Among America's garden cities, one of the most remarkably beautiful is
New Orleans. Now the exotic New Orleans garden can live not only in
romance but also in settings very close to home. Whether in the Vieux
Carre or in the humid hinterlands, anyone hoping to recreate such a
romantic spot in the climes of the Gulf Coast region should consult
Charlotte Seidenberg's essential handbook.
In this new edition of a favorite manual among New Orleans gardeners,
Seidenberg instructs how to create a beautiful garden in this
subtropical, sometimes richly alluvial zone and identifies plants that
over generations have become a part of the gardening heritage of New
Orleans. She discusses such basics as soil preparation and pest control
and advises the gardener on how to grow roses, native and exotic trees
and shrubs, vines, annuals, perennials, ferns, wildflowers, bulbous and
tuberous plants, and groundcovers. She instructs how best to create
specialty gardens such as container gardens and herb ga