Rövid leírás:
Annuals are wonderful plants for the beginner gardener. Burpee Basics: Annuals provides detailed plant portraits for 75 of the most popular annuals, rating each one on a trowel scale of 1 to 3 trowels for ease in growing and maintenance.
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Hosszú leírás:
Annuals are wonderful plants for the beginner gardener. Burpee Basics: Annuals provides detailed plant portraits for 75 of the most popular annuals, rating each one on a trowel scale of 1 to 3 trowels for ease in growing and maintenance. The book is jam-packed with practical information and tips on everything from using color in the garden and assembling a tool kit, to organic gardening, solutions to common mistakes, and pest control. Readers can refer to 7 simple watercolor garden designs for guidance in creating beds and borders for shade, cut flowers, and more.
Burpee Basics: Growing Guides for Easy, Colorful Gardens
Down-to-earth handbook for beginning gardeners
„Our new series of concise gardening guidebooks continues Burpee’s proud tradition of giving gardeners the essentials they need. These handy little books have a great deal in common with seeds: each one contains all you need to start a wonderful gardening experience…. Even the most experienced gardeners attend to the basic practices that you’ll find so skillfully explained in these guides.” —George Ball, Jr., President of W. Atlee Burpee, from the Foreword
Annuals
Get your first garden up and growing with annuals.
Annuals are wonderful plants for the beginner gardener. Burpee Basics: Annuals provides detailed plant portraits — accompanied by full-color photographs — for 75 of the most popular annuals, rating each one for ease in growing and maintenance.
- Jam-packed with accessible, quick-reference information on everything from using color in the garden and improving the soil to pest and disease control.
- Informative sidebars contain time-saving tips, suggested plant lists, practical garden advice, and solutions to common mistakes.
- Color photographs of planted beds and borders, along with instructional line drawings.
- Handy gardener’s calendar simplifies garden maintenance throughout the year.
- Includes U.S. and Canadian zone maps.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
PART ONE: GETTING THE BASICS.
Defining Annuals.
Soil Is Everything.
What All Plants Need.
Tools and Supplies for the Gardener and the Garden.
PART TWO: PLANNING THE GARDEN.
Dream a Little.
Garden Styles.
Using Colors, Shapes, and Textures.
Making the Most of What You Have.
Planning and Mapping the Garden.
Seven Easy Garden Plans.
PART THREE: DIGGING IN.
Preparing the Garden Bed.
Planting Annuals.
Soil Skills: Watering, Feeding, Weeding.
Ordinary Chores: Pinching, Deadheading, Staking.
Wintering-Over.
A Course in Container Gardening.
The Natural Way to Healthy Plants.
PART FOUR: THE BURPEE BASICS’ GUIDE TO ANNUALS.
Choosing the Right Annuals.
Plant Portraits.
APPENDIX.
USDA Hardiness Zone Map.
The Gardener’s Calendar.
Average Dates of First and Last Frosts in the United States.
Glossary: The Gardener’s Language.
Index.
