Nancy Brachey's Guide to Peidmont Gardening

Name: Nancy Brachey's Guide to Peidmont Gardening
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ISBN: 9781571674906

ISBN-10: 157167490X

ISBN-13: 9781571674906

Edition: 2001

Authors: Nancy Brachey, Sandy Hill

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Sports Publishing, LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 182
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Introduction	p. III
January	p. 1
Garden planning	p. 2
Easy houseplants	p. 3
Houseplants for dim areas	p. 4
Tropical houseplants	p. 5
Grouping houseplants	p. 7
What's blooming	p. 8
Choosing hedges	p. 8
Winter honeysuckle	p. 9
Winter landscaping	p. 10
Ficus elastica	p. 11
Uses for ashes	p. 11
Winter jasmine	p. 12
Task list	p. 13
Ask Nancy: sasanquas, shady screens, boxwoods, pyracantha	p. 13
February	p. 15
Pruning	p. 16
Lawn care	p. 17
Pyracantha	p. 18
Shrub selection	p. 18
Weather problems	p. 19
What's blooming	p. 20
Forcing blooms	p. 20
Winter flowers	p. 21
Sun-loving perennials	p. 22
Shade-loving perennials	p. 24
Dracaena	p. 26
Task list	p. 27
Ask Nancy: angel wing begonias, rhododendrons, daffodils, Lenten roses	p. 27
March	p. 29
A 3-season vegetable garden	p. 30
Vegetables to plant	p. 32
Garden tools	p. 32
Indoor seedlings	p. 33
Vegetables in pots	p. 34
Task list	p. 35
Pieris japonica	p. 35
Wildflowers	p. 36
What's blooming	p. 37
Ask Nancy: azaleas, camellia; shrubs; butterfly bushes	p. 38
April	p. 39
24 hours of flowers	p. 40
Columbine	p. 41
Easter lily care	p. 41
Mailbox gardens	p. 42
Window boxes	p. 44
What's blooming	p. 46
Cutting gardens	p. 46
English gardens	p. 47
Aphids, tent caterpillars, inchworms	p. 50
Task list	p. 51
Ask Nancy: azaleas, peonies, daffodils, camellias	p. 51
May	p. 53
Herbs	p. 54
Moving plants	p. 56
Transplanting daylilies	p. 57
Summer bulbs	p. 57
What's blooming	p. 58
Heat-hardy flowers	p. 59
Urban wildflowers	p. 60
Aloe variegata	p. 62
Hydrangeas	p. 63
Container flower gardens	p. 64
Task list	p. 65
Geraniums	p. 65
Ask Nancy: shrubs, seed storage, wisteria	p. 66
June	p. 67
Daylilies	p. 68
Colorful shrubs	p. 69
Butterfly gardens	p. 70
Watering techniques	p. 70
Drip irrigation systems	p. 72
Task list	p. 73
Landscape care	p. 73
What's blooming	p. 74
Dogwood leaf spots	p. 74
Zinnia fungus	p. 74
Leaf gall	p. 75
Squash pollination	p. 75
Shrub cuttings	p. 75
Good and bad insects	p. 76
Avoiding pesticides	p. 78
Preparing for vacation	p. 79
Calla lily	p. 80
Gardening for children	p. 80
Protection from squirrels	p. 81
Ask Nancy: mandevilla, rose problems, hydrangeas, ivy on trees	p. 82
July	p. 83
Hostas	p. 84
Brown patch	p. 85
Offbeat perennials	p. 86
Blue and white flowers	p. 88
Shade plants	p. 89
Moving plants	p. 91
What's blooming	p. 92
Instant flower containers	p. 92
Designing bouquets	p. 94
Whiteflies	p. 95
Bare spots	p. 95
Orange-striped oakworm	p. 96
Fall webworm	p. 96
Deadheading	p. 97
Agapanthus	p. 97
Dividing iris	p. 98
Plants for fences	p. 98
Task list	p. 99
Ask Nancy: peonies, ajuga, plum trees, hollyhocks, petunias	p. 99
August	p. 101
Fall vegetables	p. 102
Evaluating gardens	p. 103
Money plants	p. 103
Tropical plants	p. 104
Unusual houseplants	p. 105
What's blooming	p. 106
Dividing houseplants	p. 106
Saving seeds	p. 107
Late-summer flowers	p. 108
Task list	p. 109
Hardy ferns	p. 110
Edible blossoms	p. 111
Secret gardens	p. 112
Low-maintenance gardening	p. 114
Cannas	p. 114
Ask Nancy: Japanese maple, red tips, zinnias	p. 116
September	p. 117
Fall lawn care	p. 118
Landscape planning	p. 120
Front-door planning	p. 121
Front-yard flowers	p. 122
Transplanting shrubs	p. 123
What's blooming	p. 124
Fall perennials	p. 124
Angel's trumpets, lablab vine	p. 125
Task list	p. 127
Textures in gardens	p. 127
Chrysanthemums	p. 129
Ask Nancy: soggy spots, slopes, muddy paths	p. 130
October	p. 131
Autumn trees	p. 132
Spring bulbs	p. 134
What's blooming	p. 136
Blue bulbs	p. 136
Unusual bulbs	p. 138
Task list	p. 139
Bulbs in pots	p. 140
Compost	p. 140
Camellia sasanqua	p. 141
Moving plants	p. 142
Winter care of tropicals	p. 142
Pansies	p. 143
Fall flowers	p. 144
Ask Nancy: yellow jackets, attracting birds, grapevines	p. 146
November	p. 147
Planting trees	p. 148
Dry shade solutions	p. 150
Easy plants	p. 151
What's blooming	p. 152
Tree problems	p. 152
Task list	p. 154
Cankerworms	p. 154
Unusual houseplants	p. 155
Office plants	p. 156
Confederate roses	p. 159
Fall garden cleanup	p. 159
Bluebonnets	p. 160
Sculptural plants	p. 161
Thanksgiving centerpiece	p. 162
Ask Nancy: tomatoes, rhododendrons, box elder bugs	p. 164
December	p. 165
Holiday centerpieces	p. 166
Paperwhites	p. 168
Amaryllis	p. 169
What's blooming	p. 170
Holiday plant care	p. 170
Cyclamen	p. 172
Decorative greenery	p. 172
Making a wreath	p. 173
Task list	p. 175
Holly	p. 175
Plants with berries	p. 176
Ask Nancy: recycling Christmas trees, landscape plants, dwarf Alberta spruce	p. 178
About the author	p. 181
Art credits	p. 182
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