| Preface | p. XI |
| Annuals: The Annual Parade | |
| Design with a Purpose | p. 4 |
| Planning | p. 6 |
| To Seed or not to Seed, That is the Question | p. 12 |
| Pre-Grown Timesavers | p. 18 |
| Protecting Your Beauties | p. 21 |
| Other Ways to Grow Annuals | p. 29 |
| Colorful Climbers | p. 31 |
| Going to Pot in the Garden | p. 33 |
| Other Ways to Use Annuals | p. 34 |
| Dry Annuals for Long Lasting Beauty | p. 35 |
| A Seed Saved is a Dollar Earned | p. 38 |
| Get to Know Your annuals | p. 40 |
| The Most Popular Annuals in the Class | p. 40 |
| Here's the Rest of the Crowd... | p. 46 |
| Perennials: Year-After-Year Favorites | |
| Developing a Budding Friendship | p. 72 |
| Flower Beds Don't All Have to be Circles and Squares | p. 74 |
| Perennials Hate a Lumpy Bed | p. 81 |
| To Seed or Not to Seed--That is the Question | p. 84 |
| All Perennials Need Love | p. 89 |
| Who's Who in the Perennial World | p. 96 |
| Hosting Hostas | p. 111 |
| Bulbs: Darling Dutch Dandies | |
| All Bulbs Aren't Bulbs | p. 115 |
| The Bloom Calendar | p. 119 |
| Selection--Choose Your Bulbs Wisely | p. 127 |
| Landscaping--Bulbs Don't Grow in Bags | p. 131 |
| You Can Fool Bulbs Into Blooming Indoors | p. 135 |
| The Facts of Outdoor Bulb Life | p. 144 |
| Maintenance: Special Attention, Please! | p. 156 |
| Weed Weapons | p. 159 |
| What's Buggin' Your Bulbs? | p. 162 |
| After the Bloomin' is Gone | p. 167 |
| Propagation: Growing Your Own | p. 172 |
| Some of My Best Bulb Friends | p. 178 |
| Roses: Everything Is Coming Up Roses! | |
| They're Not all Called Rose Bushes | p. 206 |
| Planting: Home Sweet Home | p. 214 |
| Eat, Drink, and be Merry! | p. 218 |
| Pruning: Be a Controlled Cut-Up! | p. 222 |
| Wrap Them up for the Winter | p. 224 |
| Propagation: Start Your Own Rose Family | p. 226 |
| Face Trouble Head-On | p. 227 |
| Flowering Trees: A Splash of Color | |
| Before You Buy Your Tree | p. 239 |
| Favorite Flowering Trees | p. 243 |
| The Scoop on Planting | p. 247 |
| The Care and Feeding of Your Flowering Trees | p. 259 |
| Flowering Shrubs: Blooming Walls | |
| Select Your Shrubs Wisely | p. 272 |
| Planting--There is a Season for all Things | p. 280 |
| Expanding Your Shrub Family | p. 286 |
| Let me Introduce You | p. 289 |
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