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Month-By-Month Gardening in Missouri: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year

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While this may be an excellent resource for around-the-year gardening, I was disappointed that there were absolutely no photographs of the recommended plants or examples of blooming beds that could be created. I purchased this book and intended it for a friend who is moving to Missouri and thought illustrations of the flora that thrive there would have been an asset, especially if she is unfamiliar with something Mr. Miller recommends. End the end, I returned the book and purchased his other book, Missouri Gardener's Guide that does have a photo reference. While the book description did not say there were illustrations, I assumed (incorrectly) that a book boasting blooms all year would have plenty of pictures to prove it!

This really is a month by month guide to different areas of your landscape from the lawn to ornamentals to edibles to roses. It is not comprehensive in any one area. For instance, it does not give intricate pruning instructions for fruit trees. Instead, it gives you a list of which projects to plan, and which to practice in each month of the year.

I ordered this book thinking that there would be examples of the recommended plants. But Noooooo. I have been trying to find a book that would be a reference guide on ornamentals that would give me bloom from early spring to hard freeze. Well I got just what was in the description. MBM Gardening "LIST" in Missouri. What I need is more help in creating a planting guide with individual pictures to give me help in creating a floral display that will give me color for the entire year in a state that ranges from zone 5a to 6 and with weather from a windy dry plain to a deciduous rainforest. This is not the book I wanted. I will donate it to the local Master Gardener Library. Maybe they could use it for a coaster or something.