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Essential guide to perennial gardening : techniques and know-how for planning, planting, and tending low-maintenance perennial plantings / American Horticultural Society.
"From the foremost authority on gardening in North America comes the American Horticultural Society Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening, a comprehensive reference book about growing perennial plants"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780760392836 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 272 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Beverly, MA : Quarto, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter 1. Your piece of the planet -- Chapter 2. Your garden is an ecosystem -- Chapter 3. Finding your garden style -- Chapter 4. Populating your garden -- Chapter 5. Putting plants in the ground -- Chapter 6. Keeping things going -- Chapter 7. Plant profiles. |
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| Subject: | Flower gardening > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Perennials > Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| Genre: | Handbooks and manuals. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 635.932 Ess | 31681010413896 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A comprehensive, modern guide to growing perennial plants, offering expert advice on design, plant selection, eco-friendly pest management, low-maintenance techniques and wildlife-friendly care, with detailed profiles of over 150 perennials to create a thriving garden. Original. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"From the foremost authority on gardening in North America comes the American Horticultural Society Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening, a comprehensive reference book about growing perennial plants"-- - Grand Central Pub
Learn how to build an enduring, resilient, and biodiverse landscape prized by pollinators and people alike from the foremost authority on gardening in North America.
The second book in the American Horticultural Societyâs series of growing guides, AHS Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening is a comprehensive and modern guide to cultivating and caring for perennial plants, including many perennials native to North America. Whether you grow in full sun or a shady corner, in a small space or a large landscape, the insight and guidance offered by the experts at AHS ensure youâll have a thriving, bloom-filled garden. Included inside:Â- Strategies for designing the perennial garden of your dreams or incorporating perennials into an existing gardenÂ
- Advice on selecting the best perennials for your climate and design style
- Techniques for fostering a robust and adaptable garden that requires lower maintenanceÂ
- Eco-friendly approaches to managing pests and diseasesÂ
- Information on routine perennial plant-care tasks such as dividing, pruning, pinching, staking, and fertilizing
- Insight on garden maintenance methods that do not negatively impact pollinators and other wildlife
- Over 150 perennial plant profiles with photographs and specific care adviceÂ
This complete and contemporary manual contains all the information you need to grow perennials successfully in the face of todayâs many gardening challenges, including weather extremes, invasive pests, water-use restrictions, and other such trials. Its modern approach to perennial gardening focuses on treating the garden as an ecosystem that depends less on human interference and more on natural resiliency.
Also included in this series is AHS Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening and AHS Essential Guide to Ecological Gardening.
