Perennials

Designing, Choosing, and Maintaining Easy-care Plantings

Using Perennials as your guide, you can create a garden that will remain beautiful and carefree for years to come - just buy once, plant once, and enjoy year after year. No matter how big your garden is - whether your borders stretch away into the distance or you have only a little corner to cram with colour - this book will help you create the garden of your dreams to enjoy season after season.

The first section shows one how to create great-looking, trouble-free gardens by mixing perennial flowers with grasses, shrubs, annuals and bulbs. The second section introduces one to a whole alphabet of appealing plants. Illustrated with over 300 beautiful photographs of irresistible plants and inspiring gardens.

Special features include:

A detailed A-to-Z plant directory of more than 100 perennials.
At-a-glance charts provide handy reference for selecting plants by colour, height, foliage, fragrance, growing conditions, and more.
GreenTHUMBS sidebars feature tricks for designing, growing and caring for your plants.
Perfect Partner sidebars spotlight plants that will make wonderful combinations when grown together.

Published by Reader's Digest
Hardback, 256 pages, 248 x 215 mm