Natural Companions: The Garden Lover's Guide to Plant Combinations

463 Pages·2012·17.36 MB·English

by  Ken Druse

In Natural Companions, acclaimed garden writer Ken Druse presents recipes for
perfect plant pairings using diverse species that look great together and bloom at
the same time. Organized by theme within seasons, topics include color,
fragrance, foliage, grasses, edible flowers, and much more, all presented in
photographs of gardens that show planted combinations from a wide variety of
climates and conditions. Natural Companions also features more than one
hundred special botanical images of amazing depth and color created in
collaboration with artist Ellen Hoverkamp using modern digital technology.
Filled with an incredible amount of horticultural guidance, useful plant
recommendations, and gardening lore—all written in Druse’s charming, witty
style—this book is a must-have for gardeners and lovers of plants and flowers.

Published in 2012 by Stewart, Tabori & Chang
An imprint of ABRAMS
Text copyright © 2012 Ken Druse
Botanical photographs and here copyright © 2012 Ellen Hoverkamp
Garden photographs copyright © 2012 Ken Druse
Photograph here copyright © 2012 Jerry Harpur
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a
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from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Druse, Kenneth.
Natural companions: the garden lover’s guide to plant combinations / Ken Druse
with Ellen Hoverkamp.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-58479-901-6
1. Companion planting. 2. Plants, Ornamental. 3. Gardens—Design. I.
Hoverkamp, Ellen. II. Title. SB453.6.D78 2012
635—dc23
2011036180
Editor: Dervla Kelly
Designer: Anna Christian
Production Manager: Jacquie Poirier
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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
SEASONS
FAMILIES
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
COLOR
SPIRIT OF PLACE
THEMES
AFTERWORD
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Index of Search Terms