The Complete Garden Flower Book: Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Shrubs, Climbers [Paperback]

Catie Ziller (Author), Robert Oerton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2001

The ultimate source of inspiration for the gardener, The Complete Garden Flower Book offers a host of ideas and advice about a vast range of different plants, from perennials to shrubs, herbs to cacti. This handy resource covers every flowering plant you can imagine and shows how to get the most from plants¾whether you want to create stunningly attractive individual features or to complement existing planting schemes.

Gardeners are increasingly looking for more unusual planting ideas and The Complete Garden Flower Book explores the immense range of plants that are available today. The book looks at long-established favorites, providing a guide to growing both traditional plants such as honeysuckle and more unusual varieties such as Cymbidium orchid.

Each section opens with an introduction to planting, followed by in-depth plant profiles. Each plant profile offers detailed at-a-glance information with a month-by-month reminder on how, when, and where to grow each plant. Easy-to-follow growing advice is included throughout on over 600 plants and the book also explores what can go wrong and how to protect different species.

A comprehensive guide for both the novice and expert, The Complete Garden Flower Book includes everything you need to know to create a beautiful and harmonious flowering garden. Inspirational opening sections offer exciting ideas and useful tips, which will help you to choose the right plants for your garden.

Product Details

• Paperback: 799 pages
• Publisher: Murdoch Books (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853919896
• ISBN-13: 978-1853919893
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #507,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first user friendly Encyclopedia!, March 1, 2007

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Michael P. Kukielka "BORG" (Rochester Hills, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Garden Flower Book: Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Shrubs, Climbers (Paperback)

I own dozens of Encyclopedias and this is the only one that I find user friendly. While it's not as detailed as the giant AHS books, the information is concise, consistent, and practical. Each page is dedicated to one species and is broken down by Features, Conditions, Growing Method, Flowering, After Flowering, and At a Glance which has a useful calendar outlining the planting, sowing, dividing, and flowering times. And that's only referring to the A-Z sections of the book!

Of all the books I own, this is the one I use the most.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Frequently Used Reference, October 10, 2007

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sardog10 (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Garden Flower Book: Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Shrubs, Climbers (Paperback)

I agree with what both prior reviewers have said about this book. I own approximately twenty gardening reference books and this is the only one I have found that tells you what to do with the plant after it flowers and when to prune it. My mother, who I swear has green arms as well as thumbs, also found this book very helpful and talked me into letting her take it home with her. Fortunately, I they still had it on sale so I could replace my copy!I also like that the cover is plasticized so that I can take it out in the garden with me.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, easy to understand reference, October 16, 2006

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H. Hautala "Bookfiend" (Fort Bragg, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Garden Flower Book: Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Shrubs, Climbers (Paperback)

I use this book a great deal, and my only gripe is that there is no listing for common names, so you need to know the official name of something to look it up, otherwise, it's a great reference because it gives helpful tips on when to sow, dig up or let be, also lots of easy to understand info on where to plant and what size it will be. I use this book more than any other gardening book I have.