Line drawings highlight family characteristics, and plant entries discuss medicinal uses, edibility, toxicity, and look-alike plants. A standard reference at herbal and wilderness schools across the country, this resource is essential for herbalists, gardeners, and naturalists.

    Just about everyone's familiar with the Venus flytrap...but did you know that there are pitcher plants that can-and do!-digest an entire rat? Or that there are several hundred species of carnivorous plants on our planet? Full-color photographs of the plants at work and play, plus everything you need to know to successfully grow your own Little Shop of Horrors.Awards1999 American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner ReviewsHow to get kids interested in gardening? The San Francisco Chronicle recommends The Savage Garden, "because there's nothing children like better than catching insects and feeding them to their houseplants."

    Each entry includes identification characteristics related to leaves, buds, and stems. Most are accompanied by an illustration of the leaf or branch. Additional facts about each plant are available on topics such as flowers and/or fruits, diseases and insects, landscape value, propagation, and native habitat.

    Steve Bender, senior garden writer at Southern Living magazine, offers customized advice for all five southern climate zones, making it simple to understand what plant in each zone. The plant encyclopedia features information on more than 5,000 plants.

    Using her own upsate New York property as her model and laboratory, she leads us through the garden's seasons as they parallel the stages of our own lives. First is conception (the idea of the garden as it takes shape in January and February), followed by birth (the planting time of March and April), youth (an explosion of flowers in May and June), adulthood (harvesting and dividing in July and August), senescence (taking inventory in September and October), and death and afterlife (the winter garden of November and December).For every month she makes note of the activities of the moment -- how to plan a garden before the snow melts, select hardy and forgiving plants that build the gardener's confidence, plant a 'late-start' vegetable garden, create a crevice garden in the cracks of the patio, and force bulbs indoors to stave off the winter blues.Throughout, Roach's friendly, conversational writing not only explains exactly what needs to be done and how to do itt, but also inspires us with a love of gardening itself -- the closest many of us come to nature in our everyday lives.

    Yet it is possible to grow apples responsibly, by applying the intuitive knowledge of our great-grandparents with the fruits of modern scientific research and innovation.Since The Apple Grower first appeared in 1998, orchardist Michael Phillips has continued his research with apples, which have been called "organic's final frontier." In this new edition of his widely acclaimed work, Phillips delves even deeper into the mysteries of growing good fruit with minimal inputs. Some of the cuttingedge topics he explores include:The use of kaolin clay as an effective strategy against curculio and borers, as well as its limitationsCreating a diverse, healthy orchard ecosystem through understory management of plants, nutrients, and beneficial microorganismsHow to make a small apple business viable by focusing on heritage and regional varieties, value-added products, and the "community orchard" modelThe author's personal voice and clear-eyed advice have already made The Apple Grower a classic among small-scale growers and home orchardists. In fact, anyone serious about succeeding with apples needs to have this updated edition on their bookshelf.

    Let master gardener Sally Jean Cunningham show you how to keep pests and diseases at bay with her unique companion-gardening system. By planting special combinations of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, you can minimize pest and disease problems and create a high-yielding, beautiful garden!

    Henry Mitchell is "beloved for his witty, smart, informed, philosophical, wide-ranging and often wickedly humorous columns" (Detroit Free Press).

    It presents everything the gardener needs to know to create intricate, small-scale ecosystems in an urban or suburban setting that can substitute for the rapidly vanishing habitats that are essential to the survival of butterflies.Contributors to this volume include Miriam Rothschild, an eminent entomologist, avid butterfly gardener, and expert in wildflower conservation, who describes the life cycle of butterflies, how and what they see, and how this relates to "gardening with butterflies." Landscape architect Mary Booth provides imaginative garden designs and easy-to-follow directions for designing and planting. Edward S. Ross, pioneer of close-up nature photography, discusses observing and photographing butterflies.The book also includes a "Master Plant List" of species that attract butterflies, butterfly food plants listed by geographic region, seed and plant resources, a list of gardening and conservation organizations, and a bibliography of books and periodicals about butterflies.

