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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening is a lushly illustrated book with highly practical, firsthand tips on how to grow truly interesting and unusual flowers"--
Mattus provides expert advice and guidelines on growing many of today's favorite flowers. Readers will learn about old-fashioned biennials and the finest perennials, as well as beloved flowers that grow as shrubs, bulbs, or vines. Whether you're interested in raising a small garden, enhancing...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Naturalistic gardens increase biodiversity, provide refuge for wildlife, and are an essential keystone for reconnecting the human world to the natural one. Knowing how to create a lush, thriving, and ecologically vibrant landscape might seem intimidating and out of reach, but horticulturist Kelly Norris and New Naturalism are here to help you design and plant a stunning oasis of nature-inspired plantings that thrive."--Back cover
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This book will feature fun, simple and engaging gardening know-how on growing, harvesting and arranging seasonal flowers and vegetables. It will include chapters on getting started, tools of the trade, getting down and dirty with dirt, growing flowers, harvesting flowers, arranging flowers, seasonal rotation, starting from seeds and/or seedlings and keeping it organic.
Author
Language
English
Description
The "garden to table" movement is inspiring another generation of gardeners but many of them have questions. How important is composting? Is seed saving really worth it? Focusing on sustainable, organic growing practices and plants, The Backyard Gardener is a comprehensive handbook that will help get them started. Kelly Orzel covers everything from soil selection to growing and harvesting. Sidebars such as "garden center survival tips" offer useful...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
287 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
With hundreds of plants to choose from, perennials offer you a wide palette of plants for sunny and shady locations. Here is a guide to the selection, planting, and care of these easy-to-grow plants.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 178 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In The Right-Size Flower Garden, Mendez shares her successful recipes for having a garden you can manage (and love) - for half the work. It's all about choosing high-value, low-maintenance plants and making simple design changes. Her practical tips, "plant this, not that" lists, and time-and-energy-saving shortcuts will help every gardener - beginner and experienced.--
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Salvia is a family of flowering plants that can be grown in all regions, either as perennials or annuals. The range of sizes, colors, foliage, and hardiness within the genus is substantial, with over 900 species and hundreds of hybrids. They are popular for the vibrancy of their blooms and for their culinary and medicianl uses. Salvias are available in shades ranging from white to deep violet that is almost black. The Plant Lover’s Guide to Salvias...
16) Gardening with heirloom seeds: tried-and-true flowers, fruits, and vegetables for a new generation
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
316 pages : color photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
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