For those tired of high-maintenance and short-lived plants, Chris Wiesinger, this book shares his knowledge of versatile, sustainable, and low-maintenance bulbs. The book introduces the best of the bulb world, addressing common questions and explaining the characteristics, history and ways to use each bulb, whether in the landscape or the home. Chris teams with landscape designer and award-winning author Cherie Foster Colburn to offer an innovative look at old-fashioned flower bulbs. While most garden guides simply tell the culture of the plant, this book also tells the culture of the people who grew the plant, unearthing each bulb's past and those who loved it. Gorgeous botanical illustrations and vivid photographs by South African artists Loela Barry and Johan Kritzinger add rich flavour to featured bulbs found flowering with abandon in historic gardens, homes, and cemeteries, transporting readers on their own bulb hunt. With undeniable Southern charm, Wiesinger describes the adventures he encounters while collecting these old favourites, dubbed the "comfort food" of the plant world.

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Foreword by Joan ChittisterIntroduction1) Sister Jane Frances Brockman. Saint Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas2) Father Stanislaus Maudlin. Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota3) Sister Victorine Fenton. Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, Crookston, Minnesota4) Father Clement Pangratz. Saint Martin's Abbey, Lacey, Washington5) Sister M. Matthias Igoe. San Benito Monastery, Dayton, Wyoming6) Father Vincent Martin. Saint Andrew's Abbey, Valymero, California7) Sister Joeine Darrington. Queen of Angels Monastery, Mount Angel, Oregon 8) Sister Firmin Escher. Saint Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota9) Brother Victor J. Frankenhauser. Assumption Abbey, Richardton, North Dakota10) Sister Lillian Harrington. Mount Saint Scholastica Monastery, Atchison, Kansas11) Sister M. Louise Frankenberger. Holy Angels Convent, Jonesboro, Arkansas12) Father Bernard Sander. Mount Angel Abbey, Saint Benedict, Oregon13) Sister Marmion Maiers. Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, South Dakota14) Father Theodore Heck. St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana15) Sister Leonette Hoesing. Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, South Dakota16) Father Bede Stocker. Marmion Abbey, Aurora, Illinois17) Sister Juliana Bresson. Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde, Missouri18) Father Alban Boultwood. Saint Anselm's Abbey, Washington D.C19) Sister Annella Gardner. Sacred Heart Monastery, Richardton, North Dakota20) Father Eugene W. Dehner. Saint Benedict's Abbey, Atchison, Kansas21) Sister Mary Gregory Cushing. Benedictine Monastery, Tucson, Arizona22) Father Berthold Ricker. Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota23) Sister Placidia Haehn. Saint Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington24) Father James Jones. Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri25) Sister Augustine Uhlenkott. Monastery of Saint Gertrude, Cottonwood, Idaho26) Father Placid Pientek. Saint Andrew Svorad Abbey, Cleveland, Ohio27) Sister Liguori Sullivan. Benet Hill Monastery, Colorado Springs, Colorado28) Father Paul R. Maher. Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania29) Sister Agatha Burke. Saint Joseph Monastery, Tulsa, Oklahoma30) Father Frederic Schindler. Mount Michael Abbey, Elkhorn, NebraskaGLOSSARY of monastic termsTBD: EXCERPTS from the Rule of Benedict