Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces

Susan Morrison, Rebecca Sweet

• Publisher: Cool Springs Press
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781610598248
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Urban Planning & Landscaping

Vertical gardening is the latest, most talked about trend in gardening. Outdoor living walls planted with anything from succulents to vegetables, are springing up in urban and suburban areas and even commercial spaces. Home gardeners are now ready to take advantage of the vertical spaces in their own gardens. Ornamental gardeners searching for help with narrow planting beds or choosing the appropriate trellis, small space gardeners in need of specific solutions, edible gardeners interested in creative ways to mix edibles with ornamentals will find the help they need. Garden Up! offers inspiration and how-to information for enhancing any outdoor space. Authors Susan Lee Morrison, and Rebecca Sweet offer advice on plant selection across the country, and include easy do-it-yourself projects than add unique touches to any garden.

This innovative book was named to the Top 10 Home & Garden list for Amazon's Best Books of 2011!

Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidescope’, 103

Abutilon sp., 45

Acer palmatum ‘Shishigashira’, 191

Achillea filipendulina ‘Coronation Gold’, 41

Actinidia kolomikta, 45

Agastache foeniculum, 186

air-conditioning unit screening, 69

air plant, 159, 198

air pruning, 155

Akebia quinata ‘Shirobana’, 53

amaranth, 126

Amsonia hubrichtii, 55

angel’s trumpet, 57

Anigozanthos ‘Bush Red’, 48

Anigozanthos ‘Harmony’, 48, 184

Aralia elata ‘Variegata’, 56

arbor

along a path, 15

and planting, 27

architectural style, 18

for curb appeal, 17

for intimacy, 26, 28

front yard, 12-18

benefits, 19

detail, 17

location, 14, 15

planted, 15

selection, 18

garden room, 19-26

design, 20, 26

nooks, 21-22

taming, 23

overhead, 22

selection, 27-28

material, 29

to direct view, 19

to mark entrance, 17-18

Aristolochia durior, 173

Asplenium viviparum, 55

Azara microphylla, 39, 190

backyard

garden nook, 21-22

balcony

containers, 83

fruit tree, 130

garden, 79, 80, 88-89

Juliet, 97

maximizing space, 95-96

plants

black-eyed Susan vine, 171

Clematis ‘Arctic Queen’, 170

dwarf honeysuckle, 172

hyacinth bean vine, 172

Passiflora sanguinolenta ‘Maria Rosa’ (passion vine), 171

sun, 86

trees

boxwood, 192

heavenly bamboo, 192

Japanese maple, 191

purple hopseed bush, 193

timor black bamboo, 193

bamboo

heavenly, 45, 180

trellis, 30

Bambusa lako, 19...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Invasive Plants
• Introduction: Why Garden Up?
• Arbors and Trellises
• Skinny Spaces
• Garden Secrets
• Urban Gardens
• Edibles
• Living Walls
• Plant Picks
• Design Spotlights–Then & Now
• Photo & Illustration Credits and Resources
• Index
• Meet Rebecca & Susan
• More from Cool Springs Press
• Acknowledgments & Dedications
• Copyright Page