Perennials category: 53 books
The Perennial Care Manual
A Plant-by-Plant Guide: What to Do & When to Do It
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
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...
Bulbs in the Basement, Geraniums on the Windowsill
How to Grow & Overwinter 165 Tender Plants
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
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....
Got Sun?
200 Best Native Plants for Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Are you looking for more butterflies and birds in your yard? Do you enjoy seasonal color and beauty? Are you concerned about environmental issues such as water conservation and pollution control? Do you yearn for simple, maintenance-free gardening? Arranged in a question-and-answer format, Got Sun?...
by G. Edwin Varner
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
This ebook is the combined 3-Part series edition. Each separate ebook is also available for purchase.
Presented in this comprehensive ebook guide are some exciting, easy to grow fragrant garden flowers and bulbs all new and experienced gardeners can grow in their gardens.
This publication...
A Guide to Bearded Irises
Cultivating the Rainbow for Beginners and Enthusiasts
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
The diversity of bearded irises rivals that of any other perennial grown in temperate climates. For some gardeners, they bring back warm memories of a grandparent's garden; for others, they're a cutting-edge plant with a seemingly endless capacity for producing new forms and patterns.
As the...
Passion for Pelargoniums
How They Found Their Place in the Garden
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2007
Anne Wilkinson's new book tells the story of the pelargonium, one of the most popular plants in Britain, Europe, America and Australia. Quick and reliable to grow for summer colour, and well marketed, most gardeners will have at least one in their garden or conservatory, without realising either the...
by Paul R. Wonning
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
The huge, colorful flowers of the hibiscus, or swamp mallow, create a huge splash of color in the perennial flower garden. Gardener’s Guide to the Hibiscus is a planting guide for gardeners that wish to grow this beautiful perennial flower successfully. It covers cultural care requirements, propagation...
Gardener's Guide To Perennial Candytuft
Abe’s Guide to the Full Sun Perennial Flower Garden, #8
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Written for gardeners by a gardener Gardener's Guide to Perennial Candytuft relates how to grow this beautiful perennial flower successful. From seed to cuttings to division, learn how to propagate this wonderful full sun perennial plant.
The Well-Tended Perennial Garden
The Essential Guide to Planting and Pruning Techniques, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
“This practical guide is lush with clear, step-by-step advice.” —Real Simple
Whether you are a new gardener or a green thumb, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden is here to help you successfully plan, plant, and tend your garden. This hardworking guide includes thorough details on the essential...
Gardener’s Guide to the Perennial Chrysanthemum
Abe’s Guide to the Full Sun Perennial Flower Garden, #9
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
Gardener’s Guide to the Chrysanthemum is a planting guide for gardeners that wish to grow this beautiful perennial flower successfully. It covers cultural requirements, propagation tips, problems and many other topics related to growing the chrysanthemum.
Written for gardeners by a gardener...
Sowing Beauty
Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
**“A hopeful and expansive book for the gardener who sees a field as a canvas.” —*Publishers Weekly ***
James Hitchmough is well-regarded in the design world for his exuberant, colorful, and flower-filled meadows. His signature style can be seen in prominent places like London’s Olympic...
by Stephanie Cohen, Nancy J. Ondra
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
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...
Container Theme Gardens
42 Combinations, Each Using 5 Perfectly Matched Plants
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Simple and foolproof! Enjoy beautiful container plantings with no stress or fuss. Container Theme Gardens offers 42 plans for container arrangements, each using just five specific plants that you can find at your local garden center. There’s something here for every setting and every style, including...
by John Whittlesey
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Salvias are available in a huge range of sizes, colors, foliage, and hardiness, with over 900 species and hundreds of hybrids. Salvia’s popularity stems from how easy they are to grow, their multiple medicinal and culinary uses, and the vibrancy of their blooms that cover every color in the spectrum...