Bloom's Best Perennials and Grasses

Bloom's Best Perennials and Grasses
Author:
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 088192931X

Describes more than four hundred perennials and grasses, providing information on each plant's origins, preferred conditions, and planting zones.

Powerful Perennials: Enduring Flower Gardens that Thrive in Any Climate

Powerful Perennials: Enduring Flower Gardens that Thrive in Any Climate
Author: Nedra Secrist
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Total Pages: 988
Release: 2023-02-02
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1462124380

Create your own personal paradise with a garden full of easy-to-care-for, long-lasting perennial blooms! This comprehensive guide to growing your dream garden will teach you how to pick the best perennial plants for your soil, sunlight, and climate conditions. Keep your garden blooming with Powerful Perennials so you can enjoy your yard for years to come.

Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountains and High Plains

Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountains and High Plains
Author: Celia Tannehill
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2002
Genre: Cooking
ISBN:

Planning a successful perennial garden in Colorado, the Rocky Mountains and High Plains comes with its share of soil and climate challenges. Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountain High Plains is a comprehensive guide to the best performing perennials based on performance results from Colorado State University's W.D. Holley Plant Environmental Research Center (PERC). The 322 plants described in this publication were rated according to landscape use, height, width, foliage color and fall effect, winter injury, ornamental fruit, disease and insect problems. These top-performing perennials are ideal for xeriscapes, rock gardens, wildflower gardens, and the traditional perennial border. Plants that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are also featured. This book is a necessary tool for the horticulture industry, landscape architects and designers, park personnel, the home gardener, and horticulturists in the Rocky Mountain-High Plains region.

Perennial All-Stars

Perennial All-Stars
Author: Jeff Cox
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2002-10-25
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780875968896

Showcases one hundred fifty perennials of proven performance sure to live up to their catalog descriptions and offers advice on selection and cultivation

Perennials for the Southwest

Perennials for the Southwest
Author:
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2006
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0881927619

A regional gardening manual highlights more than 150 perennial plants that are perfect for the arid climate conditions of the Southwest, offering practical information on how to design a dry-climate garden and an alphabetical listing of appropriate plants that includes information on drought tolerance, ornamental characteristics, and cultivation requirements.

Best Perennials for Sun and Shade

Best Perennials for Sun and Shade
Author: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher: Collins Reference
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2019
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1328620085

A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow and best-performing perennials for both sunny and shady locations. Each plant is shown in a beautiful color photo for easy identification. The photo is accompanied by information on where and how to grow the featured plant, along with horticultural tips to assist in making the perennial-gardening adventure an enjoyable endeavor. From controlling pesky bugs and deadheading to staking tall plants and taking root cuttings, everything a beginning gardener or new homeowner needs to start a garden is here. This colorful, photo-filled book takes the guesswork out of gardening. No trial and error--get it right the first time

Powerful Perennials

Powerful Perennials
Author: Nedra Secrist
Publisher: Hobble Creek
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781462116355

Discusses why gardening is different in the western United States than it is in the eastern United States and suggests solutions for challenges such as dry, rocky soil, intense sunlight, high elevations, and lack of water.

Taylor's 50 Best Perennials for Sun

Taylor's 50 Best Perennials for Sun
Author: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1999
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780395873304

Provides a description for fifty sun perennials and suggests where and how to plant them.