The second book in the American Horticultural Society's 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 you'll have a thriving, bloom-filled garden. Included inside:

• Strategies for designing the perennial garden of your dreams or incorporating perennials into an existing garden
• Advice on selecting the best perennials for your climate and design style
• Techniques for fostering a robust and adaptable garden that requires lower maintenance
• Eco-friendly approaches to managing pests and diseases
• 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 advice

Also included in this series is AHS Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening.

A floral gardening guide to the ultra popular peony.

From Shawnee Chief to Top Brass, this guide to over 60 varieties of peonies presents an eclectic selection of specimens--from those with the best visual appearance and the most fragrant perfume, to those that are easiest to grow and produce the best cutting flowers. With commentary on each bloom, easy-to-follow growing advice, and glorious photography, Peonies will appeal to anyone who appreciates the romance of the majestic peony.

The Old Farmer's Almanac, America's longtime trusted gardening resource, shares with you how to grow more than 30 stunning flowers throughout the year. Gorgeous photos accompany expert guidance and inspirational ideas, providing gardeners of all experience levels with the tools for success and creative enjoyment.

We all want one--a lush, lovely flower bed or pot full of colorful blooms all season long! But it's not easy to know where to begin or how to handle certain problems along the way that challenge making our dream a reality. This is where The Flower Gardener's Handbook comes in.

Created by The Old Farmer's Almanac, America's longtime trusted gardening resource, this book will take you by your garden-gloved hand and show you how to plan, plant, and care for more than 30 amazing flowers that will make you--as well as your family, friends, and neighbors--smile in absolute delight. Gorgeous photos accompany expert guidance and inspirational ideas, providing gardeners of all experience levels with the tools for success and creative enjoyment.

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Imagine the possibilities! This accessible and inviting resource introduces you to bulbs, annuals, biennials, perennials, shrubs, and vines that will perk up your space and season. Browse the 32 plants profiled in vivid detail (from asters, irises, and coneflowers to hydrangeas, roses, and wisteria); for each, you'll find beautiful photos and essential information on planting, care, disease and pest problems, cut-flower harvesting, and recommended varieties. There are also helpful chapters on summer-flowering shrubs, tiny bulbs, flowers for constant color throughout the season, and more! Invite birds to your garden! Discover flowering annuals, perennials, and shrubs that offer food and shelter to make feathered friends feel right at home.Go native! Native plants offer many advantages, such as requiring little to no maintenance or water once established. They also provide nectar for native pollinators. Read about native flower options for various parts of North America, and you'll get a feel for which ones you might like to grow.Want to bring the joy indoors? Find out the best ways to cut and preserve your garden's floral bounty or to dry your blossoms for long-lasting enjoyment.Don't have the yard space to grow flowers or just want to keep things simple? Containers to the rescue! Learn the pot-ticulars about sizes, types, and growing mediums and then get ready to pot up your prized petunias!Nurturing flowers from seeds can be an inexpensive way to fill up a flower bed and offers more options for variety and color than you'll likely see in transplants available locally. Choose your favorites and then discover how to get your plant babies off to a great start.Moving to a new location can take it out of us, and the same goes for plants. Whether you grow your own or purchase just-the-right flowers at your local garden center, find out when they can be safely transplanted to their permanent homes.True success starts at ground level--or even deeper. Learn about soil structure, texture, pH, nutrients, and fertilizers, as well as how to improve your existing soil so that your plants grow up healthy and happy.Water is a precious resource. Gardeners just about everywhere can face periodic drought as well as high water bills and seasonal water restrictions, so water-saving practices in the garden not only make good green sense but also save time, energy, and effort. Read about ways in which you can be water-wise!Diseases and pests like flowers, too. The Flower Gardener's Handbook provides detailed, easy-to-understand information on how to identify and control a host of troublemakers. Write it down! Take advantage of occasional journal pages to jot down important notes, such as your soil's pH, seed-starting details, planting dates, and pest problems and treatment. Record your observations about plant performance, bloom times, and more to help you keep track of which varieties work well and which you'd like to switch out in the following year.What's an Old Farmer's Almanac guide without a little folklore and fun? Inside, you'll learn how to interpret Latin plant names (Did you know that mirabilis means wonderful?), the symbolism in the language of flowers (a peony can express happy life), and what your birth flower is (hint: some months have two!).Plus, much more!