    Includes 155 color illustrations and detailed instructions to help readers towards a model of sustainability.

    It describes more than 100 food plants and gives specific information on the growth habits, culture, harvest, and storage of each.

    But, it is also a practical guide for those who wish to create a cottage garden tailored to their specific climates and horticultural passions.

    But when the week shades into Friday evening, Bunny can be found in the idyllic retreat of her Connecticut garden, the emotional center of her life and the source of perhaps her greatest creative efforts. After five days at the top of the design world, nothing means more to this warm and brilliant woman than to spend the next two with her hands in the dirt, musing about the effect of trees and flowers, paths and benches.The passion Bunny feels for her garden is a deep one shared by countless others -- in the country, in the suburbs, and even in the city. Gardening has become America's favorite pastime, but its vocabulary remains intimidating, even to those fluent in the language of style and design. Applying the lessons we've learned about interior space to the outdoors is a good idea, but it doesn't work without help: before we can decorate the outdoor room we need to understand its character, and few people can guide us to that understanding better than Bunny Williams.Style and sophistication are the central issues here, just as they were when The Silver Palate, Martha Stewart, and even Julia Child first convinced Americans that they could entertain and cook and decorate with panache. Gardening with style is also possible for everyone, Bunny insists, and she proceeds to show us how to think about context, the texture of foliage, and the pattern of the garden. This is not a botanical or technical manual, nor is it a dream book filled with lovely pictures and little information. Instead, Bunny has created a garden-design style book with significant practical content and an extraordinary sense of its own style -- an aesthetic how-to, as it were, with fresh, surprising, and attainable.On Garden Style elevates our aesthetic sense, introducing both novice and experienced gardeners to new ways of thinking about style, form, ornament, and the look and feel of a garden, even as it allows us to appreciate the small details inherent in the placement of a watering can, the texture of a stone path, or the color of a hedge backing an old wooden bench. While other gardening books provide us with the basics of growing and nurturing plants or the elements of landscape design, this stunningly designed volume shows us how to fill our gardens with nuance, personality, and true style.

    There are also helpful hints all through out the book. There is a perennial for every type of garden whether you have wet or dry soil or you have direct sun or shade. Jeff Cox's found not only 1 but 150 of the best perennials to make up Perennial All-Stars! Everyone can learn something from the novice gardener to the experienced gardener with Perennial All-Stars.

    A working manual designed for use by both nursery professionals and home gardeners.

    Guinness world record holder Charles Wilber reveals for the first time how he grows record-breaking tomatoes without chemicals.

    He then selects and describes the best and most beautiful roses for today's gardens in chapters on old roses, hybrid teas and floribundas, small roses, species roses, shrub roses, climbing roses and rambling roses.

    There is a quick reference listing which recommends a range of plants for every situation: plants for problem sites, quick container solutions, the best in summer bedding and high performance fruit and vegetable varieties.

    Its 297 color photographs are arranged by flower color and blooming time. Plant characteristics, habitat and range are provided.

    Reddell, who has won accolades from sources as diverse as M.F.K. Fisher, Horticulture, and the Wall Street Journal, and whose Garden Valley Ranch is the largest and most distinguished supplier of garden roses in the United States, has distilled his vast knowledge of the perennially popular flower into The Rose Bible, an indispensable reference for expert rose growers and weekend gardeners alike. The Rose Bible encompasses both antique and modern roses, from original species roses to recent hybrid teas and grandifloras, from bushes and shrubs to ramblers and climbers, and from tree roses to miniatures. Everything the budding rose lover needs to know is here along with valuable information for the most experienced gardener on such essentials as buying, harvesting, propagating, and pruning. The Rose Bible will become a welcome addition to any gardener's library and a classic for the serious rose aficionado.

    

    Includes 3,000 species and 7,000 varieties of food plants. More than 1300 catalog sources for seeds, plants and food products are listed. Revised, updated and expanded edition.

