The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials

Want foolproof ideas for pairing favorite perennials with an array of harmonious plant partners but don’t know where to start? Plantswoman Nancy J. Ondra helps you to jump-start your perennial garden with her one-plant-at-a-time approach for choosing plant partners. Having spent more than 30 years growing and experimenting with perennials and plant combinations, Ondra shares her extensive experience in this in-depth guide to eye-catching color combinations, dramatic textural displays, and stunning seasonal effects.

The Perennial Matchmaker features 80 individual perennial profiles, close to 400 exquisite photographs of plant partnerships, and Ondra’s insight into the wide array of plants that make great combinations, including annuals, bulbs, grasses, shrubs, and other perennials. Each plant profile gives dozens of ideas and suggestions for pairings, including region-specific choices, Ondra’s top-choice perfect match, and an at-a-glance summary of the best color partners.

Whether you are just dreaming of your first perennial garden or are a long-time gardener who wants to elevate plantings for a more cohesive and exciting look, The Perennial Matchmaker is your go-to guide for creating stunning plant medleys.

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The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials

Want foolproof ideas for pairing favorite perennials with an array of harmonious plant partners but don’t know where to start? Plantswoman Nancy J. Ondra helps you to jump-start your perennial garden with her one-plant-at-a-time approach for choosing plant partners. Having spent more than 30 years growing and experimenting with perennials and plant combinations, Ondra shares her extensive experience in this in-depth guide to eye-catching color combinations, dramatic textural displays, and stunning seasonal effects.

The Perennial Matchmaker features 80 individual perennial profiles, close to 400 exquisite photographs of plant partnerships, and Ondra’s insight into the wide array of plants that make great combinations, including annuals, bulbs, grasses, shrubs, and other perennials. Each plant profile gives dozens of ideas and suggestions for pairings, including region-specific choices, Ondra’s top-choice perfect match, and an at-a-glance summary of the best color partners.

Whether you are just dreaming of your first perennial garden or are a long-time gardener who wants to elevate plantings for a more cohesive and exciting look, The Perennial Matchmaker is your go-to guide for creating stunning plant medleys.

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The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials

The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials

by Nancy J. Ondra
The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials

The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials

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Want foolproof ideas for pairing favorite perennials with an array of harmonious plant partners but don’t know where to start? Plantswoman Nancy J. Ondra helps you to jump-start your perennial garden with her one-plant-at-a-time approach for choosing plant partners. Having spent more than 30 years growing and experimenting with perennials and plant combinations, Ondra shares her extensive experience in this in-depth guide to eye-catching color combinations, dramatic textural displays, and stunning seasonal effects.

The Perennial Matchmaker features 80 individual perennial profiles, close to 400 exquisite photographs of plant partnerships, and Ondra’s insight into the wide array of plants that make great combinations, including annuals, bulbs, grasses, shrubs, and other perennials. Each plant profile gives dozens of ideas and suggestions for pairings, including region-specific choices, Ondra’s top-choice perfect match, and an at-a-glance summary of the best color partners.

Whether you are just dreaming of your first perennial garden or are a long-time gardener who wants to elevate plantings for a more cohesive and exciting look, The Perennial Matchmaker is your go-to guide for creating stunning plant medleys.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781623365387
Publication date: 03/08/2016
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 9.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nancy J. Ondra is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen gardening books. She grows a wide variety of ornamental and edible plants at Hayefield, her 4-acre homestead in Bucks County, PA.

Table of Contents

Welcome to The Perennial Matchmaker! viii

Part 1 Making the Perfect Match: A Plant-By-Plant Guide

Achillea (yarrows) 2

Agastache (agastaches) 6

Ajuga (ajugas) 12

Alchemilla (lady's mantle) 14

Allium (alliums) 16

Amsonia (bluestars) 20

Anemone (anemones) 24

Aquilegia (columbines) 28

Artemisia (artemisias) 31

Asarum (wild gingers) 35

Asclepias (milkweeds) 37

Aster (asters) 40

Astilbe (astilbes) 46

Athyrium (athyriums) 49

Baptisia (baptisias) 52

Brunnera (Siberian bugloss) 55

Calamagrostis (feather reed grasses) 58

Campanula (bellflowers) 61

Carex (sedges) 64

Caryopteris (caryopteris) 69

Centranthus (red valerian) 72

Chelone (turtleheads) 74

Chrysanthemum (chrysanthemums) 76

Cimicifuga (bugbanes) 80

Coreopsis (coreopsis) 83

Delphinium (delphiniums) 87

Dianthus (dianthus) 89

Dicentra (bleeding hearts) 92

Digitalis (foxgloves) 96

Echinacea (echinaceas) 98

Eryngium (eryngiums) 104

Eupatorium (eupatoriums) 107

Euphorbia (euphorbias) 111

Gaillardia (blanket flowers) 116

Gaura (gaura) 118

Geranium (hardy geraniums) 120

Hakonechloa (Hakone grass) 124

Helenium (heleniums) 126

Helianthus (perennial sunflowers) 128

Heliopsis (oxeye) 130

Helleborus (hellebores) 132

Hemerocallis (daylilies) 135

Heuchera (hecheras) 140

Hibiscus (hardy hibiscus) 144

Hosta (hostas) 146

Iris (irises) 153

Kniphofia (torch lilies) 159

Laminum (deadnettles) 161

Lavandula (lavenders) 163

Leucanthemum (Shasta daisy) 165

Liatris (blazing stars) 167

Ligularia (lingularias) 169

Lilium (lilies) 171

Lobelia (perennial lobelias) 175

Lychnis (lychnis) 177

Miscanthus (miscanthus) 179

Molina (moor grasses) 181

Monarda (bee balms) 183

Nepeta (catmints) 185

Paeonia (peonies) 188

Panicum (switch grasses) 192

Papaver (poppies) 194

Pennisteum (fountain grasses) 196

Penstemon (penstemons) 198

Perovskia (Russian sages) 200

Persicaria (fleeceflowers) 203

Phlox (phlox) 206

Physostsgia (obedient plant) 214

Platycodan (balloon flower) 216

Polemonium (Jacob's ladders) 218

Polygonatum (Solomon's seals) 220

Primula (primroses) 222

Pulmonaria (pulmonanas) 224

Rudbeckia (rudbeckias) 227

Salvia (perennial salvias) 231

Scabiosa (pincushion flowers) 236

Sedum (sedums) 238

Solidaga (goldenrods) 244

Stachys (lamb's ears) 246

Tiarella (foamflowers) 248

Verbena (verbenas) 250

Veronica (speedwells) 253

Veronicastrum (Culver's roots) 255

Vucca (yuccas) 257

Part 2 Perennial Matchmaking: Exploring More Options

Matchmaking 101: It's All in the Details 263

Picking Perennial Partners 271

Finding Design Inspiration 277

Exploring Color Effects 283

Creating Combinations for Seasonal Effects 295

Partners beyond Perennials 301

Planting and Caring for Combinations 305

Troubleshooting Perennial Combinations 311

Photo Credits 320

Plant Index 323

General Index 340

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