CONTENTS

PREFACE

GARDENING WITH A GENEROUS NATURE: SOME GROUND RULES

HOW PLANTS GROW

OPPORTUNISTIC OR INVASIVE?

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR GARDEN

SELF-SOWERS: THE PRICE IS RIGHT

GUIDE TO SERENDIPITY: TAKING EDITORIAL CONTROL

START A SEED COLLECTION

PROPAGATION: SOW IT GROWS

50 FAITHFUL VOLUNTEERS

PLANTS THAT SPREAD: WHEN A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY

GUIDE TO ABUNDANCE: REUSE, REPLANT, REPEAT

PROPAGATION: EASY PIECES

50 THRILLING FILLERS

FROST-TENDER PLANTS: PUSH THE ZONE

GUIDE TO OPTIMISM: PLAN AHEAD AND SAVE FOR LATER

PROPAGATION: BEG A CUTTING

OVERWINTERING: IN FROM THE COLD

50 COME-BACK KEEPERS

IN SUM

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

METRIC CONVERSIONS

PLANT HARDINESS ZONES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

INDEX