Carefully crafted by experts, The Old Farmer's Almanac Flower Gardener's Handbook is the second book in a best-selling gardening series that began with the extremely popular Vegetable Gardener's Handbook (now its sixth printing!) and is followed by the newest volume, The Old Farmer's Almanac Container Gardener's Handbook. This second book introduces you to the large and varied world of beautiful flowers and offers inspiration and guidance on selecting, growing--and harvesting!--colorful blossoms that will brighten your home and life. An easy-to-use, informative, and enjoyable resource for gardeners of all experience levels!

The quintessential heralds of spring, jaunty daffodils are as diverse and fascinating as they are adored.

In Daffodils: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden, leading garden writer Naomi Slade explores the intriguing history of the genus Narcissus along with its growing and care. Renowned floral photographer Georgianna Lane reveals the breadth of daffodil varieties in a range of breathtaking solid colors and multitoned and ruffled combinations of salmon, pink, peach, orange, and white.

Daffodils are easy to grow as garden plants or container specimens, and their bulbs multiply year after year. Indoors they add brightness and cheer as cut flowers in home arrangements, wedding bouquets, and even large-scale event decor. Plant bulbs fall through January if the soil is workable, for the most joyful spring blooms ever! Daffodils are a popular choice for bouquets, corsages, bridal bouquets, centerpieces, and forced-bloom gifts.

Gracing springtime flower beds and grassy meadows alike, these cheerful trumpet flowers are plants of poetic inspiration and mythic renown, rich with perfume and infused with optimism.

A centuries-old flower of love has claimed its place in high-end floral shops and wedding bouquets.

Consumers now understand that this flower has a great vase life and comes in many different colors. In addition, the available varieties have seen some big improvements in the last years. -- Floral Daily, October 2021

In the language of flowers, ranunculus (aka buttercup) is a symbol of seduction, charm, and attractiveness. It was particularly popular for bouquets in the Victorian era and has made a strong comeback as a bloom for modern-day wedding bouquets. It is the flower of the moment, as gardeners, florists, and alpine enthusiasts all over the world embrace the possibilities of this plant once more. From the wild plants of the high mountains to species that thrive in pond margins or flourish in fast-flowing streams; from the familiar golden flower of lawn and meadow to the most popular cultivated forms, buttercups are variable. And though some seem impossibly delicate, many are excellent garden plants.

This guide delves into a genus that is widespread and intriguing. Florists' ranunculus, with their sumptuous, layered, tissue-paper petals and myriad colors are prized as an early season alternative to roses and peonies.

A celebration of the colorful, versatile chrysanthemum--a popular choice for corsages, bridal bouquets, centerpieces, and houseplant gifts.

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The underestimated chrysanthemum is the epitome of both flamboyance and style with its many varieties and shapes. Naomi Slade chronicles it beautifully in Chrysanthemums, the ninth title in the Gibbs Smith flower series of stylish floral guides.

From open daisies to multi-petaled pom-poms, Chrysanthemums offers a comprehensive guide to some of the rarest and most interesting varieties. This abundant flowering plant is carefully explained by expert biologist and nature writer Naomi Slade and is captured in gorgeous color by Georgianna Lane. Slade traces the history of this natively Asian flower from its origins in China through to its explosion throughout the US and Europe. With expert advice and commentary, Chrysanthemums are the perfect flower for weddings, gift bouquets, and to brighten the home. This book is the perfect handbook for anyone wanting to propagate, grow, or cut the perfect chrysanthemum.

This book turns the spotlight on perennials and woody plants which return year after year with little effort or waste, offer valuable habitats to garden wildlife, and also bring a more natural quality to arrangements.

Flower farmer Rachel Siegfried began her career as an estate gardener in the Cotswolds and in this book she shares her selection of 130 rigorously trialed plants and her garden-led philosophy that together bring such exceptional results. Her exquisite arrangements capture the essence each plant making the most of characterful twists and tendrils, testament to years of expert botanical observation and hands in the soil.

