The Gardening Book For Ohio [Paperback]

Denny McKeown (Author)

Book Description

Series: Gardening Book for Ohio | Publication Date: July 3, 2001

Denny McKeown is the creator of The Bloomin' Garden Center, a year-round retail garden sales business.  He is the recipient of the 1990 Jack Schneider Award, given by the Garden Centers of America and known as the highest award given to anyone in the retail nursery business.  With over thirty years of experience, Denny shares more than 170 plant recommendations, including annuals, bulbs, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, perennials, roses, shrubs, trees, turfgrass, and vines, that he considers to be the best performing for Ohio's unique growing conditions.  Accompanying full-color photographs enable easy identification and quick reference.  Additional temperature data charts and a full-color cold-hardiness zone map assist with plant selection.  Gardeners will learn how to mazimize their garden's beauty potential and increase its long-term success by adopting quality care practices, from adding vibrant colors with annuals, to balancing soil with amendments.  The Gardening Book for Ohio is a valuable addition to any novice or experienced gardener's collection.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening, and the resulting increase in their home's property value.  The Gardener's Guide series provides credible information on the plants that perform best in specific states. Gardeners will find information they can trust and use successfully in their own gardens.

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About the Author

McKeown is a respected, popular, and highly regarded gardening expert who has been in the nursery business for more than 40 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press (July 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888608390
• ISBN-13: 978-1888608397
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,754,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The gardening Book for Ohio, May 15, 2000

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Jane Hankins (Lima, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gardening Book For Ohio (Paperback)

I found Denny Mc Keown's book covering gardening in Ohio very specific and helpful for an person buying new plants for specific spots in the garden. The book is organized into chapters by the types of plant, for example: annuals, bulbs, etc. There is a center section with photos of various trees, scrubs, perennials and others. Every plant I have wanted to know more about has been listed. His information is quite specific. It is a good manual for beginning gardeners who need to know what, where, when, how, and why to plant. Denny's chapter on resources includes: growing season data, mail-order seed sources, extension service information and a glossary. Things I did not have organized in one place under my finger tips. I have found the book very informative and helpful. It is more for the beinning gardener or the weekend weed-puller than the master gardener, who would already know most of these things. It is not an elegant book in style or graphics, but something you would want to keep in the potting shed beside the flower pots for quick reference when questions arise.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the Ohioian Gardener this is a great resource tool, May 14, 2000

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Gordon and Jessica Jensen (Dayton, Oh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gardening Book For Ohio (Paperback)

I have read several gardening books on specific speices, such as annuals, perennials, etc. This book delivers information on all of these topics plus numerous others. The unique idea around this book is it tells you what is going to do well in Ohio. Giving good techniques on care from watering to fertiziling. Making good choices on the types of plants to choose and the other plants that compliment them in a surrounding landscape. There are 16 pages of color pictures of all the pants disscussed. Each plant is given great detail as to benefits, plant characteristics, nad how and where to plant. Denny McKeown has a great passion for gardening and it shows. I will use this book as a gardening resource tool.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Gardening Book of Ohio, May 15, 2000

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Sandee Coats-Haan - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gardening Book For Ohio (Paperback)

This is a great comprehensive gardening resource for any gardener, but especially those is Ohio. Written in the same chatty tone as McKeown's WKRC radio show, the book is highly readable. It includes a general information section as well as species by species care directions. As a new gardener, I feel that it explains things in highly understandable terms. It also focuses on enjoying your landscape, as opposed to spending your life working in it.