    Step-bystep instructions help you divert over 30% of your total home waste from landfills, simply by composting kitchen, yard, and garden waste. Learn from your reknown compost educators, Dr. C. Forrest McDowell and Tricia Clark-McDowell, as they show you how easy home composting is!

    This handsome, comprehensive, and fully-illustrated volume contains pertinent information for growing 700 varieties of roses; a five-star rating system based on extensive field testing that helps readers select the very best roses for cold climates; organic and inorganic remedies for common rose problems; tip and hints drawn from 60 years of hands-on growing experience; and detailed mail order source lists for each class of rose. From the basics, including step-by-step photos that show exactly how to winter-protect roses to advanced methods of propogation, this growing guide has it all. It is truly the cold climate rose gardener's bible.

    At last, here is the book that southern gardeners have requested for years. This much anticipated volume is the first major, comprehensive garden guide that reflects the uniquely southern climates. Steve Bender, senior garden writer at Southern Living magazine, offers customized advice for all 5 southern climate zones, making it simple to understand what to plant in your zone. The plant encyclopedia, featuring over 5,000 plants, provides detailed information on plant description, climate adaptability, sun and water requirements, and cultural needs for every plant. Not only the definitive reference for the serious gardener, it is also a helpful companion for the weekend gardener and is sure to sprout up in every potting shed in the South. From Southern Living -- the authority on southern gardening -- naturally.

    Planted as single specimens in beds or on the terrace in a container, grasses are striking focal points. Smaller forms bring rhythm and diversity to mixed borders, and clumping forms richly carpet the ground. This beautifully illustrated book by two imaginative garden designers will provide equal measures of information and inspiration.

    Howard Garrett uses his years of experience as a gardener, landscape contractor, maintenance contractor, and landscape architect to give you clear-cut, money-saving advice on the proper selection, installation, and maintenance of landscape plant material for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and beyond. Garrett also explains his organic approach, "The Natural Way," which gives gardeners greater success with lower costs and without the risks of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. All of this information has been revised and updated from Garrett's popular Plants of the Metroplex III.J. Howard Garrett has converted several commercial projects to organic programs. They include Frito-Lay National Headquarters in Plano, Johnson and Johnson Medical in Arlington, and Collin County Community College in Plano.

    -- 19 garden plans can be adapted to the reader's own property.-- Full-color photos and specific growing information for more than 400 plants.

    You'll get nuts and bolts information on companion planting and the use of beneficial insects.

    She provides all the information you need to give your garden a healthy foundation of rich, nutrient-filled soil that will ensure bountiful harvests and beautiful plants.

    It includes information on how to grow cold climate perennials, where to plant them, the different soil types, companion plants, and caring, pruning, and propagation.

    Burpee Basics: Perennials focuses on how to grow the easiest varieties, and provides detailed plant portraits for 75 of the most popular perennials, rating each one on a trowel scale of 1 to 3 trowels for ease in growing and maintenance. The book is jam-packed with practical information and tips on everything from using color in the garden and assembling a tool kit, to organic gardening, solutions to common mistakes, and pest control. Readers can refer to 7 simple watercolor garden designs for guidance in creating a spring border, moon gardens, and more.

    It contains a comprehensive collection of the most valuable garden plants available today, including unusual and choice varieties as well as easy popular favorites. The introduction explains the various forms of plant that we cultivate in our gardens - trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, biennials etc - and the factors that affect their performance. Plants are then detailed in the A-Z section with essential cultural and descriptive information, plus approximately 1,500 magnificent color photographs to enable the reader to choose and identify suitable plants for every purpose. The catalogue is simple and clear; arranged by the correct botanical names by which they are widely known and sold. English names are included wherever they are commonly used and there is an index of these names so that plants can be found quickly and easily. This encyclopedia provides a storehouse of ideas for pleasurable browsing and a mine of practical information for all gardeners.

