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…)

Review

“If you don’t have a horticulture background, are too busy to take the master gardener program, and wonder about the nuts and bolts of gardening, read this book.”  (Steve Aitkin Horticulture )”A practical book filled with the details of how to care for perennials…”  (Valerie Easton Seattle Times )”Well worth revisiting, with more than 200 new photos and a 32-page journal section in which you can enter details, notes, and observations about the requirements and performa (more…)