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For tens of thousands of gardeners, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden is the most useful and frequently consulted book in their gardening libraries. This new edition is an even more effective ally in their quest to create a beautiful, healthy, well-maintained perennial garden.
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Turn your outdoor landscape into a rich, living canvas of color and texture. Encouraging experimentation, Stephanie Cohen and Nancy J. Ondra show you how to plan a garden that incorporates unique combinations of plants to achieve stunning effects. With an overview of garden design fundamentals and 20 sample garden plans, Cohen and Ondra will inspire you to play with creative juxtapositions of vibrant hues and subtle textures. Let your imagination...
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Keep your perennial beds looking their best, season after season. From planning and planting to pruning and propagating, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to maintain a stunning perennial garden. Nancy J. Ondra provides an in-depth, plant-by-plant guide that profiles 125 popular perennials, with helpful information on each plant's soil, light, and water needs. Ondra's expertise and passion for gardening, along with Rob Cardillo's...
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Designed for accessibility, this book offers tried-and-true advice on how to keep a yard in bloom. 25 varities of flowers are profiled with accompanying illustrations, presented in the sequence that they bloom, with a chapter devoted to each of the three major growing seasons.
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Cooler-zone gardeners are discovering that with a little wintertime care, plants that have long been considered "annuals" can thrive for years. These plants - including geraniums, gladioli, dahlias, begonias, rosemary, lavender, snapdragons, and even impatiens - aren't annuals at all. Rather, they are tender perennials. They aren't hardy enough to survive winter on their own, but they can be moved indoors during the cold months and then returned to...
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Essential Perennials helps you decide exactly which plants will bring you the beauty you want and will thrive in the conditions you can provide. Trusted garden experts Ruth Rogers Clausen and Thomas Christopher focus on what every gardener needs to know. For each plant you'll find flower color, season of bloom, foliage characteristics, height and width, light requirements, and hardiness and heat sensitivity. You'll also learn cultural tips, the...
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Want foolproof ideas for pairing favorite perennials with an array of harmonious plant partners but don't know where to start? Plantswoman Nancy J. Ondra helps you to jump-start your perennial garden with her one-plant-at-a-time approach for choosing plant partners. Having spent more than 30 years growing and experimenting with perennials and plant combinations, Ondra shares her extensive experience in this in-depth guide to eye-catching color combinations,...
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You don't have to compromise beauty for natural landscapes with ecological responsibility and sustainability. In master gardener Lynn Steiner's book Grow Native, you'll find guidance for planting stunning gardens using native species that support your local ecosystem. Organized in an easily accessible way, the book offers instructions for planting, maintenance instructions, helpful tips about soil, watering and fertilizing as well as gorgeous photography....
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"A veritable goldmine for gardeners." -Plant Talk
We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they?
The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy garden achievable at home. The new, simplified approach is made up of hardy, beautiful plants...
17) Saving container plants: overwintering techniques for keeping tender plants alive year after year
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[2014]
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