Illustrates and offers information on over one hundred different annuals, with tips on planting, watering, fertilizing, and pest control

Annuals

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Walheim, Lance

Gardening & Landscape Design

Sunset Pub Co

Vegetable Gardening

UNKNO

"Beginners as well as advanced rose growers will find advice that's abundant and extremely helpful." — Bill Marken, West Coast Editor of Garden Escapes and Former Editor-In-Chief of Sunset Magazine "Roses For Dummies is written as a friend, answering all my puzzling questions and providing easy solutions that are budget friendly." — Jan Weverka, Editor of The Rose Garden Newsletter 
Features 32 Full-Color Pages of Roses — Plus a Free Six-Month Subscription to National Gardening Magazine Do you dream of growing beautiful, fragrant roses in your yard, on your porch, or in a flower box? With Roses For Dummies® at your fingertips, you can turn your dreams into reality with tips, techniques, and suggestions for growing roses in any space or climate. Filled with handy illustrations and colorful pages of roses, this fun and friendly reference takes you on a visual journey through the vibrant world of roses. Inside, you'll discover how to: <ul>
<li>Identify varieties of roses and choose the right ones for your climate</li> <li>Create your own rose garden with helpful illustrations and 32 full-color pages of rose types</li> <li>Locate the most fragrant varieties of roses, the best bloomers, and the hardiest climbers</li> <li>Maintain your rose garden with techniques for watering, mulching, fertilizing, and pruning</li> <li>Protect your roses from pests, diseases, and the harsh winds of winter</li> <li>Find helpful resources online and through direct mail</li> <li>Become a member of rose growing societies and visit rose shows and public gardens in your community</li> </ul>

Roses For Dummies

Editors of the National Garden Association

For Dummies

Only one thing is standing between you and a fabulous lawn: It's called Lawn Care For Dummies. If you want a spiffy and well-coifed lawn (and not the overgrown, unruly one that people comment on when they pass by your house), you'll find everything you need to know to help you make your lawn the most dazzling spectacle on the block. Let authors Lance Walheim and the gardening experts at the National Gardening Association treat you and your yard to a megadose of lawn care information. In Lawn Care For Dummies, Walheim and the NGA give you the dirt on all the essentials, including how to * Design a low-maintenance or a high-maintenance lawn * Evaluate the pros and cons of planting a lawn from seed or starting one from sod * Discover how often you need to water your lawn without under-watering it or waterlogging it * Choose a mower that's right for your grass type * Deal effectively with wicked weeds and pesky insects * Create alternative lawns, such as ground cover plants, decks, and patios Lawn Care For Dummies also features a beautiful color insert with photos illustrating the various types of lawns found in yards across the world.

Lawn Care For Dummies

National Gardening Association

A beautiful landscape reflects well on your house, making it a welcome part of a neighborhood or native terrain. And it dramatically increases your home’s value. Landscaping also makes your house and yard more useful and better able to complement your family’s lifestyle. Trees shade your home to reduce energy use. Thorny shrubs deter prowlers. Lawns reduce dust from bare ground and give children the perfect play area. Patios and decks are great for entertaining. And a vegetable garden can yield fresh, delicious salads to eat on that patio or deck. 
Landscaping for Dummies has everything you need to turn the little patch of earth you call your own into a personal paradise. Whether you’ve waited for the day to have property to landscape, you’d never given it a second thought until you had to, or you want to improve on an existing landscape, this book offers a clearly written wealth of knowledge on: <ul>
<li>Designs</li> <li>Fences, walls, gates, and paths</li> <li>Decks, patios, and outdoor rooms</li> <li>Trees</li> <li>Shrubs and vines</li> <li>Ground cover</li> </ul>
From the basic principles of landscape design, to all the ins and outs of hillsides, balcony gardens, and water gardens, this book will show you how to: <ul>
<li>Think like a designer</li> <li>Dream up the right landscape for your family’s needs</li> <li>Increase your home’s resale value</li> <li>Conserve energy</li> <li>Deal with contractors, nurseries, and hardware suppliers</li> <li>Create an edible landscape</li> </ul>
Full of helpful problem-solvers for all kinds of landscapes, Landscaping for Dummies also features sample plans, “theme” landscape ideas, and a brilliant color photo section to inspire the imagination. Accessible and informative to both beginner and expert landscapers, this is the complete guide to creating the yard you’ve always wanted.

Landscaping for Dummies

National Gardening Association (U.S.)

BECKSTROM.Robert J.

Arts & Photography

“American Beauty,” “Dublin Bay,” “Rocketeer,” “Betty Boop,” “High Noon,” “Pearly Gates”…with a distinctive name for each of hundreds of varieties, the array of roses that could adorn your garden is both dazzling and daunting. So which ones survive hardily on their own for weeks on end, and which ones wither and die without constant attention? How do you tell a climber from a shrub, and how does each thrive? And don’t even start with pruning! 
Despite all the (ahem) thorny particulars, gardeners still love to grow these beautiful flowers that would by any other name still smell as sweet. Roses for Dummies does away with the myth that roses have to be high maintenance, instead showing how to choose a type that will blossom in your care. Inside, rosarians of all levels will find useful information on: <ul>
<li>Shopping for roses</li> <li>Planting</li> <li>Watering and mulching</li> <li>Fertilizing</li> <li>Pruning</li> <li>Protecting roses from weather and pests</li> <li>And more</li> </ul>
Roses for Dummies contains everything you need to know to get started, or, if you’re more advanced, refine your knowledge of roses. Now in a new Second Edition with more than 100 new varieties described, as well as new information on insect and disease control, this helpful guide also covers: <ul>
<li>Landscaping with roses</li> <li>What makes a rose fragrant</li> <li>Roses and their partners in the garden</li> <li>Growing in containers</li> <li>Drying roses and making potpourri</li> <li>Rose societies and other places to see roses</li> <li>Ten roses to avoid if you’re not an expert</li> </ul>
Whether looking for nothing more than a sweet-smelling decoration to brighten your doorstep, or looking to enter a major rose competition, discoveries about this much-loved flower await you. Full of pointers, resources, pitfalls, vocabulary, and an eye-popping full color insert, this book will help you grow the roses of your dreams.

