Plant Marriages: What Plants Look Good Together - How to Choose the Perfect Plant Combinations for Your Garden

by Jeff Cox

Describes how to group plants together to create dramatic combinations and offers examples of garden pairings for each season and a range of locations

Genres: Gardening, Reference

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Jeff Cox (15 May 1940 - ) writes about food, wine, and gardening from his home in Sonoma County, California.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

With a combination of great photos and interesting text, Jeff Cox not only suggests plant combinations that work extraordinarily well but also helps you understand how to choose the plant neighbors in your garden. The author's combination suggestions generally are suited for Zones 7 and below so as a gardener in the Northeast I found that most combinations were possible in my area or I could think of substitutes with similar foliage and flowers. Most of the combinations included bulbs, perennials, shrubs, and trees with few or no annuals presented. I highly recommend this book especially for new gardeners as Jeff Cox insight helps train your eye to look for other combinations in your surroundings.