Lecture by Alan Chadwick in New Market, Virginia, 1979
Lecture 10: The Grand Perennial Herbaceous Border, Part 7
An Introduction to Alan Chadwick's Lectures and a Glossary of Terms
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Contents of this Segment:
Attraction for hummingbirds and various birds that arrive in the course of time. Books that describe border plants and trees. Decadence of the seeds and hybrids of modern horticulture. Lists of flowering plants and their heights and periods of bloom that Alan will provide. Not to be caught by the mere names of plants, more important is the intimacy of direct experience. Future areas of discussion. The classic herb garden. (7:41)