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WILDFLOWER sa FLOWER x PRAIRIE FLOWER xx FLOWER How to dry and arrange wildflowers. Also includes information on how to make a sachet of dried wildflowers and how to press and display wildflowers. Includes list of companies who sell wildflower seeds and plants. How to plant a garden of wildflowers. Gives tips on selection of flowers, site selection and preparation and maintenance of the garden. Four pages of wildflowers that can be planted in your garden. How to incorporate wildflowers in your garden. Create a backyard wildflower meadow. Tips on preparing and planting the site. Tips on earth-wise gardening using native wildflowers and hardy, drought-resistant perennials. Woodland wildflowers. Tips on introducing wildflowers to those shady, hard-to-plant areas of your yard. Starting wildflowers from seed. How to grow wild flowers. Instructions for making a pressed flower picture. Gardening with wildflowers. Fifty wildflowers you can grow. Tips on collecting seeds and planting them. A low-maintenance lawn. A look at alternative lawns of wildflowers and native grasses. Includes a list of ground covers for grass substitutes. Trilliums, a guide to varieties, their propagation and conservation. An annual wildflower meadow. Suggestions on selecting seeds, and a comparison of results using direct seeding and transplants. Easy Monet. Making the most of a "canned" garden. Tips on planting an informal wildflower garden composed of 150 varieties of flower seeds duplicating those grown in Claude Monet's famous garden at Giverny, France. A tall-grass prairie in a small backyard. Advice on preparing the soil, planting, weeding, and controlled burning. Prairie by design. How to plan and plant a landscape that uses prairie plants. Starting native perennials from seeds. Tips on collection, storage and germination. Designing with nature. A description of the process used by a landscape architect and gardener to design a garden based around native plants. A woodland garden features indigenous plants. Tips on design, care and feeding. Rediscovering lewisias, a native North American wildflower that thrives in rock gardens. Going native. Transforming a traditional front lawn with a natural landscape of native Texas plants. A description of one couple's 10-year conversion process. The debate over the role of native plants summarized. Tiny blooming treasures. A guide to six small woodland wildflowers that bloom in the spring and how to incorporate them in the home garden. How to select the right site for growing wildflowers. A look at wildflowers that can be incorporated into the home garden. Two choice wild flowers to grow from seeds. (1) Bloodroot (sanguinaria canadensis) and (2) Jack-in-the-pulpit (arisaema triphyllum). A look at what it takes to be successful in naturalizing wild flowers from seeds. How to grow wildflowers in your garden. A look at some of the choices and suggestions on planting them in locations like those in which they grow wild. Wildflowers, the case for native plants. A look at regional wildflowers and guidelines for evaluating a seed mix. Native American perennials. Part 1. Spring woodland perennials. Lists of those that bloom in early and late spring. Native American perennials. Part 2. Summer prairie plants. Native American perennials. Part 3. Autumn-blooming wildflowers. Five mini meadows to grow using perennial wildflowers. Merrybells (Uvularia grandiflora). Tips on growing a colony of this spring-blooming wildflower. Backyard restoration. How to garden as if your yard were a habitat for native wildflowers, birds, butterflies, ... etc. Advice on creating a prairie restoration and your legal rights to do so. Collecting wildflower seeds. A method for starting butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) at home from seeds. Wildflower meadows. How to create one in the home landscape. Design tips advice on plant and seed selection, seeding and maintenance. An introduction to wildflower gardening. Includes making a natural habitat, soil and compost preparation, when to plant and 10 wildflowers that are easy to grow. A look at trials and triumphs with wildflower meadows, the latest in ground covers. Working with wildflowers. A designer offers ideas on achieving a natural look. Prairie fire. Creating a prairie habitat. Includes a list of prairie plants for different types of soil. Tip on reestablishing trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) in woods. Stalking wild seeds. Responsible collecting can enrich the garden with roadside flowers. Includes sowing instructions for several different flowers. Synthyris missurica, a woodland plant sometimes known as "spring queen" or "bells of spring". Its culture and characteristics summarized. Plants from the woodlands of Asia. A look at shade-loving wildflowers. Meadow morhosis. The challenge of raising wildflowers in a fertile pasture. A look at wildflowers that are edible food for the forager. A patch of prairie. Creating a lawn of wildflowers and grasses. Meadow lawns for the East Coast. Low maintenance lawns of Queen Anne's Lace, Black-eyed Susan, clovers, etc. Back to meadows. How to convert your lawn back to the old-fashioned shaggy lawn or meadow instead of the close-cut garden lawn. It will save fuel, time, fertilizer, herbicides and water. How to grow wildflowers in your garden from seed. Put life in your lawn. Describes 4 families who enjoy their lawns instead of working on them. Suggestions for raising native grasses and wildflowers which do not need mowing. Wildflowers for a sunny border. A guide to eighteen perennials and a suggested design for a 12x30-ft. border. Includes a chart that gives information on height, flower color, bloom time and propagation. A flowering lawn. Includes recommendations on plants for spring, summer and fall bloom. Something wild. Follow these steps for a successful stand of native species. Tip on reducing the weed population before planting wildflower seeds. A guide to native American wildflowers. Recommendations on planting them in a home landscape or garden. Tip on chilling wildflower seeds to increase their germination rate. Advice on the procedures to follow when rescuing wildflowers and plants that are in the path of development. Included in an article describing one person's efforts. How to sow wildflower seeds either to plant in a large area or in colony fashion. Includes a list of sources for wildflower seeds. How to plant a seed-sown wildflower border. Wildflowers for garden gamblers. Advice on sowing wildflower seeds in anticipation of "normal" rains. Taming wildflowers. A look at seed mixes that allow gardeners to grow wildflowers in small beds and even in pots. Includes flower recommendations and tips on getting started. Wild flowers to raise from seeds and rooted plants. 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