    It makes these aspects manageable by imposing on them its own pictorial, geometrical and spatial order.The book opens with a historical section describing the ingredients and design concepts that made the hortus conclusus such a success. This is followed by an in-depth study of historical examples, amongst them the Romanesque garden of the monastery of Santas Creus, the Gothic garden of the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, the Alhambra, and giardino segreto of the Villa Capponi.Recent designs by Alexandre Chemetoff, Daniel Libeskind and Dom Hans van der Laan show how the hortus conclusus, dressed in contemporary garb, has a part to play in the urban landscape. Just the compactness of the enclosed garden makes it so effective in places where space is a scarce commodity, as in the our ever-swelling metropolises. Whether on the theoretical front or because of the many international examples analysed within its pages, this lavishly illustrated volume is a worthy addition to the discourse on reintroducing the hortus conclusus into the urban landscape of today.

    Color photos.

    Parsnips, raised underground in Wisconsin, with the tropical scent of coconut. Green tomatoes that taste ripe and wonderful. They're all heirloom vegetables--old-time varieties that nature alone has produced, untouched by genetic scientists and modern technology. In A Celebration of Heirloom Vegetables they're showcased brilliantly. Author Roger Yespen observed scores of these living antiques as they grew in his garden and has painted a picture, in words and watercolors, of each of them in all their glorious color and form. Nearly fifty full-color, full-size illustrations make it clear that these varieties have survived on the strength of their personality--distinctive flavor, scent, and texture--and their looks, from strange and exotic and even ugly to startlingly beautiful. Heirloom gardening and cooking is a wonderful way to rediscover the diversity and richness of our grandparents' favorites and put them back on our table.

    Over 30 different artists and companies are represented - company histories, interesting background information, as well as marks and signatures complement the gorgeous photographs found in each section. All items featured are given collector values reflecting today's secondary market. Chipman's goal is to showcase the best the ceramic industry has to offer - the prominent and innovative studio-level producers as well as the major manufacturers, including Batchhelder, Bauer, Kay Finch, Sascha Brastoff, Metlox, Vernon, and many others. 2005 values.

    regulations, herb safety and standardisation; marketing aids and company surveys.

    Garden secrets

    There are also separate sections on gardening skills and a complete index of common names.

    Her A-Z selection of 80 favorite flowering herbs is full of detailed information on how to grow each herb from seed or cuttings, with systematic advice on site selection, soils, transplanting, and other practical concerns based on her own experience. She suggests appropriate landscape uses, and discusses interesting facts of history and lore along with the occasional recipe. As well as the featured herbs treated in depth, she mentions related plants of interest and selected cultivars. In all, more than 700 herbs are described. An appendix grouping herbs by prime bloom season will help the gardener plan for long-lasting garden color.

    . . of interest to anyone desiring to identify Florida flowering plants--individuals who enjoy the outdoors, amateur naturalists, teachers, students, and professional biologists."--Walter Judd, University of FloridaWalter Taylor's guide will help readers recognize and identify wildflowers in a different way, not principally by their color or family group, but by where they’re most likely to be found growing--their natural habitat. This book is the first of its kind for Florida. Taylor provides detailed descriptions and color photos of each community--pine flatwoods, sandhills, upland pine forest, scrub, temperate hardwood forest, coastal uplands, subtropical pine forest, tropical hardwood hammock, and ruderal sites--and of the wildflower species associated with each. For each flower, he provides the scientific and common names, a brief description, flowering time, habitats, geographical range, color photo, and miscellaneous comments. While most of the flowers are herbaceous, Taylor also includes characteristic woody types. He makes special mention of endangered or threatened species and species of special concern. The guide includes a number of limited-distributed species that have never been published in a book of this type. With individual photos (taken in the field) of more than 450 wildflower species, the most accurate range information available, and organization by ecological community, Taylor's guide aids not only in wildflower identification, but also in appreciation of the Florida landscapes that support them. By linking flowers with their natural habitats, it highlights the need to protect these ecologically unique communities to ensure survival of the wildflowers themselves. In addition, it offers a new resource for gardeners interested in planting native species.Walter Kingsley Taylor is professor of biology at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, and the author of The Guide to Florida Wildflowers. He has lived in Florida for thirty years.

