Perennials Short and Tall: A Seasonal Progression of Flowers for Your Garden (Quarry Books) [Paperback]

Moya L. Andrews (Editor), Gillian Harris (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Quarry Books | Publication Date: March 26, 2008

Designed for accessibility, this book offers tried-and-true advice on how to keep a yard in bloom. Presented in the sequence in which they bloom, with a chapter devoted to each of the three major growing seasons, 25 varieties of flowers are profiled with accompanying color illustrations. Additionally, Moya L. Andrews provides information about such basic topics as bed preparation, planting locations, weed control, and landscape principles. Andrews also offers practical tips on propagating, transplanting, and dividing perennials, as well as aesthetic considerations such as the use of color outdoors and flower arranging with cut blossoms. Suggestions for flower arrangement and producing indoor blooms in the winter months are also included.

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"Beginning and novice gardeners will find this book invaluable as they plan their gardens. With a colorful palette of well known, dependable plants listed in bloom order, Moya Andrews explains how to select, cultivate, site, and combine these tried-and-true flowering friends." —Carolyn Harstad, author of Go Native! and Got Shade?

(Carolyn Harstad, author of Go Native! and Got Shade? 2008)

"The text descriptions for each of the flowers mentioned, and illustrations of most of the flowers by bloom sequence through the seasons, fills a vacancy in the gardening book market." —Ezra Haggard, author of Trees, Shrubs, and Roses for Midwest Gardens

(Ezra Haggard, author of Trees, Shrubs, and Roses for Midwest Gardens 2008)

"Writing in an informative, yet casual style, Moya Andrews gives advice on growing flowering perennials in this guide for both novice and experienced gardeners, passing along her broad knowledge of the subject." —Marilyn K. Alaimo, Chicago Botanic Garden Journal

(Marilyn K. Alaimo Chicago Botanic Garden Journal )

"Have you ever wondered how to plan your garden so that you can enjoy beautiful blooms throughout the gardening seasons? What about properly caring for perennials so that they continue to delight year after year? How about creating and displaying fresh-cut flower arrangements to share with neighbors and friends? Andrews, a master gardener and contributor to Bloom magazine, helps with all that and more in this handy volume. The 25 perennial flower profiles are arranged by season (according to when they bloom), and within each season they are arranged alphabetically by botanical name. Each profile contains a brief description, information about cultivation and care, and even short literary quotations to round it out. Harris's detailed, full-color illustrations provide a touch of whimsy to a book that speaks to hands-on gardeners and armchair enthusiasts alike. The appendixes help the reader identify plants for specific garden needs, e.g., perennials by color, those that are heat- and drought-tolerant or that need constant moisture, those that are deer-resistant or that flower in shade. There is also a short list of mail-order resources. A USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map is also included. Recommended for public libraries and special horticultural libraries serving both new and avid gardeners, especially where there are spring, summer, and fall blooming seasons—and cold winters." —Library Journal

(Library Journal )

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"Moya Andrews gives advice on growing... perennials in this guide for both novice and experienced gardeners, passing along her broad knowledge..."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (March 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0253219760
• ISBN-13: 978-0253219763
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,548,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A perennial favorite gardening book, July 26, 2011

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This review is from: Perennials Short and Tall: A Seasonal Progression of Flowers for Your Garden (Quarry Books) (Paperback)

I have owned this book for several years. As a relatively new gardener, who was lucky enough to have a garden designer plan a perennial garden for me, I have found this book invaluable as I tend and grow the garden each year myself. The book is both inspiring and informative. The sketches would be enough to recommend the book! The author seems to have captured exactly where I am in my life - time to raise flowers - now that my family is grown! I am buying a copy for two college friends. We have had a hard year, suddenly losing the fourth of our group. Somehow this book seems appropriate for "perennial friend" of 40 years!