Plants	142
	Plant Index	279
	Subject Matter Index	285
	Credits and Acknowledgments	288