Product Description: For each of 13 troublesome situations, the author explains the nature of the problem, prescribes a remedy, and suggests the trees, shrubs, climbers, and perennials to make the best of the situation.

Product Description: This handbook for practical gardeners includes information for those with little or no gardening knowledge but also as a plant reference for more experienced gardeners. Written simply and with enthusiasm by a gardener, this book includes ideas for planning your own small garden, improving your existing garden, trees for shade and elegance, shrubs for year-round colour, flowers for every day, planting for balconies and patios, how to make and plant tubs and window-boxes, themes and specialty gardens, fruit and vegetable gardens, tools and techniques, garden craft and pests and possible problems for the small garden...read more

Two master horticulturalists offer practical advice on how to raise beautiful annual and perennial plants from seed, with tips on planting, cultivation, the characteristics of various plants, landscaping, and more.

Product Description: Flowers to brighten the dark days of winter are especially valuable in the garden and none are so welcome nor so colourful as the hellebores. This concise, illustrated handbook contains detailed information on all aspects of hellebore care, providing invaluable reference for amateur gardeners and experienced growers alike...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Details such plants as irises, hostas, phlox, hepaticas, penstemons, and arums

Thorough illustrated instructions on soil preparation, plant cultivation, and plant care accompany full-color photographs of sample perennial gardening projects, seasonal guidelines, and an A-to-Z directory of more than 750 perennial plants.

Introduces what annuals are, identifies the different types of annuals, and discusses how to use annuals for foliage, intimate schemes, elegance, and color

Thorough illustrated instructions on soil preparation, plant cultivation, and plant care accompany full-color photographs of sample perennial gardening projects, seasonal guidelines, and an A-to-Z directory of more than 750 perennial plants. Reprint. (view table of contents)

This authoritative guide to one of the most popular and evocative of summer flowers includes: a history of sweet peas; classification; descriptions of all available varieties; growing and breeding sweet peas; problems; fragrance; and exhibiting sweet peas.

From an internationally famous writer on horticulture comes the bible on cultivating small gardens. It provides a master class on design, hard landscaping, choosing essential plants, growing fruits and vegetables, combating pests and diseases, and solving common problems caused by space limitations. Work with a new garden or transform an existing one; plant with a “garden theme”; and use the illustrated directory to choose the best trees, shrubs, and flowers to create your own miniature Eden.

Beautifully illustrated with stunning colour pictures by award-winning photographer Judy White, The Sweet Pea Book is a masterful combination of elegance and practicality - much like the sweet pea itself.

Alphabetically organized for easy access, a lavishly illustrated reference encompasses detailed descriptions and full-color portraits of some five thousand perennial plants, representing more than 450 genera, in their natural habitats.

Provides information and suggestions on growing vegetables along with fruit, herbs, and flowers.

Product Description: Gardeners, like everyone, are too short on time and money to waste either on plants that only look good for a few weeks. You want hardworking, eye-catching plants that provide beauty for multiple seasons. You want powerhouse plants—plants with colorful spring flowers and summer fruits, or summer fruits and fall foliage, or summer flowers, fall foliage and winter stems...read more

Product Description: The AHS Encyclopaedia of Gardening Techniques is the definitive guide explaining all the essential techniques you are ever likely to need, no matter where in North America you live. It reflects modern best-practice gardening at the American Horticultural Society, the leading US gardening authority...read more