    Beautifully illustrated, inspiring and often humorous, this book is infused with that staple of good gardening: the promise of what is possible. The author offers hundreds of solutions and options for the perennial garden, suggesting plant combinations for every phase of the growing season. Whether you're cajoling a tiny backyard plot into beauty or facing a landscape of intimidating proportions, Lima has much to teach both the novice and the seasoned gardener about the creative act of garden-making.

    This work provides a travel story of trees and shrubs, recounting the journeys and work of explorers who were responsible for introducing exotic plants into the landscapes of North America and Europe.

    As well as describing them, the author gives an account of the role of spring flowers in social life, arts, custom and landscape.

    This ready source of authoritative information is a must for every novice seeking can't-miss garden plants. Each volume begins with a brief introduction that outlines the basics, from buying to planting to maintaining lush and healthy flowers and foliage plants, and includes one hundred plant portraits that offer such critical information as bloom time, cultural conditions, habit, and eventual size, as well as a brief study of the character of each plant.

    This title offers information you need to be self-sufficient; from subjects like home farming and livestock care, to gardening for food and preparing meals from the things you have raised by hand.

    Amy and David Butler tell the tale of King Watermelon and the curious pole beans. And Lois Ehlert describes her annual amaryllis race. In all, forty-one acclaimed children’s book authors and illustrators contribute gardening memories and vision to benefit the hunger-relief efforts of Share Our Strength. An activity section at the back of the book is filled with ideas to inspire young people to grow their own gardens.

    Here in breathtaking color are magnificent Suiseki stones, and the stunning, imaginative ways they have been arranged and exhibited in parks and gardens. Discover specimens shaped like humans and animals! Learn to create a Suiseki collection--necessary tools and how to display them.

    Plants for Shade is designed to help you choose and grow a selection of the best shrubs and flowers that will thrive in shady areas.  Over 250 plants, varying from shrubs such as camellias, to perennials and small bulbs, are described and illustrated here.

    Each stunning photograph is coupled with a detailed plant description, including scientific and family names, habitat, growing season, and protected status. Michigan Wildflowers also features a wildflower quiz and a guide to eight of Michigan's most accessible and diverse wildflower trails, including Fernwood, Grass River Natural Area, and the Ninga Aki Pathway. Invaluable to nature lovers, this beautiful and practical book is essential for anyone who enjoys the wealth of wildflowers Michigan has to offer. At the beginning of Michigan Wildflowers in Color, the author has illustrated textual terms such as 'stipules' or 'basal leaves' with a collection of line drawings. The plant descriptions include location, seasonal display, height, and information on whether the flower is protected and should not be picked or moved. The flower photographs are grouped by color for ease of location and then listed in the order in which they appear during the growing season. There are generally six photographs to a page, with the text on the facing page. There is a quiz at the back of the book to test your 'flower power, plus an 'Observer's List' to keep track of the flowers you do find. Also, the author has also mapped out eight wildflower trails in various Michigan habitats, plus the seasonal species of flowers that can be found there.

    ."..people with little time or space, seniors, and the physically challenged can develop beautiful gardens using built-in and portable planters, conventional (and unconventional) containers, and raised beds....Color photographs illustrate correct construction techniques, good use of containers, and attractive plant combinations that will inspire gardeners...well done...recommended....superior guide presents detailed directions...It goes a step farther with advice on safe pest and disease control."-- "LJ. 144 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

    This encyclopedia is the definitive guide to these beautiful and varied flowering plants.

    Each season brings new colors and textures in flowers and foliage. As the years go by, perennial plantings mature and interweave into forms more beautiful and surprising than a season's growth of annuals can ever give. Best of all, a perennial garden can grow almost anywhere with plants suited to local soils, temperatures, and rainfall.This book is a complete guide to perennial gardening in Texas and similar regions of eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas. In Part One, Julie Ryan offers a historical sketch of cottage gardens and perennial borders, with a sampler of some of their modern variations. In Part Two, she defines the major ecological regions of Texas and, with words and color photographs, takes you on a tour of lovely public and private gardens in each region.You'll find all the "how to" information for creating your own garden in Part Three. Ms. Ryan describes and pictures over 300 flowering perennials, bulbs, foliage plants, and old roses suitable for Texas gardens, with lists of companion annuals, vines, shrubs, and small trees. Accompanying charts provide quick reference to each plant's preferred regions and cultivation requirements. In addition, Ms. Ryan discusses how to design a garden and select plants, prepare the beds, and deal with garden pests. She concludes with substantial lists of resources, including mail-order suppliers of perennials, bulbs, and old roses.

