Powerful Perennials : enduring flower gardens that thrive in any climate

broken into 4 sections: cold-hardy, drought-tolerant, wildlife-resistant, difficult soils. There is some overlap and interspersals with things such as “choosing great garden tools.”
The plant description page is often written from the POV of the plant, in first person:
“I’m known in horticultural circles as Alchemilla mollis, but you can call me lady’s mantle.” Now that’s annoying.
Though I did learn that alchemists considered the beaded water on these leaves as the purest form of water; hence the name.