Beautiful photographs capture the seasonal diversity and natural ease that are a hallmark of Rachel's work and provide the inspiration to make a cutting garden that can be picked from every week of the year.

Gorgeous bouquets in shades of purple, lavender, blue, white, and pink flood your memory with the heady scent of grandmother's garden.

This seventh book in the Gibbs Smith flower series is filled with the perfume of love and memories of home. Lilacs are frequently associated with the Easter holiday, which occurs during the peak of its bloom time. Lilacs have been a source of inspiration for artists throughout history; Impressionists Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet both made famous paintings depicting the beauty of lilacs. Lilacs are ubiquitous both within curated gardens and in the wild. They became a popular garden flower choice in the eighteenth century, particularly across North America, and lingering shrubs and blooms in the wild are a telltale indication of where earlier dwellings might have stood.

Naomi Slade's Inspirational commentary with no-fuss gardening notes shows that anyone can grow lilacs in a garden, container, or pot. Georgianna Lane's exquisite photos feature more than 60 varieties--from Common Lilac Syringa, or French Lilac 'Romance' to Madame Lemoine, and many more. Colors range from purple, pink, and burgundy to white and yellow.

Featuring a directory of 222 popular varieties each accompanied by full-color photographs, Dahlias celebrates the many different forms of this beautiful bloom and showcases how to fill your garden with color, texture and wildlife. This book covers all you need to know on successfully planting, growing, flowering and eventually storing your tubers for the next year. Discover the history and botany of dahlias and get inspiration for beautiful color combinations and companion plants. An ultimate source of knowledge and inspiration for both new and experienced growers, Dahlias is a celebration of this incredible flower!

Cultivate Hydrangeas to Add Elegance and Serenity to Your Garden

Originating in East Asia and then spreading to Europe, most gardening books in English on the hydrangea were written with Europe's climate in mind. Yet over the years, the hydrangea has become a beloved classic in American gardens-and, given its unique qualities, with good reason: flowering shrub enthusiasts love the iconic beauty and variety of their long-lasting blooms, as well as their ability to thrive in a wide range of environments. Nationally-recognized horticultural scholar, expert, and writer Michael A. Dirr has written the definitive guide to cultivating hydrangea, providing guidance for gardeners with a variety of experience.

Author of over 300 articles popular and scientific articles, and seven books on trees, shrubs, and plants of woody landscapes, Dirr offers practical hands-in-the soil advice based on years of experience and research.

Using this book you can learn how to:

• Plant, prune, and care for a wide variety of hydrangea
• Guard against pests and disease
• Propagate and breed.

Placing the right hydrangeas in the appropriate setting will create beauty around your home, and the process of doing so will enhance your appreciation of space and tranquility.

This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a hardcover (ISBN 1635618711).

Dramatic elegance and fragrance for your garden with lilies both exotic and quietly elegant.

The lily is an emotive flower, with cultural connotations of romance, remembrance, love, and innocence. Revered from Greek and Roman mythology to the hybridizations of today, lilies permeate gardens, culture, and ceremonies with their classic floral beauty. From the ever-adored white lily to vibrant and exotic oriental lilies, these perennials are colorful, graceful adornments for any garden. Gracing the grounds from mid-spring until late autumn, lilies are dramatic and striking. The beautifully presented reference guide features more than 50 well-loved and unusual varieties of lily, from the towering and prolific Arabian Knight to the fiery L. 'Forever Susan', the pink, pollen-free L. Elodie to the six-foot-tall Giant Himalayan Lily. Find out how to care for your lilies, with practical tips for all kinds of gardens, containers and balconies.

Georgianna Lane's captivating photographs showcase the splendor and variety of the lily, while Naomi Slade imparts her gardening expertise for the fullest blooms of this rewarding flower. this book will appeal to everybody who is after the best bloom for weddings, outdoor spaces or the most bountiful cut flowers.

Anyone wanting to get started with a flower garden will find plenty of expert guidance here. ―Publishers Weekly

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Master the art of cultivating cut flowers, from seed to stunning arrangements, with this indispensable guide for gardening novices and pros alike.

Create botanical beauty. Niki Irving's Growing Flowers whisks you away to the serene mountains of Asheville, NC, where her boutique flower farm thrives. Learn to grow florets and cut flowers with the same sustainable, natural practices Niki employs on her mountain-fresh farm.

