Ortho All About Bulbs (Ortho's All about) [Paperback]

Ortho (Author)

Book Description

Series: Ortho's All about | Publication Date: January 15, 1999

Helps readers develop a basic understanding of bulbs and growing them both indoors and out.

An entire chapter devoted to designing gardens using spring, summer, and fall-flowering bulbs and incorporating them into container gardens.

Helps readers select healthy bulbs at the garden center and correctly plant and care for them.

Provides complete instructions for forcing bulbs for spring color during the winter months.

Offers ideas for enhancing the decorative effect of bulbs.

Contains a comprehensive encyclopedia that explains how to grow and use 72 bulb species for flowers year-round.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Ortho; 1st edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897214250
• ISBN-13: 978-0897214254
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,593,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attractive and Informative, May 30, 2000

By 

Tim Price (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ortho All About Bulbs (Ortho's All about) (Paperback)

I have found Ortho's All About Bulbs, as well as all of the other, relatively new, Ortho's "All Abouts", to be lavishly illustrated, and very, no wonderfully, informative. I've browsed other similar books and series, but have found that they all pale (at least in my humble opinion)in comparison. I enthusiastically appreciated the colorful and dazzling photos (what gardener wouldn't), and the very easy to understand text. The structure of the books is quite uniform and logical, further adding to their appeal. In particular, the bulb guide leads the reader through various well explained topics, including bulb lore, propagation, planting, and design considerations, to name a few. The book concludes (as all of the All About plant guides do) with a thorough description, and accompanying color photo, of numerous common, and a few not so common, species. "All in All", Ortho's All About Bulbs comes highly recommended, a great guide with great photos, what could be better.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Glossy, w/ Nice Presentation, February 19, 2002

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J. Hardy IV (Snohomish, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ortho All About Bulbs (Ortho's All about) (Paperback)

This was a very pleasant Valentine's Day gift from my new wife, she has been very supportive of my bourgeoning gardening hobby, and wanted me to try my hand at some Calla Lilies. The book is divided into two parts, w/ the bulk being taken up by the requisite encyclopedia/directory. The presentation is very slick and attractive, much like a magazine. Large, full color photographs of each bulb type meet the reader, as well as informative sections on the beginnings of the popularization of tulips, and how to cut and propagate them. While not as extensive as `The Bulb Expert' from the seminal Dr. Hessayon series, I was nonetheless happy with the brief descriptions of care, light, uses, soil, and hardiness information which accompanied each entry. This makes a great gift for this time of year, because you can still get a lot of the bulbs into the ground for your late spring, summer plantings. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this as a primer or introduction to bulbs.