| Description |
520 pages : illustrations (part color), color maps, color plans. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 500. |
| Contents |
How to cultivate your green thumb -- Climate, key to what you can grow -- Landscaping begins with a plan -- Simple steps to a luxuriant lawn -- Groundcovers to clothe and hold soil -- Vines for beauty and cover-up -- Trees for shade and ornament -- Shrubs of all sorts and sizes -- Roses thrive on loving care -- Annuals for quick color -- Perennials and biennials -- Bulbs and their beautiful kin -- A fast first-year garden and gardens for children -- Beauty in shade -- Rock gardens and casual rocks -- Containers, pots, planters and window boxes -- How to pick, condition and preserve flowers -- Vegetables and herbs -- Fruits suited to small space -- Indoor gardening brightens winter -- Soils and plant foods -- Starting and propagating plants -- Pruning and repairing -- Plant diseases and pests -- Gardening in your own region. |
| Subject |
Gardening.
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