Annuals for Every Purpose Choose the Right Palnts for Your Conditons, Your Garden

Name: Annuals for Every Purpose Choose the Right Palnts for Your Conditons, Your Garden
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ISBN: 9780875968247

ISBN-10: 0875968244

ISBN-13: 9780875968247

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Larry Hodgson

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Annuals are very much back in style after the decades-long perennial revolution. You see annuals in every garden, with the old-fashioned flowers still among the most popular. With new varieties being launched every year and older ones (many dating back more than four or five years) disappearing just as quickly, gardeners need help sorting them out. Author Larry Hodgson tells you what to look for among the numerous new introductions: greater adaptability to growing conditions, longer period of bloom, improved insect and disease resistance, and more--everything, in fact, that you need to know to make growing annuals both simple and fun. You'll discover: How to cut back tired annuals, like…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Publication date: 2/23/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Larry Hodgson lectures widely, writes for many gardening magazines, and is the author or coauthor of over fifteen gardening books. The National Gardening Association is America's largest nonprofit gardening organization.

A letter from Larry	p. viii
Annual Gardening Made Easy	p. x
Getting Your Garden Started	p. 2
Annuals and Their Place in the Garden	p. 3
Preparing the Site	p. 3
Starting from Seed	p. 4
Multiplying by Cuttings	p. 7
Planting Annuals in the Garden	p. 8
The Container Option	p. 8
Picking the Perfect Annuals	p. 10
What Is an Annual?	p. 11
10 Things to Look For in an Annual	p. 12
A Note of Caution	p. 13
Buying Annuals	p. 13
Buying Smart	p. 15
Designing with Annuals	p. 16
Design Basics	p. 17
Beyond "Borders"	p. 18
The 10 Commandments of Annual Design	p. 19
Garden Designs with a Purpose	p. 19
Keeping Annuals Alive and Kicking	p. 28
Back to Basic	p. 29
The ABCs of Grooming	p. 30
Water Wisely	p. 31
Fertilizing for Good Growth	p. 32
Overwintering Annuals	p. 32
Know Thine Enemies	p. 32
Choosing the Best Annuals	p. 36
Multipurpose Annuals	p. 38
Annuals to Sow Directly Outdoors	p. 70
Drought-Resistant Annuals	p. 96
Annuals for Cool Conditions	p. 126
Annuals That Bloom in the Shade	p. 150
Low-Growing Annuals for Beautiful Borders	p. 172
Giants for the Back of the Garden	p. 192
Climbing Annuals	p. 214
Annuals for Cut and Dried Arrangements	p. 242
Annuals with Decorative Fruits or Foliage	p. 278
Flowering Annuals for Containers and Hanging Baskets	p. 304
Foliage Annuals for Containers and Hanging Baskets	p. 332
Annuals for Bees, Birds and Butterflies	p. 362
Acknowledgments	p. 390
Photo Credits	p. 390
Sources	p. 391
Recommended Reading	p. 392
Index	p. 393
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map	p. 406
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