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Best Perennials for Sun and Shade

by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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A visual starter guide to choosing and caring for perennials

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A visual starter guide to choosing and caring for perennials

Designed as a quick-reference companion, this guide narrows the enormous range of perennial choices to plants identified as easy to grow and reliable in sun or shade. Color photographs support plant identification, while individual entries cover where and how to grow each featured selection. Beyond choosing plants, the book addresses practical maintenance tasks that shape a perennial bed over time, including pest control, deadheading, staking taller plants, and taking root cuttings. Its emphasis on location-based selection and core horticultural care makes it a focused introduction to building and maintaining a flower garden with returning plants.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginning gardeners planning a first perennial garden
  • New homeowners establishing sunny or shady planting areas
  • Gardeners who want photo-supported plant identification and care guidance

Themes

Perennial selectionSun and shade gardeningPlant identificationGarden maintenancePropagation

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Book overview

A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time

Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow and best-performing perennials for both sunny and shady locations. Each plant is shown in a beautiful color photo for easy identification. The photo is accompanied by information on where and how to grow the featured plant, along with horticultural tips to assist in making the perennial-gardening adventure an enjoyable endeavor. From controlling pesky bugs and deadheading to staking tall plants and taking root cuttings, everything a beginning gardener or new homeowner needs to start a garden is here. This colorful, photo-filled book takes the guesswork out of gardening. No trial and error--get it right the first time!
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