Flower Power! : Amazing Tips, Tricks, and Tonics for a Beautiful Bloomin' Garden All Year Long.

Baker, Jerry. [Heidi Sigrid Sorensen, Susan Johnston Carlson]

ISBN 10: 0345434153 / ISBN 13: 9780345434159

Published by New York : Ballantine Books, 1999, 1998., 1999

About this Item

1st Ballantine Books edition, 1st printing ; xii, 348 pp. ; illustrations, map 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0345434153; 9780345434159 LCCN: 98-96696 ; OCLC: 40979465 ; LC: SB405; Dewey: 635.9 ; "Originally published by Jerry Baker's YardenCare Company in 1998" ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents : 1 Annuals: The Annual Parade -- Design with a Purpose -- Planning -- To Seed or not to Seed, That is the Question -- Pre-Grown Timesavers -- Protecting Your Beauties -- Other Ways to Grow Annuals -- Colorful Climbers -- Going to Pot in the Garden -- Other Ways to Use Annuals -- Dry Annuals for Long Lasting Beauty -- A Seed Saved is a Dollar Earned -- Get to Know Your annuals -- The Most Popular Annuals in the Class -- Here's the Rest of the Crowd.-- 2 Perennials :Year After Year Favorites -- Developing a Budding Friendship -- Flower Beds Don't All Have to be Circles & Squares -- Perennials Hate a Lumpy Bed -- To Seed or Not to Seed--That is the Question -- All Perennials Need Love -- Who's Who in the Perennial World -- Hosting Hostas --3 Bulbs: Darling Dutch Dandies -- All Bulbs Aren't Bulbs -- The Bloom Calendar -- Selection--Choose Your Bulbs Wisely -- Landscaping--Bulbs Don't Grow in Bags -- You Can Fool Bulbs Into Bl ooming Indoors -- The Facts of Outdoor Bulb Life -- Maintenance: Special Attention, Please! -- Weed Weapons -- What's Buggin' Your Bulbs? -- After the Bloomin' is Gone -- Propagation: Growing Your Own -- Some of My Best Bulb Friends -- 4 Roses: Ever ything Is Coming Up Roses! -- They're Not all Called Rose Bushes -- Planting : Home Sweet Home -- Eat, Drink, and be Merry! -- Pruning: Be a Controlled Cut-Up! -- Wrap Them up for the Winter ; foxing, else VG Propagation: Start Your Own Rose Family -- Face Trouble Head-On -- 5 Flowering Trees: A Splash of Color -- Before You Buy Your Tree -- Favorite Flowering Trees -- The Scoop on Planting -- The Care and Feeding of Your Flowering Trees -- 6 Flowering Shrubs: Blooming Walls -- Select Your Shrubs Wisely -- Planting--There is a Season for all Things -- Expanding Your Shrub Family -- Let me Introduce You. ; VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flower Power! : Amazing Tips, Tricks, and Tonics for a Beautiful Bloomin' Garden All Year Long.
• Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 1999, 1998.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345434153
• ISBN 13: 9780345434159
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalog 74 - Gardening

About this title

Synopsis

Jerry shares is secrets on soil preparation, selection, fertilizing, pruning, composting, and weed and pest control. In addition, you get Jerry's list of favorite tried-and-true plants. You'll also learn about your favorite plant's soil, sun, and watering needs, along with its height, blossom color, and flowering time, all of which will make your garden planting a snap.

About the Author

Jerry Baker was a top authority on plant care. His plant and gardening books include the bestsellers Plants Are Like People and The Impatient Gardener. He also had a nationally syndicated and widely successful radio show, On the Garden Line. He died in 2017.