Tracy DiSabato-Aust’s book is a great resource for
information on perennial maintenance. She
addresses subjects like designing with maintenance in mind, bed preparation, pruning,
deadheading, pinching and division. The second half of the book, which I find
the most useful, includes dozens of entries on specific perennials and their
pruning requirements along with other maintenance tasks. If you have ever wondered if deadheading a
particular perennial will give you that extra flush of bloom, read this book.
There are also useful lists in the back with such titles as “lower maintenance
perennials”, “clay busters” and ” deer-resistant perennials”. Tracy has over
twenty years of experience designing and maintaining perennial gardens. She has experimented with cutting back perennials
in her customer’s gardens to find what works best for various species. This book is a very handy guide for keeping
your garden beds beautiful and floriferous.
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