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Perennials For Dummies
Perennials are perennially popular. Now, in Perennials For Dummies, discover how you can bring your garden to life with colorful, healthy perennials, some varieties of which may be altogether new to you. Complete with 32 pages of full-color photographs, Perennials For Dummies digs deep to uncover the secrets of soil preparation, garden design, and plant maintenance and offers plain-English, practical information on how much light and space various perennials need and even how to cope with inhospitable climates, hungry pests, and devastating diseases. Plus, you'll find invaluable resources related to perennials, from mail-order companies to Web sites and online forums.
326 pages, Paperback
First published February 28, 1997
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June 15, 2023
Despite being nearly as old as me and referring often to “The World Wide Web,” this book gave me all the tools to get started
December 25, 2022
It may not be nice to fool Mother Nature.
But no one said you could not second-guess. Well after two warmer-than-usual winters I decided not to take any chances with my newly raised garden. I purchased "Perennials for Dummies." Chapter four is all about winter-proof flowerbeds. I had more in mind herbs. They were covered also. According to the book, snow is an insulator and necessary to protect from constant air temperature fluctuations. Now as I am watching the snow (through the window) I am snickering as I hear the plants saying, "I'll be back"
But no one said you could not second-guess. Well after two warmer-than-usual winters I decided not to take any chances with my newly raised garden. I purchased "Perennials for Dummies." Chapter four is all about winter-proof flowerbeds. I had more in mind herbs. They were covered also. According to the book, snow is an insulator and necessary to protect from constant air temperature fluctuations. Now as I am watching the snow (through the window) I am snickering as I hear the plants saying, "I'll be back"
January 20, 2016
Perennials For Dummies by Marcia Tatroe (IDG Books 1997)(635.932). This is the familiar yellow and black cover from the series “...For Dummies” which means that someone has written a too shallow and mostly irrelevant book that only the most rank beginner should ever bother picking up. I know because I read it. My rating: 6/10, finished 2004.
April 17, 2012
Was a helpful introduction for someone who didn't know anything (me!)
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