Flower Power!
Amazing Tips, Tricks, and Tonics for a Beautiful, Bloomin' Garden All Year Long
Published on 8. June 2011
368 pages
978-0-307-48496-3 (ISBN)
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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.
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Jerry Baker
Flower Power!
Amazing Tips, Tricks, and Tonics for a Beautiful, Bloomin' Garden All Year Long
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02/1999
Random House USA Inc
€36.11
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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.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part 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 .
- Part 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
- Part 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 Blooming 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
- Part 4 - Roses: Everything 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
- Propagation: Start Your Own Rose Family
- Face Trouble Head-On
- Part 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
- Part 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 .
- Tonic Summary
- Plant Hardiness Zone Map
- About the Author
