Product Description

Designed for accessibility, this book offers tried-and-true advice on how to keep a yard in bloom. Presented in the sequence in which they bloom, with a chapter devoted to each of the three major growing seasons, 25 varieties of flowers are profiled with accompanying color illustrations. Additionally, Moya L. Andrews provides information about such basic topics as bed preparation, planting locations, weed control, and landscape principles. Andrews also offers practical tips on propagating, transplanting, and dividing perennials, as well as aesthetic considerations such as the use of color outdoors and flower arranging with cut blossoms. Suggestions for flower arrangement and producing indoor blooms in the winter months are also included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #852432 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780253219763
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"...[A]n excellent gift for the beginning gardener..." -- May Dreams Gardens, 6/13/08 (maydreamsgardens.blogspot.com)

"Writing in an informative, yet casual style, Andrews gives advice on growing flowering perennials...for both novice and experienced gardeners..." --Chicago Botanic Garden Journal

". . . [S]uitable for beginning and novice gardeners... sophisticated green thumbs out there will appreciate the handsome color illustrations and detailed appendix." -- Bloomington Herald-Times, May 25, 2008

...[A] handy volume. Recommended for public libraries and special horticultural libraries serving both new and avid gardeners... --Library Journal, 9/1/2008

Review

"Beginning and novice gardeners will find this book invaluable as they plan their gardens. With a colorful palette of well known, dependable plants listed in bloom order, Moya Andrews explains how to select, cultivate, site, and combine these tried-and-true flowering friends." -- Carolyn Harstad, author of Go Native! and Got Shade?

"The text descriptions for each of the flowers mentioned, and illustrations of most of the flowers by bloom sequence through the seasons, fills a vacancy in the gardening book market." -- Ezra Haggard, author of Trees, Shrubs, and Roses for Midwest Gardens

"Writing in an informative, yet casual style, Moya Andrews gives advice on growing flowering perennials in this guide for both novice and experienced gardeners, passing along her broad knowledge of the subject." -- Marilyn K. Alaimo, Chicago Botanic Garden Journal, September 2008

"Have you ever wondered how to plan your garden so that you can enjoy beautiful blooms throughout the gardening seasons? What about properly caring for perennials so that they continue to delight year after year? How about creating and displaying fresh-cut flower arrangements to share with neighbors and friends? Andrews, a master gardener and contributor to Bloom magazine, helps with all that and more in this handy volume. The 25 perennial flower profiles are arranged by season (according to when they bloom), and within each season they are arranged alphabetically by botanical name. Each profile contains a brief description, information about cultivation and care, and even short literary quotations to round it out. Harris's detailed, full-color illustrations provide a touch of whimsy to a book that speaks to hands-on gardeners and armchair enthusiasts alike. The appendixes help the reader identify plants for specific garden needs, e.g., perennials by color, those that are heat- and drought-tolerant or that need constant moisture, those that are deer-resistant or that flower in shade. There is also a short list of mail-order resources. A USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map is also included. Recommended for public libraries and special horticultural libraries serving both new and avid gardeners, especially where there are spring, summer, and fall blooming seasons -- and cold winters." -- Library Journal, 9/1/2008

Review
"Moya Andrews gives advice on growing... perennials in this guide for both novice and experienced gardeners, passing along her broad knowledge..."