Search results

For bird enthusiasts, offering food at feeders is a way to enjoy a close-up view of target species while helping them survive and thrive. This guide profiles 40 common feeder birds found in the Southeast United States, along with feeder types and recommended foods for attracting each species. Also included are comments about each species' habitat and behaviors.

"Exotics, such lush, tropical plants as hibiscus, bougain-villea, and palms, are enjoying a horticultural renaissance....Enticing, show-stopping photographs little seen outside of travel brochures help turn timid gardeners into exotic adventurers....As houseplants or for annual, and possibly perennial, gardening usage, exotics offer a wealth of home and garden landscape possibilities that can turn boring vistas into brilliant views."--"Booklist."

The classic guide for gardeners, reissued with a beautiful new look.In today's climate of increasingly hot summers and dry winters, gardeners need guidance on plants that will thrive in dry conditions. Beth Chatto's classic book has revolutionised the understanding of the problems involved and opened up many opportunities that wait to be exploited. In her famous DRY GARDEN she uses plants that need very little attention and are naturally adapted to flourish in dry conditions to provide a year-ro...

"Gardenesque" is a wonderful ramble through more than 200 years of Australian gardening and garden making. Richard Aitken takes the reader on a visual tour of stunning images from the State Library of Victoria's extensive collections and Anne Latreille, Paul Fox and Michael Leunig offer their personal perspectives of gardening. The diversity of Australia's gardening heritage is revealed in selections from a wide range of books, pamphlets, plans, paintings and prints. "Gardenesque" showcases magn...

Even beginner gardeners can select plants to create a stunning garden as unique as this land itself--with expert help to ensure success! Prairie & Plains States Getting Started Garden Guide contains all of the information you need to choose and care for plants in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Novice gardeners, new homeowners, and those new to the area will find it invaluable, but more experienced gardeners and home landscapers will also fall in love with this...

This comprehensive reference describes garden-worthy ferns, conifers, and flowering plants (annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs) native to the Pacific Northwest. Featured are some 530 subject species that occur naturally from southwestern Alaska to Oregon's border with California, and from the coast east to Idaho. Illustrated throughout with nearly 600 eye-popping color photographs and original pen-and-ink drawings, this book is smartly separated by plant type into five encyclopedic sections....

Comprehensive, inexpensive, and the perfect companion for all gardeners. "If it isn't in Doc and Katy's book somewhere, it just isn't a problem". -- Saturday Review

The North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual provides extension specialists and agents, researchers, and professionals in the agriculture industry with information on the selection, application, and safe and proper use of agricultural chemicals. The manual is revised annually offering a wealth of up-to-date and reliable information covering pesticides, fertilizers, application equipment, specimen identification, growth regulators, and the control of insects, diseases, weeds, and animals.

This beautiful and comprehensive volume on easy-to-grow geraniums (pelargoniums) provides a wealth of new information for hobby growers from all climates, including valuable tips on the challenges each region presents. Chapters provide detailed background on the many varieties of geraniums, including scented leaf pelargoniums, zonals, dwarfs, stellars, regals, angels, and more. Hundreds of stunning photographs provide a visual reference of the many colors available. Current and aspiring gardener...

Everyone loves to be surrounded by plants, but who has the time, energy, and patience needed to cultivate a large, work-intensive garden? Here's a guide for everyone who wants the peace and tranquility of a private retreat without the fuss. Easier to create and tend, patio and courtyard gardens also offer more enjoyment per square foot than other gardens. They are designed for living--eating, entertaining, or simply sitting--not admiring from afar. All you need to know to make these intimate "ou...

Jane Lamb has been a major contributor of gardening articles to Down East magazine for nearly 20 years. Now 27 of her articles profiling Maine's premier gardeners and most outstanding gardens are collected in one volume. Jane has provided a new introductory paragraph for each chapter to bring readers up to date on what has changed since the time when the original article was published. The book includes how-to advice about gardening in a northern climate and insight into ways to approach garden...

This is a dictionary of gardening, horticultural and botanical terms likely to be met by the ordinary gardener. Organized in an A-Z format, 2900 terms are explained and when appropriate illustrated with thumbnail and some half-page black and white line drawings. It is cross-referenced thoughout and contains alternative and USA spellings where appropriate plus rural, local and by-gone terms.