    "Gardeners step into the world of imagination as soon as they begin to garden.  They cannot plant a dry seed without awareness of the flame of life inside it, or prune a bare branch without sensing clustered blossoms and leaves."In  the literature of gardening there are many how-to books and nearly an equal number of philosophical essays.  Here is a book that is both.  Carol Williams elucidates with elegant simplicity the basic processes of gardening and the handling of plants.  She also eloquently demonstrates how in bringing a garden to life, the gardener, too, comes to life.  Not just the finished garden, but gardening itself, is revealed as a source of delight and a profound awakening to nature.With its engaging mixture of step-by-step instruction, essay, story, and poetry, Bringing a Garden to Life addresses both the compelling mysteries and the down-to-earth practicalities of everyday gardening: discovering a place and envisioning your garden the alchemy of making fertile soil the wonders and challenges of starting with seeds weeding--or not the flowering year fresh greens for dinner gardening with and around trees tools--hoes, books, and philosophy and much moreFrom mapping a garden and planting a lettuce seed, to feeding old perennial borders and pruning fruit trees, this book tells not just how but why, and vividly evokes the interest and pleasure of doing the job.  Gardening beginners will be encouraged to take their first steps, while expert gardeners will find new sources of joy in their gardens.  The author shares the practical wisdom of her own rich gardening experience and invokes the golden tradition of poets and philosophers throughout history who have turned to their gardens to read the book of nature.With special sections on annuals, perennials, bulbs, vegetable and herb gardening, pruning, composting, transplanting, and much more, Bringing a Garden to Life is an illuminating vision, not just of growing things, but of being in the world; not just of planting, but of being renewed.

    Outlines irrigation options available to homeownersafrom fully automated sprinklers for a large yard to simple manual drip systems for balcony plants.Explains sprinkler systems and how to install them.Includes a section on maintenance and repairs.

    Includes a glossary, and appendices on the wetland indicator status for the species listed and common species by wetland type. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

    There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

    Now you can identify that critter that just crawled under your bed or landed in your backyard. This extensive guide is packed with 384 color photos, thousands of facts and figures and dozens of illustrations. Discover more about the most common and diverse animals in the state and on the planet. From Ants to Zopherus nodulosus haldemani (the ironclad beetle), this field guide gives you an intriguing glimpse into the lives of Texas insects.

    Evenly balanced between practical advice for a first-time gardener, and inspirational ideas to stimulate a passion for plants, URBAN JUNGLE is stunningly designed and illustrated with beautiful full-colour photos. Focused particularly, though not exclusively, on small, urban spaces, this is a must-have for every new gardener.

    

    Lists cover plants from trees, vines and shrubs to roses and perennials. Also features fruit trees for backyard orchards, great oceanside groundcovers, vines that thrive in dry soils, and much more. 50 photos.

    Aimed at undergraduate students in both the biological and agricultural sciences, the book covers all aspects of plant pathology, from a description of the diseased plant and the varius pathogens, to the way in which disease epidemics are caused and are controlled. This new edition has been extensively revised to reflect recent advances in our understanding of the intractions between host and pathogens at both the molecular and cellular levels, highlighting the impact of molecular genetic techniques on the analysis of host specificity, pathogenecity and resistance to infection. New chapters on chemical, cultural and integrated approaches to disease control discuss the topical issues of disease management. A thoroughly revised edition of a popular, classic text authored by a leading expert in the field. Contains new chapters on disease assessment and disease management. Competetively priced.

    300 color illustrations.

    This book is the only field guide that provides full-color photos of all 177 species and subspecies of reptiles and amphibians in Florida.

