Essential Perennials

Essential Perennials
Author: Ruth Rogers Clausen
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2015-01-22
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604693169

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Essential Perennials focuses on what every gardener needs to know to choose from the thousands of perennials available, and care for the ones you already have. This A-to-Z guide is packed with more than 2,700 plants, with each entry listing flower color, bloom time, foliage characteristics, size, and light and temperature requirements. Each profile is supported by stunning color photography that showcases the flower and foliage that make each plant unique.

Essential Perennials for Every Garden

Essential Perennials for Every Garden
Author: Sally Roth
Publisher: i5 Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2015-03-10
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1620081687

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Bursting with vivid color—like the midsummer garden of your dreams—Essential Perennials for Every Garden will inspire and inform gardeners from coast to coast. This expertly written, eye-catching guide to choosing and maintaining perennials covers a vast array of plants from dainty ground huggers and wafting soft grasses to dramatic skyscrapers with unearthly blooms. Selected by authors and master gardeners Sally Roth and Jane Courtier, over 110 of the very best perennials are beautifully photographed and described, giving readers recommendations about the most reliable performers and exciting new varieties and hybrids. Whether readers are beginning a new perennial garden or perfecting an existing one, Essential Perennials for Every Garden can assist them in creating that dream garden that will add color and joy to their lives for years to come. -A fully-illustrated alphabetically arranged directory of the hardiest and most colorful perennials -Description, growing conditions, and propagation for over 110 superb perennials -Advice on inexpensive, easy methods to develop a new garden or expand an existing one -Time-saving tips on maintaining perennials, feeding plants, and warding off pests -Sidebars offer “green-thumb” tips and plant-partnering recommendations

Perennial Combinations

Perennial Combinations
Author: C. Colston Burrell
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1999-01-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780875968063

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Offers planting plans and plant descriptions to maximize the effects of color in a perennial garden

Gardening with Perennials

Gardening with Perennials
Author: Fern Marshall Bradley
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1996
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

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Discover hundreds of easy, practical, & exciting ways to solve landscape problems & beautify your yard with perennials.

Perennials

Perennials
Author: Susan Carter
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2007
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0881928208

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An alphabetical listing of more than 2,700 individual perennial plants representing 250 genera furnishes authoritative information on each plant's scientific and common names, origins, growing conditions, light requirements, cultivation, propagation, foliage and flower characteristics, companion plants, pest control, and other essentials.

The Perennial Care Manual

The Perennial Care Manual
Author: Nancy J. Ondra
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2009-07-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1603420452

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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 breathtaking photography, will inspire you to create a garden of your dreams that will last a lifetime.

Perennial Companions

Perennial Companions
Author: Thomas Fischer
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2009
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0881929395

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There is an abundance of inspiration in the 100 combinations featured in this book. Each grouping is an actual garden scene that combines two, three, or more perennials in colorful tableaux that span the gardening year, from earliest spring to the onset of winter. All 100 entries identify each of the main plants by both common and botanical names, specify the care and conditions they require, and indicate when the combination reaches its peak of beauty.

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden
Author: Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2017-02-22
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604697873

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“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 practices of perennial care—included deadheading, pinching, and thinning—along with growing information for specific species and cultivars, on-trend garden design advice, a monthly planting and maintenance schedule, and details on native plants and gardening for wildlife. The Well-Tended Perennial Garden will be your ally in the quest for a beautiful, well-maintained garden.

Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens

Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens
Author: Scott Ogden
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2011-09-06
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604691697

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“I can't imagine a designer or avid gardener who wouldn't want this on their bookshelf.” —Garden Design Online Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens is a practical guide to the best 200 plants guaranteed to thrive in low-water gardens. Plant entries provide the common and botanical name, the regions where the plant is best adapted, growth and care information, and notes on pests and disease. This practical and inspiring guide includes a variety of plants, from trees to succulents, perennials to bulbs, all selected for their wide adaptability and ornamental value. Companion plants, creative design ideas, and full color photography make this guide a must-have resource for any sustainable gardener.

Color Me Floral

Color Me Floral
Author: Kiana Underwood
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1452161658

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Learn the secrets to designing showstopping monochromatic arrangements in this spectacular guide from floral artist Kiana Underwood. Underwood shares her techniques for creating dazzling single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. Organized by season, the book includes how-tos for 40 arrangements— including a lush green display for spring, an astonishing black bouquet for summer, a striking magenta design for fall, and an unexpected, oh-so-pretty pink arrangement for winter. Featuring hundreds of eye-catching images and easy-to-follow tips throughout—such as suggestions for substituting flowers and options for both the beginner and advanced designer—this book is as useful as it is gorgeous. The ultimate resource, Color Me Floral has an extraordinary arrangement to enhance every occasion.