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“100 recipes for perennial plant combinations with succinct descriptions.” (Library Journal )”100 recipes for perennial plant combinations with succinct descriptions.” (Library Journal )

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“This little gem…takes a new approach to guiding gardeners toward success.” (Muskogee Phoenix Daily Online )“Other books have presented companion-plant suggestions, but Fischer’s seasonal approach is particularly handy—added insurance that a carefully c (more…)

The best-laid perennial garden designs result in gorgeous beds that bring color and texture to home landscapes. But no matter how perfect the garden, how glorious the color, how eye-catching the combinations, no perennial garden stays beautiful by itself. The plants need tender care – watering, pruning, deadheading, and dividing. With Nancy Ondra’s detailed plant-by-plant guide to tending perennials, maintenance is a breeze. Ondra has grown hundreds of today’s most popular peren (more…)

This book combines in-depth information on using, selecting, and growing perennials with inspiring photographs in one easy-to-navigate package. From start to finish, this is the handbook on creating beautiful perennial beds• Design inspiration• Colorful garden plans • In-depth care instructionsAt-a-glance charts simplify buying decisions• Plants by size and shape• Flower color and bloom season• Materials for mulchingAn all-new edition written for gardeners from novice to e (more…)

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Inspired by her home’s perennial garden, resurrected each spring with little maintenance, Twila Paris embarked on recording both old and new hymns that reflect such necessary and comforting cycles. The companion to her daily devotional book, Perennial: Meditations for the Seasons of Life, Songs for the Seasons of Life is the second volume of her Sanctuary series, specifically made with church use in mind. While not her most powerful work, Paris’s original hymns blend n (more…)

From Booklist

Part of the allure of perennial gardening is the fact that a gardener can plant something once and enjoy it for several years, a benefit that has rarely been extended to vegetable gardeners. Save for such stalwarts as asparagus and rhubarb, most edible crops can be used only annually. Thanks to Toensmeier, gardeners need no longer be frustrated by such limitations. From air potatoes to water celery, Turkish rocket to Malabar gourd, there are more than 100 new specie (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

Just in time for planting season, two sources arrive from Firefly that include more than 1,000 photographs identifying and cataloguing almost all flowering plants. Annuals are “plants that germinate, flower, set seed and die all within a single year while biennials germinate one year and usually flower the next after spending a dormant winter.” Perennials produce seed for future generations and bloom year after year. The nature photographers and hort (more…)

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“Perennials for Every Purpose is the next best thing to having a friendly expert whispering in your ear as you plan, plant, and perfect your perennial garden. This book is a treasure!”– Susan McClure, author of Easy-Care Perennial Gardens and The Free-Spirited Garden “This book is packed with lots of useful information for the beginning gardener, and it’s a great refresher for the experienced gardener as well. Perennials for Every Purpose is certainly a welcome addition t (more…)

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Jeff Cox provides the information new gardeners want in Perennial All-Stars: how to produce a garden full of healthy, attractive, low-maintenance plants. Cox, the enthusiastic host of HGTV’s &Grow It!, has selected 150 perennials, both flowers and grasses, that grow well in North American climates. Each double-page plant entry tells how and where to grow the plant, how to propagate it, and a list of ideal planting partners. In addition, each entry displa (more…)

Amazon.com Review

Perennials are the most challenging and rewarding of all garden plants, and most gardeners need all the help they can get to grow them well. Perennials emerge from the ground in early spring, grow to full height, bloom, bear fruit, and then disappear with the first frost, only to do the same thing the following year and again the next. Add this to the fact that for the first year or two, perennials don’t do much above the ground (they are growing their roo (more…)

From Booklist

The gardening world is constantly being invigorated by plant introductions, and the Pacific Northwest is arguably one of the premier horticultural landscapes. Hailing from Seattle, the expert authors are perfectly placed to guide novices, professionals, and hopeless hortoholics looking for hot new plants. This appealing compendium of nearly 3,000 plant entries offers engrossing, high-spirited commentary to help in selecting and caring for vast arrays of species and (more…)