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Title: A Southern Garden by Elizabeth Lawrence ISBN: 0-8078-4930-8 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Illustrations may not be satisfactory
Comment: This is a charming book that is extremely valuable for gardeners in Zone 7. The copy in my local library has delicate color illustrations that added a lot to my enjoyment of the book, but the paperback I ordered new from Amazon.com had muddy black-and white versions of the original illustrations. (I don't know if the hardcover pictures are in color.) I've managed to find used copies with color illustrations.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not just for Zone 8 Gardening...
Comment: In the fifties, when I was growing up in North Carolina, Miss Lawrence was known in garden circles all over the state as she had been an active gardener and writer for a number of years. I am pleased to see "A Southern Garden" which she wrote in 1942 back in print. RE-reading her words is like listening to an old friend.
She lived and gardened first in Raleigh, then in Charlotte (both Zone 8). The winters in Zone 7 were a bit colder, but many of the plants she recommended for Zone 8, survived in Zone 7 where my family lived and gardened. Given global warming, I think much of Zone 7, which extends right up the East Coast--almost to New England (?)--is now verging on becoming Zone 8 -- at least the part that lies east of the "fall line" on the coastal plain.
I have lived in Arlington, Virginia for a number of years, and have seen a decided shift in the climate in my area. Crepe Myrtles that used to live no futher north than Fredericksburg and die back to the ground in Arlington don't. And Catbirds, a real southerner are nesting in my yard. Both of these are Zone 8 transplants.
Even though I am technicaly in the lower edge of Zone 7, I can grow almost anything Miss Lawrence discusses in her book "A Southern Garden" in my garden. My house is on the "fall line" however, and just west of me the winters are a tad too cold for some things. But if you live in Zone 7, and like a plant try it. If it lives great, if not you've gained some wonderful experience.
Most importantly, pay attention to Miss Lawrence when she describes the 'old timey gardens' -- some say there is nothing new under the sun, and though that might not be entirely correct, many of the old plant forms she discusses are still extant.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have for anyone gardening in the South.
Comment: This book is a window into the way our Grandmother's gardened. Miss Lawrence describes in her own wonderful and modest style where she purchased plants and how plants she admired performed either in her garden or in the garden's of her friend's. Her descriptions are informative and often humorous. Anyone serious about gardening in the South should own this book as a reference guide. Even a non-gardener would enjoy this lovely book.
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Title: Through the Garden Gate by Elizabeth Lawrence, Bill Neal ISBN: 0807845191 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens by Elizabeth Lawrence ISBN: 0822307391 Publisher: Duke University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Gardening for Love: The Market Bulletins by Elizabeth Lawrence ISBN: 0822308878 Publisher: Duke University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1988 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine Sergeant Angell White, E. B. White ISBN: 0807085618 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: A Garden of One's Own: Writings of Elizabeth Lawrence by Elizabeth Lawrence, Bobby J. Ward, Barbara Scott ISBN: 080782349X Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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