Roses for Dummies

Reference

Descriptions of more than 300 superior roses, with complete instructions and detailed drawings showing how and when to plant, prune, and fertilize, and how to use the latest nonchemical pest controls.

The Natural Rose Gardener

Ironwood Pr

Create an eye-catching outdoor oasis with this no-nonsense guide to landscaping 
As families spend more time at home, they're expanding their living space to their yards, decks, and patios. When you're ready to upgrade the look of your landscape, Landscaping For Dummies offers advice on installing fences and walkways, choosing hardy plants and trees, and enhancing natural habitats for the critters and creatures lurking in your neighborhood. You'll find out how to make your backyard a relaxing retreat space and discover the enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from working in your yard. 
Landscaping For Dummies includes: Lists of recommended plants and varieties, including the best ones for privacy plantings, low-maintenance groundcovers, and small gardens Advice on how to deal with special landscaping concerns, including fire-prone areas, bee and butterfly gardens, and drought-tolerant and native landscapes Instructions on installing permanent features like decks, patios, fences, and more Pointers on how to water more efficiently, including the latest tools and technologies that can save you time 
With a little bit of planning and some digging, trimming, or planting, you'll be set to enjoy your yard whenever the mood strikes. Let Landscaping For Dummies be your guide to making the most of your outdoor space.\nFrom the Back Cover\nRelax and play in your own private paradise 
Landscaping For Dummies gives you the know-how you need to make your outdoor space into a dream getaway. Design your yard with expert, straightforward guidance and savvy tips. Add a deck, patio, walkways, and other structures, and plant plants that will keep on growing. This new edition is updated with the latest techniques and materials, along with ideas for sustainability and useful best practices. With Dummies experts by your side, you can become the talk of the neighborhood when you create a head-turning landscape that’s beautiful, budget-friendly, and easy on the Earth. 
Inside… Keep your yard healthy Save water and resources Plant drought-tolerant landscapes Consider native plants Find ideas for pollinator gardens Add fences, walls, gates, and paths Mitigate wildfire danger

Landscaping For Dummies

Chace, Teri Dunn

Giroux, Philip

Beckstrom, Bob

Make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping. Like the other titles in this series, this book contains three parts: Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. In the "Design Portfolio" section, readers will find 48 designs created by landscape professionals in California. "Guide to Installations" explains how to install the plants, paths, patios, and arbors used in the designs. More than 200 of the best plants for the region are fully described in "Plant Portraits". Clearly written in a friendly style and with 470 color photographs and paintings, California Home Landscaping provides everything readers need to know to landscape like a pro.

California Home Landscaping

Holmes, Roger

Creative Homeowner Pr

Find inspiring ideas to make your Californian home landscape more attractive and functional!
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48 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for CA</li>
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Over 200 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant &amp; maintain them</li>
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Over 400 color photos and illustrations to help you envision your results</li>
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Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises</li>
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Creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more</li>
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Inside California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition, you'll find 48 featured designs created by landscape professionals from the region. The designs use more than 200 dependable plants that are proven to perform and thrive in the Californian climate.
This idea-filled book is presented in three parts: Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. In the "Design Portfolio" section, you'll find 48 beautiful designs—24 plans, each in 2 variations—created by landscape professionals in California. Then, "Guide to Installations" shows you how to install the plants, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors used in the designs. Finally, more than 200 of the best plants for the region are fully described in "Plant Portraits."
Included are detailed instructions for the projects, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. Over 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by step-by-step instructions that take the fear out of gardening!
Clearly written in a friendly, conversational style, California Home Landscaping provides everything a Californian needs to know to landscape like a pro.
CA will be in full bloom with California Home Landscaping!
"This idea-filled book takes the guesswork out of landscaping so you can focus on the fun. Designs that work, great plants you can find, accurate instructions, and detailed drawings will help you succeed." —Nancy Beaubaire, former Editor, Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener
"...like having a team of professional garden designers on hand." —Country Living Gardener
"...you'll turn to these beautifully rendered design possibilities again and again." —Elanore Lewis, Woman's Day Garden Planner &amp; Practical Guide
"The Home Landscaping series takes the fear out of gardening by skillfully combining a wide range of attractive, dependable plants with clear, concise information on the techniques of gardening and easy-to-follow plans." —Thomas Fischer, Executive Editor, Horticulture

California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition (Creative Homeowner) 400 Color Photos and Illustrations, More Than 200 Plants Best Suited to the Region, and 48 Outdoor Designs for CA

Creative Homeowner

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