Boost your horticultural skills. This garden journal not only introduces you to the pleasures of growing a cutting garden but also guides you to arrange your flowers into simple-yet-gorgeous bouquets. Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of flower farming and discover techniques using not just blooms and greenery, but even artichokes, vines, and berries.

Inside, you'll find:

• Practical guidance on organic flower gardening, from selecting the right seeds and seedlings to mastering seasonal rotation
• Insightful techniques for arranging cut flowers
• Tips and tricks from Niki Irving's successful boutique flower farm for cultivating your own cutting garden
• Engaging photographic content that transforms the book into a delightful coffee table addition

Growing Flowers is a wonderful addition to any collection of garden books. If you're looking for gardening gifts for gardeners or enjoy flowering plant books and flower books like Floret Farms Cut Flower Garden book, Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers, or The Flower Gardener's Bible, you'll love Niki Irving's Growing Flowers.

Lovely Lacecap Hydrangeas: Elegant Accents for the Home Garden offers a detailed look at the best lacecap varieties, helping gardeners select plants to enhance their displays. Chapters cover

- lacecap varieties,
- flower color,
- plant size and selection tips,
- life cycle and care,
- landscaping to maximize the visual impact of lacecaps,
- successfully planting and caring for lacecaps, and
- bringing lacecaps indoors for use in both fresh and dried flower arrangement.

With over 200 color photos showcasing labeled varieties, the book provides comprehensive information on this popular segment of the hydrangea market.

Master the art of cultivating succulents and cacti!

Are you looking for tips on how to grow succulents?

Are you a succulent enthusiast wanting to expand your knowledge on how to propagate your existing plants?

Do you want to learn more about the most common cacti and succulent types?

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned gardener, cacti and succulents are the most rewarding plants you can add to your garden. They're low maintenance, and they'll add a unique aesthetic to any indoor or outdoor space with adequate care.

In this book, you will:

• Explore the fascinating world of cacti and succulents.
• Learn how to choose the best cactus or succulent according to your needs and cultivating capabilities.
• Understand how to plant and arrange the plants to give them the best head start.
• Learn how to water cacti and succulents the proper way.
• Understand the importance of maintaining the health and well-being of cacti and succulents and the best indicators of healthy plants, including vibrant colors, firmness, robust growth, and the absence of pests or diseases.
• Identify the best ways to improve growth through pruning and shaping.
• Learn about propagation and the best propagation methods for cultivating cacti and succulents.
• Understand the concepts of pest control, disease management, and any other challenges you may face while growing cacti and succulents.
• Master the art of companion planting with cacti and succulents.
• Access a comprehensive list of species you can cultivate.

With step-by-step instructions on how to plant, cultivate, and care for cacti and succulents, expert tips for identifying cacti, and practical tips on pairing cacti and succulents with other beneficial companion plants, this book offers the perfect steppingstone for everyone looking to grow these stunning plants.

This go-to paperback addresses many issues of perennial plants that will prove extremely useful to gardeners. --Calgary Horticultural Society

The eighth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series is all about those reliable, grounded plants you can count on: perennials.

Perennials are those species whose stems and leaves die back to their crowns each fall, but whose roots remain alive throughout the non-growing months. They include showy flowers like peonies, poppies, lilies, clematis, and lupine, but also edibles like asparagus, fiddlehead ferns, sunchokes, and rhubarb.

In this guide prairie gardening experts Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau answer questions like

• What are the best perennials for building biodiversity in my garden?
• What's the difference between species, variety, cultivar, and nativar?
• What kinds of perennials can I grow in containers?
• When and how do I divide plants once they're well established?
• How do I keep enthusiastic re-seeders from taking over?
• Which of my perennial babies need to be brought inside for the winter?

The pair dedicate a chapter to perennial vegetables and another to mitigating common pests and diseases. The final chapter is a perennial hall of fame, an extended list of recommended plantings for colour, native species, rock gardens, ground cover, fragrance, spring champions, and all-season displays. Janet and Sheryl give you the information you need to make your perennial garden as successful as you can while promoting biodiversity and creating a healthy habitat for pollinators and wildlife.

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