Title: Green thoughts :
Authors: Perényi, Eleanor,
Date: 1981
Publisher: Random House,
Physical description: viii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: S
Abstract: "At once highly useful and highly personal, Green Thoughts is filled with practical advice, opinions and prejudices, unexpected bits of history and down-to-earth warnings about the present state of horticulture, especially in this country."--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Annuals -- Artichokes -- Ashes -- Asparagus -- Asters -- Autumn -- Azaleas and rhododendrons -- Beans -- Belgian fence -- Biennials -- Birds -- Blues -- Compost -- Dahlias -- Daylilies -- Earthworms -- Endive -- Evergreens -- Failures -- Fennel -- Frost -- Fruit -- Garlic -- Gooseberries and currants -- Hedges -- Help -- Herbs -- Hybrids -- Invitations -- Ivy -- James vs. Benson -- Lawns -- Lilies -- Longevity -- Magic -- Making notes -- Mazes -- Mulches -- Naturalizing -- Night -- Onions -- Origins -- Partly cloudy -- Paths -- Peonies -- Perennials -- Pests and diseases -- Poison -- Poppies -- Potatoes -- Pruning -- Reward -- Rock gardens -- Roses -- Seeds -- Seed tapes -- Seeing eye -- Standards -- Strawberries -- Sweet peas -- Toads -- Tomato -- Tools -- Tree houses -- Trees -- Tulips -- Two gardeners -- Vegetables -- Vines -- Weeds -- Wild flowers -- Woman's place.
Notes: Includes index. The author's garden is in Stonington, Connecticut.
Subject headings (LCSH): Gardening--United States; Gardening.; Organic gardening.