The Burpee Complete Gardener is a comprehensive gardening bible, packed with solid information and sound advice from a team of gardening experts. It is an up-to-date, fully illustrated reference for gardeners at all levels.
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W. Atlee Burpee & Co., supplier of flower and vegetable seeds for more than 120 years, now provides a comprehensive guide to gardening with Burpee Complete Gardener. The book gives a wide range of information, covering such topics as starting and designing a garden; dealing with climate, soil, lighting, mulching, fertilizing, and watering; making compost; and controlling weeds. The best part, though, is the more than 420 descriptions (most with color photographs) of annuals, perennials, bulbs, roses, vegetables, herbs, ground covers, and vines. There are also excellent sections on the proper tools and equipment, controlling pest and disease problems, and the questions most asked by gardeners (divided into categories for easy reference), as well as a season-by-season guide to garden maintenance. Along with the photographs, the book includes many instructional drawings along with neat pictures of Burpee catalogs and seed packets dating from the late 1800s and early 1900s. The latter provide a touch of personality and charm that, unfortunately, the book otherwise lacks. That minor complaint aside, Burpee Complete Gardener is a solid work that offers handy information for all, but especially beginning, gardeners. --Andy Boynton
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A much-respected name in gardening, Burpee offers this phone book-sized tome for the one-stop reference shelf. Competitively priced (at half the cost of most other encyclopedic overviews), the book is especially appropriate for beginners. Readers are guided with 450 photos and illustrations (not seen by PW) and a user-friendly format that forges confidently through the ins and outs of such basics as plant hardiness zones and soil preparation to garden design and pest control. Nearly two-thirds of the book is devoted to "plant portraits," brief but thorough profiles of hundreds of plants, in such groupings as "Perennials," "Bulbs" and "Herbs," that include information on characteristics and culture as well as such often overlooked finer points as staking and the best time to divide. Although experienced gardeners won't find new ground turned here, the lively presentation and accessible, authoritative air (including a section, "Gardener's Most-Asked Questions") should endear this reference to those newly acquainted with trowel and hoe. Literary Guild, Doubleday and Rodale book club selections.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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If you only buy one gardening book get this!,
By Lauri Palko (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Burpee Complete Gardener: A Comprehensive, Up-To-Date, Fully Illustrated Reference For Gardeners At all Levels (Hardcover)
This book is a must have for all gardeners! It shows you how to plan and set up a garden, goes over specific flowers, vegetables, herbs and roses in detail and helps with the problem areas. There is a section in the back to reference for what to plant in your areas that you have no idea what will grow. It tells you what to plant if you have (for example) a wet, shade area or a shady dry area. Covers pruning, fertilizing and pest control. I have had this book for 3 years and I use it all the time. I have neighbors who borrow it for their questions. Does not cover trees or shrubs. There is a whole section on roses and the specific types and how to care for them.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Burpee Complete Gardener: A Comprehensive, Up-To-Date, Fully Illustrated Reference For Gardeners At all Levels (Hardcover)
This is an extremely thorough gardening book which covers all the bases of gardening, from starting seeds to pruning, this book has it all covered. I was happily surprised that it had a huge section dedicated to plant descriptions, along with how much sun they need, if it will work in containers, what season to grow them, and the herb section even tells what the herbs are used for in medicinal, culinary and relaxation purposes. I find myself going back to this book every time I have a gardening question, and always find a very helpful answer. If you are going to buy just one gardening book, this is the one you need to get that beautiful garden started and thriving! Happy Gardening!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great For Beginning Gardeners,
By Staci Payne (Colona, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Burpee Complete Gardener: A Comprehensive, Up-To-Date, Fully Illustrated Reference For Gardeners At all Levels (Hardcover)
This book has been invaluable! It is written for the gardener who is just beginning. It has wonderful, detailed descriptions of annuals, perennials, bulbs, etc. and has lovely illustrations of most of the flowers, herbs, and vegetables included. It gives tips on a number of varying gardening aspects like, planning, planting, care, and pest control, to name a few. I have used this book endlessly, and have learned so much from it. Really a good buy!
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THE FIRST RULE OF SUCCESSFUL GARDENING IS TO WORK WITH, NOT AGAINST, THE NATURAL SETTING. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clear plastic until seedlings, following plant portraits, pots with glass, terrific cut flowers, last heavy frost, annual blanket flower, pests off the plants, remove infected plants, annual groundcover, keep the medium moist, blue starflower, growing guidelines, annual statice, blue lace flower, harlequin flower, taller cultivars, summer poinsettia, woodland groundcover, annual dianthus, carpet cypress, perennial lobelias, bloom from seed, columbine meadow rue, shorter cultivars, vining types Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cultural Notes, Hybrid Tea, Cooperative Extension Service, All-America Selections, United States, Hybrid Perpetuals, Swan River, Hybrid Rugosa, Plant Hardiness Zone Map, Oar Characteristics, World War New!
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THE FIRST RULE OF SUCCESSFUL GARDENING IS TO WORK WITH, NOT AGAINST, THE NATURAL SETTING. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clear plastic until seedlings, following plant portraits, pots with glass, terrific cut flowers, last heavy frost, annual blanket flower, pests off the plants, remove infected plants, annual groundcover, keep the medium moist, blue starflower, growing guidelines, annual statice, blue lace flower, harlequin flower, taller cultivars, summer poinsettia, woodland groundcover, annual dianthus, carpet cypress, perennial lobelias, bloom from seed, columbine meadow rue, shorter cultivars, vining types Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cultural Notes, Hybrid Tea, Cooperative Extension Service, All-America Selections, United States, Hybrid Perpetuals, Swan River, Hybrid Rugosa, Plant Hardiness Zone Map, Oar Characteristics, World War New!
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- The Indiana Gardener's Guide: Revised Edition (Gardener's Guides) by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp in Back Matter
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