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The Southern Living Garden Book

When it first hit the shelves in 1998, it took the South by storm. After all, it was the first major, comprehensive gardening encyclopedia solely dedicated to the South. Now there's a new reason to celebrate. The 2004 edition is bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever, with more luscious photography, updated plant listings, and a special focus on native and heritage plants. Find the right plant for every place with Plant Selection Guides and 7,000 plant listings keyed to the Southern Living climate maps. With hundreds of practical hints and tips—plus some garden gospel from Southern Living's resident experts—this is the single most authoritative source for gardening in the South.

Key Features:

-New American Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map and plant ratings

-2,000 new plant entries

-More than 1,200 all-new, full-color plant illustrations

-More than 1,300 color photographs

-New Practical Guide to Gardening,

-70-page section of tips and techniques

-Updated list of mail-order nurseries and Southern public gardens

Native Florida Plants, Revised Edition: Low Maintenance Landscaping and Gardening

This book describes every type of regional flora--from seaside foliage and wildflowers to grassy meadows, shrubs, vines and aquatic gardens.

The Southern Gardener's Book of Lists: The Best Plants for All Your Needs, Wants, and Whims

A virtual index to gardening in the South, you can't afford to garden without this friendly anthology of personalities, experiences, and information.

Native Trees of the Southeast

The diversity of woody plants in the Southeast is unparalleled in North America. Native Trees of the Southeast is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of the more than 225 trees native to the region, from the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee south through Georgia into northern Florida and west through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas into eastern Texas. For confident identification, nearly 600 photographs, close to 500 of them in color, illustrate leaves, flowers and fruits or cones, bark, and twigs with buds. Full descriptions are accompanied by keys for plants in both summer and winter condition, as well as over 200 range maps. Crucial differences between plants that may be mistaken for each other are discussed.

Florida's Best Fruiting Plants

Turn your Florida yard into a beautiful cornucopia of delicious fruit. You can grow many of the worldÂ's best-tasting fruits in FloridaÂ's subtropical environment.

Complete profiles of 80 native and non-native fruiting plants, ranging from the familiar, such as the strawberry and orange, to the obscure, such as the grumichama and jaboticaba.

Up-to-date information about the attributes, care, and use of each species.

Range maps, fruiting calendars, and selection criteria are presented in a highly accessible format.

More than 160 color illustrations and almost 200 color photographs.

Tough Plants for Southern Gardens

Tough Plants for Southern Gardens is for Southern gardeners who want low care, no care, tried and true plants for their gardens. This is the book for gardeners who want plants they can plant and forget!

Tough Plants for Southern Gardens is written for novice and accomplished gardeners alike, for all gardeners who value their leisure time. They also value the appearance of their home and appreciate the benefits of well-placed landscaping…however; they do not want to devote too much time to keeping it beautiful.

Tough Plants for Southern Gardens includes 120 of the toughest plants for Southern gardens, including annuals, bulbs, perennials, shrubs and small trees, ornamental vines, and lawns. Each featured plant is noted for its ability to thrive with minimal care. Many of the selections can withstand drought, poor soils, and minimal (or no) pruning, while providing beauty and charm in the home landscape.

Each selection provides specific information on the plant's use in the landscape, mature size, flowering characteristics (if applicable), varieties, soil preference, and propagation. Each chapter also contains informative essays covering topics such as: companion planting tips, pest avoidance, and handling invasive plants.

Southeast Home Landscaping

Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida: Revised Edition (Month-By-Month Gardening in Florida)

The Month-by-Month™ guides offer valuable advice on the proper timing of garden maintainance activities for each month. Month-by-Month™ Gardening in Florida is one of the first titles of the redesigned series from Cool Springs Press.

Top features include:

• 4-color photography and line-drawing illustrations to demonstrate cultural practices
• Covers all major plant categories
• Specific advice for every month of the year
• Updated edition includes text revisions, additional reference materials, and a new design

Month-by-Month Gardening in the Carolinas: Revised Edition: What to Do Each Month To Have a Beautiful Garden All Year (Month-By-Month Gardening in the Carolinas)

Month-by-Month™ guides offer valuable advice on the proper timing of gardening maintenance for each month. Month-by-Month™ Gardening in the Carolinas is one of the first titles of the redesigned series from Cool Springs Press.

Top features include:

• 4-color photography and illustrations to demonstrate cultural practices
• Covers all major plant categories
• Specific advice for every month of the year
• Updated edition includes text revisions, additional reference materials, and a new design

Easy Gardens for South Florida

A comprehensive garden guide for south Florida, this book features detailed information on 100 easy plants and 65 easy gardens. The focus is on beautiful plant material and gardens that require little water and simple care. Perennials that provide constant color are also featured. Garden design chapters cover small gardens, shade gardens, sun gardens, and garden style. With 371 great color photos, the book is designed to simplify and beautify south Florida gardens.