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PLANT
NOMENCLATURE
AND STRUCTURE
ome of the most beautiful flowers for the bnpatiens， which come from Asia and Afi ica， live
garden appear on annual plants， which on year after year in their warm native habitats; but
complete their life cycle in a single year， in climates where frosts occur， these plants must be
producing only one seascm of color. The best of treated as animals. Other select tender and short-
these single-season plants for the garden have been lived perennials include such favorites as Bellis
collected here. perennis (English daisy) and Centa.rea cineraria
This volume of the Hearst Garden Guides pre- (dusty miller). Finally， a few vines widely grown
sents a selection of the annuals and other single- for their ornamental annual color， such as Cobaea
season plants best suited for home landscape and scandens (cup-and-saucer vine) and Ipomoea species
garden use. The Encyclopedia of Annuals (chapter (morning glory，)， can also be found in the encyclo-
4) features the most commonly available species pedia. In northern areas some tender bulbs， such as
and cultivars， as well as other interesting and Begonia x tuberhybrida (tuberous begonias)， and
unusual varieties. The plants were chosen for their species of Canna and Daldia， are often grown for a
beauty， popularity and availability. From single season of flowers (to survive the winter they
Abelmoschus moschatus to Zinnia lineam， each entry must be lifted and stored in a frost-free location--
includes key facts and opinions about a given for some， this is a prohibitive anaount of work);
species， and outlines the planting， cultivation and but as bulbous plants they are fully covered in the
care required for success in the garden. Hearst Garden Guides volume Bulbs.
In addition， the encyclopedia contains plants Foliage plants can be as important as flowers to
that are used as annuals for seasonal color， irrespec- good garden design. Many plants， including some
tive of their botanic classification. Some of the that flower like Coleus species， are grown primarily
best-loved plants that are used as annuals are actu- for their foliage (which is used in combination
ally tender peremaials， meaning they cannot with- with flowering plants for color contrasts). The
stand frost. For example， species of Petunia， which encyclopedia includes some of the most important
come from Central and South America， and of these annual foliage plants.
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