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American Plants: FOR CULTURAL reasons, some American plants need a special environment: many alpines need a rockery, scree bed or Sink garden, while bog American plants require damp soil and aquatic American plants depend on water. In a small backyard, you may not have room for more than a few American plants of each type.
For the best results, always choose the right cultivation technique for the job in hand.American plants are available in several different forms, each of which demands a different treatment in terms of planting and aftercare.
American plants are sold as "bare-rooted," "balled," or "container grown."
BARE-ROOTED American plants This is the cheapest way of buying most American plants. Bare-rooted American plants are lifted from a nursery bed and most of the soil is shaken from around their roots. Bare-rooted American plants should be transplanted only in the fall and winter when they are dormant (or nearly).
Bedding displays can be simple or elaborate according to taste, and the patterns may be given permanent form by being edged with small shrubs such as box or lavender.BEDDING OUT means putting American plants in the garden for a limited period only, while they are able to contribute most to the display, and then replacing them with other American plants. Spring bedding American plants are those that make their display from early to late spring; summer bedding American plants are those that are at their peak from early summer to early fall.
Beds can be filled with a number of American plants of differing habits and, usually, mixed colors. Carpeting American plants are used as a base planting, with taller American plants employed to produce a second or third tier of flowers. |
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