1001 Hints and Tips for Your Garden

Whether you want to plant a tree, choose a climber, grow fragrant flowers, or learn how to apply the various types of fertilizer, this comprehensive A-to-Z book will help you get the job done. And because topics are cross-referenced, you will find it easy to use.
Inside are samplers of varieties of the best-loved plants - flowers, vegetables, trees, and shrubs - and a list of tulips that will take turns blooming all spring long. And for lovers of lilies, there is a guide for three months of blossoms. A month-by-month calendar provides a handy checklist for taking care of trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, lawns, and container plants. Also included are tips on how to attract butterflies and ladybugs to your garden, easy ways to compost, and a list of good patio plants.
1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden offers secrets for siting plants and strategies for coping with weeds, wind, drought, and frost. Here, too, are plants which are best for creating privacy and baffling noise. An illustrated 20-page section on common pests and diseases shows how to diagnose and deal with problems in the garden. And tips on hedges, fences, trellises, and fountains help the gardener achieve a finished look in the garden.
Twelve special features cover such topics as heirloom vegetables and roses, wildflower meadows and period gardens.

An indispensable guide to easier and more effective gardening This informative A-to-Z book will help you save time, save money, and solve common garden problems. More than 400 pages explain--and show--what you need to know about lawns, trees, flowering shrubs, fruits, vegetables, houseplants, soil, sun and shade, water, and fertilizer * More than 1500 illustrations and photographs * 200 informative charts and boxes * Tips for propagating, pruning, mulching, transplanting * Plants of special interest--useful herbs, architectural specimens * Year-round color in the garden for all climates * Natural solutions to gardening challenges * An illustrated section on fighting pests and diseases