You’re now officially out of excuses for not planting the garden of your dreams. Even if you’ve never sowed a seed nor pulled a weed, Gardening Basics For Dummies contains everything you need to know about flowers, beds, borders, trees, shrubs, and lawns to create your own private paradise. This friendly and informative guide also covers all of the tools and additives available to make gardening easier. You’ll discover: 
<ul>
<li>Clear definitions and descriptions of the different types of plants</li> <li>Tips on choosing the type of garden you want</li> <li>How to create a garden plan</li> <li>Easy-to-follow instructions for soil preparation</li> <li>Advice on planting, growing and caring for annuals and perennials</li> <li>Step-by-step plans for organic and edible gardens</li> <li>Plans for butterfly and children's gardens</li> </ul>
Packed with helpful tips on controlling pests safely, managing weeds, and correcting common gardening problems, Gardening for Dummies turns your brown thumb green in a hurry.

Gardening Basics For Dummies 3e

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Frowine, Steven A.

Gardening & Landscape Design

For Dummies

Your green-thumb guide to gardening in Canada Create the garden of your dreams with the right plants and equipment 
Want a green thumb? This handy guide gives beginning gardeners tips, plans, and insider know-how for getting started with flower beds, herbs, vegetables, trees, shrubs, lawns, and more. Complete with step-by-step advice, illustrations, full-colour photos, Canadian resources, and suggested plantings, this friendly guide covers everything you need to get you gardening. 
Discover how to: 
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<li>Pick the best plants for your climate</li> <li>Ensure that your gardening is eco-smart</li> <li>Plan and prep your garden</li> <li>Keep your plants healthy</li> <li>Create unique water and container gardens</li> <li>Troubleshoot common problems</li> </ul>

Gardening Basics For Canadians For Dummies

Primeau, Liz

The National Gardening Association

Canadian Gardening

Put down roots with the basics of gardening! Don't know your Hosta undulata from your Bellis perennis? Leaf through this fun and easy reference to learn all about gardening! First, find your gardening style and plan the garden you want while staying within a budget, then check out explanations of all those mysterious zones. Still curious? Grab all the right gear and pick out the right plants for you. You'll be growing your own annuals, perennials, and vegetables before you can say Lychnis coronaria! Open the book and find: <ul>
<li> Guidance on planning your garden </li> <li> Explanations of hardiness and frost zones </li> <li> Descriptions of proper gear </li> <li> The differences between annuals and perennials </li> <li> Tips for growing vegetables </li> <li> Information on what you need to keep your plants happy </li> </ul>

Gardening For Dummies

National Gardening Association

Packed with photos, including 8 pages in full color Color your world with orchids Orchids are beautiful, fragrant, wonderfully varied, and surprisingly affordable. But aren't they hard to grow at home? No! says orchid grower extraordinaire Steve Frowine. In this handy guide, he shows you step by step how to select the right orchids, keep them healthy, encourage blooms, and even propagate your own plants. Discover how to: * Select orchids that will thrive in your home * Water, fertilize, repot, and propagate orchids * Decipher complicated orchid names * Get familiar with favorite orchid varieties * Create spectacular orchid displays

Orchids for Dummies

Orchid lovers of all levels will delight in this unique approach to selecting new and exciting varieties of fragrant orchids. More than 100 different orchids are profiled here, with exquisite images of each, and salient details are included for another 355 enticing varieties. Profiles include cultivation information and detailed notes on each fragrance, which can range from elegant and sophisticated to downright pungent, from fruity and spicy to medicinal, from light and fresh to heavy and intoxicating. With some 20,000 fragrant orchids available today, orchid enthusiasts will appreciate this first-ever guide to choosing, growing, and showcasing orchids with the right look and most enjoyable scents, including cinnamon, chocolate, lemon, and vanilla.

Fragrant Orchids: A Guide to Selecting, Growing, and Enjoying

Timber Press

Some of the most intriguing orchids are those classified as miniatures - plants that range from just an inch or two in height to a maximum of 12 inches. Steven Frowine profiles more than 300 of these gems, including representatives of some of the most popular genera. Entries include information on the plant's geographic or hybrid origin; details about the flowers; bloom season; mature size and habit; ease of culture; light and temperature requirements; recommended potting medium; history; and tips for success. The author's high-quality photographs make identification a snap and provide welcome help when you're selecting plants for your collection.

Miniature Orchids

With their refined beauty and elegant flower form, moth orchids (members of the genus Phalaenopsis are the basic black of the orchid world. In fact, moth orchids are the most popular orchids in the world, accounting for a staggering 75 percent of all orchid plant sales. More than merely beautiful, they are also among the easiest orchids to grow, whether in greenhouses, on windowsills, or under artificial lights.
Professional horticulturalist and orchid expert Steven A. Frowine, author of Miniature Orchids, focuses on the new orchid stars while also providing a detailed look at the classic hybrids and species. Readers will be enticed by the book's lavish color photographs and gratified by the wealth of practical advice on selecting and buying moth orchids. Most importantly, Frowine shares his secrets on how these glorious plants can be grown to perfection, with recommendations about light levels, potting media, watering, and feeding.

