The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Perennials: Kew Experts

INTRODUCTION TO GROWING PERENNIALS
PLANTS
Bear’s breeches, Yarrow, Monkshood, Baneberry, Giant hyssop, Lady’s mantle
PROJECT 1: PLANTING PERENNIALS FOR FOLIAGE
Blue star, Columbine, Aster, Astilbe, Masterwort, False indigo
PROJECT 2: USING PERENNIALS IN A WINTER GARDEN
Elephant’s ears, Bistort, Siberian bugloss, Bellflower
PROJECT 3: MAKING YOUR OWN MULCH
Giant scabious, Plume thistle, Sea kale, Delphinium, Foxglove, Coneflower
PROJECT 4: REPEATING PLANTS TO UNIFY A BORDER
Globe thistle, Barrenwort, Fleabane,  Japanese anemone, Sea holly, Spurge
PROJECT 5: MAKING A GRAVEL GARDEN
 Joe Pye weed, Meadowsweet, Cranesbill, Avens
PROJECT 6: USING COLOUR IN A BORDER
Gypsophila, Sneezeweed, Sunflower, Hellebore, Day lily, Coral bells
PROJECT 7: PLANTING A CONTAINER WITH PERENNIALS
Hosta, Ice plant, Inula, Iris, Scabious, Red-hot poker, Bleeding heart, Blazing star
PROJECT 8: DIVIDING PERENNIALS
Leopard plant, Lobelia, Lupin, Yellow loosestrife, Purple loosestrife, Plume poppy, Bergamot, Catmint
PROJECT 9: TAKING STEM CUTTINGS TO GET MORE PLANTS
Peony, Poppy, Patrinia, Penstemon
PROJECT 10: DELAY CUTTING BACK PERENNIALS
Phlomis, Border phlox, Obedient plant, Solomon’s seal, Cinquefoil, Primula, Lungwort, Rodgersia
PROJECT 11: MIXING PERENNIALS WITH GRASSES
Black-eyed Susan, Sage, Burnet, Prairie mallow, Campion, Golden rod, Meadow rue, Globeflower
128 PROJECT 12: PLANTING TALL PERENNIALS TO ADD HEIGHT
Mullein, Vervain, Speedwell, Culver’s root
Troubleshooting
What to do when
Index
Photographic acknowledgments