Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns by: Christopher Lloyd publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2005-07-01 ASIN: 0881927473 sales rank: 1646982 price: $9.50 (new), $3.09 (used)
Christopher Lloyd knows perennials as well as anyone else alive. Now available in paperback, this book represents the fruit of Lloyd’s lifetime study of perennials. Genus by genus, he sets down everything he has learned, thought, seen, tried, liked, or regretted about them, individually or in combination. He is formidably knowledgeable, iconoclastic, opinionated, and always entertaining. Here, meticulously recorded, are his expert opinions about numerous varieties of flowering garden plants, from Acanthus to Zigadenus, accompanied by spectacular photographs from Jonathan Buckley and others. Any gardener will find themselves opening this book time and again with pleasure and the frequent thought, "I MUST grow this one, too."
	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: 582141 price: $7.67 (new), $4.51 (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.
	Taylor's Guide to Bulbs (Taylor's Gardening Guides) publisher: Houghton Mifflin, published: 1986-04-15 ASIN: 0395404495 sales rank: 207608 price: $5.50 (new), $0.01 (used)
Featuring an encyclopedia of 300 bulbs, this is the most comprehensive guide available. Helpful tips for selecting the best plant for a particular ground area and a step-by-step guide to planting are also included in this book.
	Practical Gardening: Sensible Solutions for Down to Earth Gardeners by: Annis Ward Jackson publisher: SunnyBrick Publishers, published: 2010-06-07 ASIN: B003QHZ2Q6 sales rank: 101426
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.
	Bulbs for All Seasons by: Kathy Brown publisher: Aquamarine, published: 2004-12-25 ASIN: 1903141265 sales rank: 3654356 price: $12.66 (new), $2.50 (used)
Starting with a fascinating insight into the early cultivation of bulbs, this informative book then explains the techniques of planting and growing and includes helpful step-by-step sequences that show you how to plant bulbs in beds and borders, beneath trees, in grass and in different containers, window boxes and hanging baskets. Clear practical advice on lifting and overwintering, on propagation and watering, feeding and dead-heading provides all you need to know to garden successfully with bulbs. An easy-to-use 'Calender of Care' acts as a useful seasonal summary of what to do and when in order to create maximum impact, color and drama in your garden.
	The Random House Book of Bulbs by: Roger Phillips publisher: Random House, published: 1989-10-21 ASIN: 0679727566 sales rank: 568379 price: $24.94 (new), $0.31 (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.
	Garden Bulbs for the South by: Scott Ogden publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2007-02-01 ASIN: 0881928135 sales rank: 106156 price: $22.79 (new), $16.89 (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.
	Pocket Guide to Bulbs (Timber Press Pocket Guides) by: John E. Bryan publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2005-08-01 ASIN: 0881927252 sales rank: 551592 price: $2.95 (new), $0.91 (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 Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs by: John C. Manning publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 2002-12-01 ASIN: 0881925470 sales rank: 855468 price: $31.77 (new), $26.88 (used)
The Cape Region, at the southern tip of Africa, is easily among the richest centers for bulbous plants and probably the most famous. Nearly 1200 species of bulbous plants find their home there and almost three-quarters of them occur nowhere else. This first complete account of all the bulbous plants of the Cape Floral Region is an essential aid to the identification of all species presently in cultivation as well as the many others that are potentially valuable horticultural subjects. The book is richly illustrated with high-quality color photographs of more than half the species of Cape bulbs, many of which have never before been illustrated.
	The Bulb Expert by: D.G. Hessayon publisher: Sterling, published: 1995-12-31 ASIN: 0903505428 sales rank: 544562 price: $5.74 (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.

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