    A sensory extravaganza.

    Largely ignored by most gardening books, gourd plants require specific attention to produce healthy vines and satisfactory fruit. Learn how to: * Identify popular gourd shapes * Plan and cultivate your garden * Grow, train, and harvest a bountiful crop * Control pests and disease with natural remedies * Prepare your gourds for use-in recipes and art projects. Lists of suppliers, a growing calendar, and space for notes on your own garden conditions make this the complete gourd sourcebook. A delight to read as well as a lasting reference, this long overdue guide to the adventures of growing one of Nature's greatest gifts is an essential addition to any gardener's library. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

    Each of the witty and thoughtful essays in Tools of the Earth highlights one commonly used garden tool and explores its meaning, feel, history, and use. Images of vintage implements, taken from the author's own garden shed and beautifully photographed by Rich Iwasaki, accompany the text. With gardening tales both hilarious and moving, Taylor explores the subtle lessons about life, patience, and practicality that a garden can teach, and, ultimately, reaches the core of why we like doing it so much.

    This manual will provide the reader with the information necessary to find, identify and use natural enemies to control garden pests. Beautifully illustrated with many high-quality colored photos and easy-to-use reference charts, this The Natural Enemies Handbook is the essential authority on biological pest control.154 pages.University of California. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 3386.

    Designed to be used as a companion to Xeriscape Plant Guide, this book helps gardeners and landscapers design colorful, practical and water-wise environments.

    Then you can consider the appearance and fragrance, and you can attract birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects. There are also thematic groupings of herbs and vegetables for every personal taste.The Postage Stamp Kitchen Garden Book highlights Italian, French, Asian, Vegetarian, and Mexican food gardens, as well as the all-inclusive salad garden, and a garden for people who enjoy cooking light. It also covers techniques for cooking vegetables when they're fresh, minutes off the vine!

    And the organic way to garden is safer, cheaper, and more satisfying. Organic gardeners have shown that it's possible to have pleasant and productive gardens in every part of this country without using toxic chemicals. They make their home grounds an island of purity."Robert Rodale

    It includes inventive techniques for the planting and maintenance of Florida gardens as well as lists of native plants, trees that emphasize the seasons, shrubs for all soils, and much more.

    In the tradition of the first collection, it's a potpourri of philosophical meanderings, passionate observations, and practical advice for the armchair gardener.

    He also shows us what we stand to lose to exotic species invasion, urbanization, and similar impacts of modern civilization."--Florida Scientist"Includes paragraphs on scope of the flora, arrangement of taxa, keys, taxonomy and nomenclature, distribution, etc. Identifies exotic species that have become naturalized. . . . An extremely valuable reference."--Economic Botany"A comprehensive identification manual to the region that has the third largest plant diversity of any state in the nation."--Publishers Weekly"An invaluable source. . . . Wunderlin’s guide brings together his years of work with the flora of Florida."--Choice"Has quickly become THE means to key out more than 4,000 taxa of native and non-native ferns, fern allies and seed plants in Florida. . . . Required by serious plant people in the Sunshine State."--AquaphyteExpanded and updated, this volume is an indispensable reference to the highly diverse flora of the state. Both popular and comprehensive, this new edition contains updated nomenclature and the inclusion of more than 100 additional species, making it the most inclusive identification manual to the more than 4,200 taxa native to or naturalized in Florida.

    The columns were later collected into a set of books published between 1951 and 1958. Vita's extensive gardening knowledge, her intense passion for her subject and her lively literary flair making these garden writing classics essential for any serious gardener's bookshelf. Volume 2 in a series of four anthologies reproducing the lively gardening columns by Vita Sackville-West. This volume covers 1951–1953.

    Book by Pope, Nori, Pope, Sandra, Nichols, Clive

    An orchid identifier with color photographs of 128 plants...gives the plant’s history, habitat, flowering time, and temperature range. Excellent for beginners.”—Booklist.

    The series is aimed at the less-expert gardener who may be buying plants for the first time.