Start growing your own historical ornamental gardens right at home. This guide to heirloom flower gardens can lead to a variety of stunning landscape arrangements.
Historical Heirloom Gardening with Ornamental Plants Heirloom gardening can combine ornamental plants into a variety of stunning landscape arrangements. Use this historical guide to create your heirloom garden.
by Jo Ann Gardner
The definition of heirloom ornamental plants is plants introduced to American gardens from 1600 to 1950 and a little beyond to accommodate the iris and other plants defined as antique .
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This quiggly fence follows a design similar to one traditionally built in early settler s cottage gardens.
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Picket fences and sidewalk borders are ideal locations for varying the color arrangement of old roses and purple sage (Salvia officinalis).