Successful Perennial Gardening: A Practical Guide [Paperback]

Lewis Hill (Author), Nancy Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 1988

A user-friendly guide to the challenges and joys of perennial gardening. The Hills educate and inspire with information that is complete and accessible.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

As a popular pastime, perennial gardening is regarded with equal parts admiration and apprehension. Admiration because the beauty of a perennial bed can be enjoyed for all time; and apprehension because the myriad plant varieties and their growing requirements can be daunting. Successful Perennial Gardening is the work of two gardening experts, Lewis and Nancy Hill, who bring the breadth of their experience to this subject, and have created a volume of enduring quality.

This is a user-friendly guide to the challenges and joys of perennial gardening -- less than a botanical encyclopedia, but much more than a volume of garden or species descriptions. The authors' approach will resolve the quandries of those new to perennials as well as meet the needs of the sophisticated horticulturist.

It's no secret that people choose perennials over all other decorative plant species because of their longevity, their splendor, the stories and memories they evoke. The Hills educate and inspire with information that is complete and easily accessible: they tell how to divide and propagate your perennials, how to keep them pest and disease free; how to use them to best advantage; and how to maximize your enjoyment of them by cutting and drying them, growing a child's garden or a butterfly and hummingbird garden, or giving the flowers and plants as gifts. Everything is here:

* a complete section on perennial care and cultivation

* 16 theme gardens

* more than 150 species descriptions

* full-color photographs

* species illustrations

* a glossary of gardening terms

Enhanced by color photographs, drawings, and charts, the real worth of this book is the text: the Hills inimitable style has wit, charm, and clarity. Their previous works (Cold-Climate Gardening, Secrets of Plant Propagation, Pruning Simplified, and others) have earned them a solid reputation among gardeners. This book is sure to become a treasured and valuable gardening resource.

About the Author

The late Lewis Hill was a nurseryman for more than 55 years. He was the author or co-author of 15 books that total more than 600,000 copies in print. Lewis's Secrets of Plant Propagation was selected by the American Horticultural Society as one of their "75 Great Garden Books."

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 3, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882664727
• ISBN-13: 978-0882664729
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,878,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Husband-and-wife author team Lewis and Nancy Hill currently live in Greensboro, Vermont where they own and operate a small fruit farm called Berryhill. Previously, Lewis first started a small plant nursery in the late 1940's where he grew daylilies, hardy plants, fruits, antique apples, greenhouse plants, and Christmas trees. His nurseries were called Vermont Daylilies and Hillcrest Nursery.

Lewis also helped form the Vermont Plantsmen's Association--later serving as president -- and was leader of a 4-H club for thirty years, sharing his knowledge with over 200 children. He is a member of the National Christmas Tree Association and the New Hampshire and Vermont Christmas Tree Associations. Lewis has written the Storey books titled Christmas Trees, Cold-Climate Gardening, Secrets of Plant Propagation, Pruning Made Easy, Pruning Simplified, and Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden.

The most recent title from the author team is The Lawn & Garden Owner's Manual, a landscape and maintenance guide for keeping beautiful grounds year round. Together they have also written Daylilies, Bulbs, and Successful Perennial Gardening."