A Recipe for Continuous BloomA Recipe for Continuous BloomLorraine Roberts Plant Paradise Country Gardens, 2011 I love using cooking as a metaphor for life—and especially for gardening. I often tell people that preparing a soil mix is a bit like cooking, where the best results come from good knowledge coupled with willingness to experiment…and a bit of intuition. So when I saw the title of Lorraine Roberts’ book, A Recipe for Continuous Bloom, I was immediately interested. Lorraine’s recipe for readers who want continuous bloom is simple and easy to follow: she gives them a visual guidebook that shows, month by month, what is in bloom in the perennial garden. There is one section for full-sun and part-sun plants; and one for full-shade plants. This is a book for gardeners and would-be gardeners who don’t want to be bogged down by the history of plants or details about their cultural requirements. Where there are no unusual requirements, Lorraine gives the plant name, height, width, and zone. That’s it. And that’s the beauty of it—it’s perfect for those who want to see what plants are in bloom when, so they can stage their perennial garden and enjoy continuous bloom. Don’t forget to check out No Guff Vegetable Gardening.
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