Bulbs in Containers by: Rod Leeds publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2005-09-01 ASIN: 088192735X sales rank: 381797 price: $16.82 (new), $4.16 (used)
Fantastic color photographs and excellent writing make this an inspirational and accessible guide for specialty plant collectors, alpine and rock gardeners, and city gardeners, as well as anyone gardening in small spaces. Readers will learn about the ease and practicality of growing bulbs in containers—bringing year-round color and interest to one’s home. Popular classic bulbs are included, as well as a range of more unusual varieties such as the delicate-looking but surprisingly unfussy corydalis, and graceful, late-spring-flowering scillas. The book details how to plan and prepare for a year of flowering bulbs—how to store bulbs during the dormant period and get them ready for planting, how to make homemade shelters to protect plants during the growing season before they begin to flower, and how to create simple accessories that show off the final display. Detailed advice on seed propagation provides gardeners an inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and satisfying method of increasing their range of species bulbs.
	Garden Bulbs for the South by: Scott Ogden publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2007-02-01 ASIN: 0881928135 sales rank: 478920 price: $19.36 (new), $18.78 (used)
There are hundreds of choice bulbs that revel in southern warmth and humidity, and Scott Ogden profiles the best of them in this fascinating, comprehensive volume. In a series of chapters that takes us through the gardening year, Ogden introduces the plants that help to give southern gardens their distinct regional flavor, many with charmingly descriptive names: rain lilies, oxblood lilies, jonquils, crinums, and scores of others. Weaving in bits of history and lore, Ogden details each plant's appearance and growing requirements. Originally published to widespread acclaim in 1994, Garden Bulbs for the South has been updated and significantly expanded in this edition to include information on new varieties as well as nearly one hundred new photographs.
	Successful gardening a-z of annuals, biennials, & bulbs (vol. 4) by: Editors of Reader's Digest publisher: Readers Digest, published: 1997-03-31 ASIN: 0895779234 sales rank: 1543141 price: $1.45 (new), $0.22 (used)
The wonderful color, texture, and profuse bloom of annuals can fill any spot in the garden and brighten patio or porch from spring to frost. From familiar favoritespansies, petunias, marigolds, and impatiensto the standard beauty of sun flowers and foxgloves, detailed, close-up photographs capture each plant in glorious color. At-a-glance charts and jargon-free text explain every aspect of cultivation and provides basic information on height, spread, flowering time, soil and other requirements. Over 300 full-color photos and illus.
	Bulbs for All Seasons: Sunset (Sunset Gardening) by: Sunset Books publisher: Sunset Publishing Corporation, published: 1985-09 ASIN: 0376030860 sales rank: 1223544 price: $1.00 (new), $0.01 (used)
	The Complete Practical Handbook of Garden Bulbs: How to create a spectacular flowering garden throughout the year with bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes (Complete Practical Handbook) by: Kathy Brown publisher: Southwater, published: 2009-02-16 ASIN: 1844765733 sales rank: 900444 price: $7.67 (new), $7.35 (used)
Practical advice on growing and caring for bulbs, including over-wintering, propagation, and general tasks such as dead-heading, watering and feeding and an easy-to-use photographic directory of bulbs, with detailed advice on key varieties and their growing requirements.
	Practical Gardening: Sensible Solutions for Down to Earth Gardeners by: Annis Ward Jackson publisher: SunnyBrick Publishers, published: 2010-06-07 ASIN: B003QHZ2Q6 sales rank: 74281
This book is made up of a series of 14 previously published articles on gardening. These articles cover a wide variety of topics including container gardening, garden pests, herbs, hostas, garden tools and growing zones. As the title says, they contain practical advice on many aspects of home gardening. The author has been an avid gardener for many years and conducts workshops on growing herbs and hostas. Gardening is one of the favorite pass times of her murder mystery detective, Rachel Myers.
	The Bulb Expert by: D.G. Hessayon publisher: Sterling, published: 1995-12-31 ASIN: 0903505428 sales rank: 612477 price: $5.25 (new), $0.01 (used)
First Edition 150,000 copies! Over 200 different flowers you grow from bulbs get the world-famous flower doctor's treatment. See which are best for indoor growing and which are best outdoors, with a plan so you'll enjoy colorful blooms all year-round--from Amaryllis, Begonia, Crocus, and Dahlia, through Irises, Lilies, Narcissus, Tulip, and Zephyranthes. All 200 bulb types come with full-color photos of the plants in season, close-up color illustrations of bulb parts, and tips on planting times, sites, soils, and propagation techniques. Learn how to plant, feed, and water each type, and what's needed for after- flowering care, winter protection, staking, and storage. The full range of interests is covered: increasing your stock, using bulbs in beds and borders, naturalizing bulbs, growing bulbs in containers, in the rockery, and in the greenhouse. A special section shows how to display and care for cut flowers from bulbs. Troubleshooting charts explain how to keep everything alive and flourishing.
	Pocket Guide to Bulbs (Timber Press Pocket Guides) by: John E. Bryan publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2005-08-01 ASIN: 0881927252 sales rank: 786057 price: $3.99 (new), $0.50 (used)
Gardeners of all levels will appreciate this sturdy, handy pocket guide’s detailed information for successful bulb cultivation and identification. This is an accessible and comprehensive reference to more than 700 bulb species, cultivars, and hybrids. Illustrated with 300 photographs, it includes basic information on cultivation, maintenance, and pests and diseases as well as lists of bulbs for specific landscape uses. Every garden can be enhanced by the beauty of bulbs throughout the year, and this guide will help gardeners narrow down their choices and select the best varieties for their own garden.
	The Random House Book of Bulbs by: Roger Phillips publisher: Random House, published: 1989-10-21 ASIN: 0679727566 sales rank: 840684 price: $14.90 (new), $0.05 (used)
Describes over 1,000 bulbs and bulblike plants from all over the world. Arranged in the calendar order in which they flower. Text and illustrations guide gardeners on how to plant and grow bulbs.
	Buried Treasures: Finding and Growing the World's Choicest Bulbs by: Janis Rukscaron;ans publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2007-06-01 ASIN: 0881928186 sales rank: 938782 price: $25.33 (new), $18.88 (used)
Take a few chapters from a John le Carré spy thriller, add a hefty dose of exotic travelogue, blend with one of the best books on bulb growing ever written, and you've got Buried Treasures. For decades, Rukans has been scouring remote and dangerous regions of Europe and Asia to bring back the botanical treasures that he offers through his nursery, often contending with corrupt government agents, armed rebels, drunken drivers, and even (before the fall of the Soviet Union) the KGB. Packed with accounts of his extensive travels, Buried Treasures also offers an abundance of trustworthy information about the care and cultivation of every major and minor genus of bulb-forming plant.

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