Garden Perennials for the Coastal South FROM THE PUBLISHER
Finally: a book that addresses the unique challenges of gardening in the coastal South!
Master Gardener Barbara Sullivan provides an authoritative guide for gardeners from Tidewater Virginia to Florida and all along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, an area taking in USDA Zones 7b, 8, 9, and 10. Combining helpful gardening advice with an A-to-Z plant guide that describes more than 1,000 plant varieties and cultivars, Garden Perennials for the Coastal South will become an essential reference for both experienced and novice gardeners in this region.
The book is organized to allow the reader to plan a year-round garden or to focus on a particular season, with sections on subtropical plants, vines, herbs, groundcovers, ferns, heat- and drought-tolerant plants, shade plants, bulbs, ornamental grasses, and annuals, as well as a list of disease-resistant roses for the region.
More than 200 color photographs illustrate both individual plants and examples of beautiful landscape design. Rounding out the book's usefulness is information on the basics of landscaping, soil preparation, plant care, propagation, diseases, and pests. Whether you are new to the coastal South or a lifelong resident, you will find Garden Perennials for the Coastal South an indispensable addition to your gardening bookshelf.
FROM THE CRITICS
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As gardeners become more sophisticated, more horticultural guides with a regional focus are sprouting on bookshelves. Certified Master Gardener and garden and radio consultant Sullivan (she is also an attorney/mediator) provides guidelines and lays ground rules for successful perennial cultivation in coastal areas of the South, extending from Tidewater Virginia to Jacksonville, FL, and along the Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle to Houston, TX. She introduces readers to a host of plants that can thrive in this often quirky climate and offers sound growing advice tailored to the different seasons, along with creative suggestions for landscaping. Her text is richly supplemented with photos, and her "Best & Worst" list is a handy reference guide that can help gardeners avoid costly and frustrating mistakes in plant selection. A recommended reading list, Internet sources for information and ordering plants, and an A-to-Z plant guide are also included. This would fill a specific geographic niche in any gardening collection and could also serve as a companion to books like The Southern Living Garden Book or Edmund O'Rourke Jr. and Leon Standifer's Gardening in the Humid South.-Deborah Broocker, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Dunwoody Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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