Author: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher: Collins Reference
ISBN: 1328620085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow and best-performing perennials for both sunny and shady locations. Each plant is shown in a beautiful color photo for easy identification. The photo is accompanied by information on where and how to grow the featured plant, along with horticultural tips to assist in making the perennial-gardening adventure an enjoyable endeavor. From controlling pesky bugs and deadheading to staking tall plants and taking root cuttings, everything a beginning gardener or new homeowner needs to start a garden is here. This colorful, photo-filled book takes the guesswork out of gardening. No trial and error--get it right the first time
Best Perennials for Sun and Shade
Author: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher: Collins Reference
ISBN: 1328620085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow and best-performing perennials for both sunny and shady locations. Each plant is shown in a beautiful color photo for easy identification. The photo is accompanied by information on where and how to grow the featured plant, along with horticultural tips to assist in making the perennial-gardening adventure an enjoyable endeavor. From controlling pesky bugs and deadheading to staking tall plants and taking root cuttings, everything a beginning gardener or new homeowner needs to start a garden is here. This colorful, photo-filled book takes the guesswork out of gardening. No trial and error--get it right the first time
Publisher: Collins Reference
ISBN: 1328620085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow and best-performing perennials for both sunny and shady locations. Each plant is shown in a beautiful color photo for easy identification. The photo is accompanied by information on where and how to grow the featured plant, along with horticultural tips to assist in making the perennial-gardening adventure an enjoyable endeavor. From controlling pesky bugs and deadheading to staking tall plants and taking root cuttings, everything a beginning gardener or new homeowner needs to start a garden is here. This colorful, photo-filled book takes the guesswork out of gardening. No trial and error--get it right the first time
Growing Perennials in Cold Climates
Author: Mike Heger
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816675883
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Originally published: Lincolnwood, Ill.: Contemporary Books, c1998.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816675883
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Originally published: Lincolnwood, Ill.: Contemporary Books, c1998.
Bloom's Best Perennials and Grasses
Author:
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 088192931X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Describes more than four hundred perennials and grasses, providing information on each plant's origins, preferred conditions, and planting zones.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 088192931X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Describes more than four hundred perennials and grasses, providing information on each plant's origins, preferred conditions, and planting zones.
Herbaceous Perennial Plants
Author: Allan M. Armitage
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1610583809
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
The third edition of the comprehensive—and entertaining—gardening reference by the master horticulturalist. This is the long-awaited third edition of Allan Armitage’s masterpiece on garden perennials. Armitage’s extensive traveling, teaching, and trialing experiences provide a depth of understanding of the best ornamental perennials for North American gardens unparalleled by any other garden writer. One of the most definitive and conclusive books written about perennials, the first edition was designated as one of the best seventy-five books written in the last seventy-five years by the American Horticulture Society. Now the third edition of “The Big Perennial Book” (as it is fondly referred to by many practitioners) describes 3,600 species in 1224 pages. More than three hundred color photos complement detailed text filled with the author’s pointed observations of plant performance, cultivar selection, and current taxonomy. In addition, his trademark wit and passion are both in abundance, making reading as pleasurable as it is informative.
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1610583809
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
The third edition of the comprehensive—and entertaining—gardening reference by the master horticulturalist. This is the long-awaited third edition of Allan Armitage’s masterpiece on garden perennials. Armitage’s extensive traveling, teaching, and trialing experiences provide a depth of understanding of the best ornamental perennials for North American gardens unparalleled by any other garden writer. One of the most definitive and conclusive books written about perennials, the first edition was designated as one of the best seventy-five books written in the last seventy-five years by the American Horticulture Society. Now the third edition of “The Big Perennial Book” (as it is fondly referred to by many practitioners) describes 3,600 species in 1224 pages. More than three hundred color photos complement detailed text filled with the author’s pointed observations of plant performance, cultivar selection, and current taxonomy. In addition, his trademark wit and passion are both in abundance, making reading as pleasurable as it is informative.
Claire Austin's Book of Perennials
Author: Claire Austin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993164705
Category : Perennials
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A personal selection of reliable hardy perennials for every gardener - the expert as well as the beginner. Descriptions of over 800 reliable perennials with close-up photographs and full cultivation information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993164705
Category : Perennials
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A personal selection of reliable hardy perennials for every gardener - the expert as well as the beginner. Descriptions of over 800 reliable perennials with close-up photographs and full cultivation information.
Perennials
Author: Susan Carter
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 0881928208
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
An alphabetical listing of more than 2,700 individual perennial plants representing 250 genera furnishes authoritative information on each plant's scientific and common names, origins, growing conditions, light requirements, cultivation, propagation, foliage and flower characteristics, companion plants, pest control, and other essentials.
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 0881928208
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
An alphabetical listing of more than 2,700 individual perennial plants representing 250 genera furnishes authoritative information on each plant's scientific and common names, origins, growing conditions, light requirements, cultivation, propagation, foliage and flower characteristics, companion plants, pest control, and other essentials.
550 Perennial Garden Ideas
Author: Carolyn Heath
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671798391
Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A visual sourcebook offers ways to use perennials in any setting for creative gardens year round.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671798391
Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A visual sourcebook offers ways to use perennials in any setting for creative gardens year round.
Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants
Author: Derek Fell
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Reference to over 1,000 cold-hardy plants. Included annuals, perennials, woody plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables that can survive servre winters, especially where the ground freezes.
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Reference to over 1,000 cold-hardy plants. Included annuals, perennials, woody plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables that can survive servre winters, especially where the ground freezes.
Pictorial Guide to Perennials
Author: M. Jane Helmer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894840371
Category : Perennials
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894840371
Category : Perennials
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Best Hardy Perennials for Producing an Abundant Supply of Cut Flowers
Author: F. W. Meyer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cut flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cut flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description