Perennials are every gardener`s favorite plants. They provide colorful flowers and leafy foliage, and, best of all, their beauty returns year after year. In this fully illustrated guide, youll find - The best new cultivars of the beloved old-fashioned plants of grandmothers garden - Exciting new introductions from all over the world - Todays popular ornamental grasses, perfect for combining with other perennials in low-maintenance gardens - Ferns to grow among the flowers And for every plant pictured, youll find complete growing information as well as notes on how to propagate your own plants to fill your garden with "free" flowers.
Revised and updated, this all-in-one guide designed for northern-tier gardeners from coast to coast features: more than 2,000 varieties proven to thrive in cold climates• five-star ratings to help you choose top-performing perennials• new selections of varieties with variegated or brightly colored foliage• new mail-order sources for hard-to-find varieties of each plantIf you are a gardener and winter temperatures in your region can dip below –20 degrees, this is the one guide you need. Comprehensive and fully illustrated, Growing Perennials in Cold Climates is an excellent resource for selecting, siting, planting, and maintaining perennials that flourish in northern climates. This expanded edition identifies the fifty most popular perennial groups, offers in-depth information on wild and cultivated varieties best suited to cold climates, and rates more than 500 of the choicest plants. In addition to the plant data, this book includes a concise course in perennial gardening, from preparing a site and buying potted perennials to composting, watering, mulching, fertilizing, weeding, staking, deadheading, pruning, protecting plants in winter, companion planting, and dealing with disease and insect problems. Owning this guide is like having a professional gardener at your side every step of the way.Written to make even the most sophisticated aspects of growing perennials easy to understand, this book will be indispensable to novice and advanced gardeners alike.
Like the other 12 books in this series, this one asks and answers 20 questions, each with a large photo and a humorous drawing by illustrator Steve Weaver. Did you know that penguins have a good reason to wear a tuxedo? Have you ever wondered whether they can fly? What they eat? Whether they have knees? Did you know that penguins don’t live at the North Pole? Those Perky Penguins will explain all the questions you’ve asked yourself as you’ve watched these funny, perky little birds waddle around at the zoo and elegantly fly in the water under the ice on screen.
Like the other 12 books in this series, this one asks and answers 20 questions, each with a large photo and a humorous drawing by illustrator Steve Weaver. Did you know that penguins have a good reason to wear a tuxedo? Have you ever wondered whether they can fly? What they eat? Whether they have knees? Did you know that penguins don’t live at the North Pole? Those Perky Penguins will explain all the questions you’ve asked yourself as you’ve watched these funny, perky little birds waddle around at the zoo and elegantly fly in the water under the ice on screen.
Have you ever wondered: what is a perennial anyway? What is mulch? Or what is the difference between soil and dirt? First-time author Dawn Vaessen explains all these questions and more in her novice`s guide to perennial gardening on the prairies.   If you want to grow bright, beautiful plants that are low maintenance, but have no clue how or where to begin, this guide will give you the step-by-step instructions to create a colourful and vibrant prairie garden. Even for busy people, a drop-dead gorgeous prairie garden is doable.   More than just a gardening book, Perfect Perennials for the Prairie Gardener unearths a treasure trove of drought-tolerant, shade-loving, and hail-resistant perennials that are easy to grow and look great in the prairie garden. It includes everything the newbie gardener needs to start planting a backyard Eden in between work and kids` soccer games. It includes: information on what to do before plants are purchased, how to establish and maintain perennials, and ways to avert possible garden disasters.   Dawn presents 50 interesting, yet prairie-hardy, choices that give novice planters a baseline to begin their weekend gardening.
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Author: Fine Gardening/ Fine Gardening/ Fine Gardening Series Title: Best of Fine Gardening Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 1993/07/30 Language: English Dimensions: 10.81 x 8.92 x 0.26 inches
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Amazing Annuals - The Gardeners Favorite
You may already know what annuals are without realizing it! They are the flowers, arrayed in flats and pots, for sale every spring down at the garden center -- everything from geraniums to impatiens to marigolds. You bring them home and plunk 'em in the ground, and they get right to work, delivering pretty much continuous color all summer long. When fall comes, they start to slow down (some might even go to seed); cold weather eventually causes them to wither and die. That's it. (That is, unless you live in a frost-free climate; in this case, your "annuals" become perennials.
For the brief time annuals are growing and pumping out flowers, you get a lot of bang for your buck. A great deal of selection and breeding refinements over the years have made these plants totally reliable. They're hard to kill. Indeed, some of them keep blooming their cheery heads off even when you neglect them. More sophisticated gardeners have been known to sneer at good old annuals. They're boring. They're too perky. They're "plastic plants." These folks may or may not have a point, but hey, annuals are hard to beat if you want a colorful garden.
In the end, the main drawback of annuals is economic. You have to buy new ones every spring. If you're planting a wide area, running out to buy more year in and year out can get expensive. Time may also be an issue for you - you may grow sick and tired of getting down on your hands and knees and replanting.
You can use annuals ...
To fill an entire flowerbed (this popular use is why some places call annuals bedding plants)
In container displays -- in pots, windowboxes, patio planter boxes, and more
To fill a hanging basket
To edge a walkway
To "spot" color in a perennial bed
In edging and as decoration for a vegetable or herb garden
To cover over or at least distract from a fading spring bulb display