Moth Orchids: The Complete Guide to Phalaenopsis

Put down roots with the basics of gardening! Don't know your Hosta undulata from your Bellis perennis? Take your new green thumb and leaf through this fun and easy reference to learn all about gardening! First you'll learn a little background to get you started, then it's off to find your gardening style and plan the garden you want while staying within a budget, followed by explanations of all those mysterious zones. Still curious? Grab all the right gear and pick out the right plants for you. You'll be growing your own annuals, perennials, and vegetables before you can say Lychnis coronaria! Open the book and find: <ul>
<li> Guidance on planning your garden </li> <li> Explanations of hardiness and frost zones </li> <li> Descriptions of proper gear </li> <li> The differences between annuals and perennials </li> <li> Tips for growing vegetables </li> </ul>

The Editors of the National Gardening Association

Product Description 
Cultivate your passion to grow 
In a 1625 essay, Francis Bacon called gardens "the purest of human pleasures," and what was true then is even more so today―gardening can give you a serene refuge from the short-lived (and noisy!) distractions of modern life and a fertile basis for satisfaction that will bear fruit long into the future. To help you get started on your own leafy paradise, the new edition of Gardening Basics For Dummies grounds you thoroughly in the fundamentals of soil, flowers, trees, and lawns―and helps you get to know the names of what you're planting along the way! 
In a friendly, straightforward style, professional horticulturist Steven A. Frowine distills 50 years of gardening experience to show you how to start growing your expertise―from planning out your own mini-Eden and planting your first annuals, bulbs, and perennials through to laying the perfect lawn, raising tasty crops, and even introducing fish to your landscape! He also digs into the grubbier side of horticultural life, making sure you're as prepared as any seasoned farmer to deal with pests, weeds, and other challenges the earth will throw up at you.\nCreate your ideal garden plan 
Become an expert on common flora with definitions and descriptions 
Know how to look after your soil 
Get creative with butterfly and children's gardens\nWhether you're beginning with a tiny garden in a box, or beautifying your property with tree-lined groves and flowery bowers, this is the ideal introduction to the intense pleasure of gardening and will make you happy to reap what you’ve sown! 
 From the Inside Flap 
Let your creativity take root and bloom! 
Gardening can help you relax, spark your imagination, and even provide a source of home-grown food. This new edition of Gardening Basics For Dummies is your guide as you discover your green thumb, no matter where you live or how much space you have! From growing the picture-perfect lawn to landscaping masterpieces fit for a palace, this book explains it all. With this reference under your arm and a patch of earth under your feet (or in a pot), you’re ready. Your newfound plant-friends will thank you! 
Inside. . .\nGather the right garden gear\nChoose annuals and perennials that will thrive\nGrow greener, healthier grass\nProduce your own produce\nRaise colorful flowerbeds\nInvolve your kids in gardening\nGarden with ponds and fish\nFrom the Back Cover 
Let your creativity take root and bloom! 
Gardening can help you relax, spark your imagination, and even provide a source of home-grown food. This new edition of Gardening Basics For Dummies is your guide as you discover your green thumb, no matter where you live or how much space you have! From growing the picture-perfect lawn to landscaping masterpieces fit for a palace, this book explains it all. With this reference under your arm and a patch of earth under your feet (or in a pot), you’re ready. Your newfound plant-friends will thank you! 
Inside. . .\nGather the right garden gear\nChoose annuals and perennials that will thrive\nGrow greener, healthier grass\nProduce your own produce\nRaise colorful flowerbeds\nInvolve your kids in gardening\nGarden with ponds and fish\nAbout the Author 
Steven A. Frowine is a noted professional horticulturist and a longtime avid gardener and communicator. 
 The National Gardening Association is the leading garden-based educational nonprofit in the USA. Visit http://garden.org.

Gardening Basics For Dummies

Become a plant parent to some of the most stunning&nbsp;flowering plants&nbsp;you've ever seen&nbsp; Orchids display&nbsp;more&nbsp;beautiful and exotic&nbsp;flowers&nbsp;than&nbsp;you'll find&nbsp;on other flowering plants,&nbsp;but they&nbsp;do require some love and care to grow well.&nbsp;With help from&nbsp;Orchids&nbsp;For&nbsp;Dummies, anyone can&nbsp;be successful in growing and flowering&nbsp;these gorgeous&nbsp;and fragrant&nbsp;plants in their&nbsp;garden or home!&nbsp; This&nbsp;step-by-step guide&nbsp;shows you how to select&nbsp;orchids&nbsp;that will thrive in your own unique environment and how to water, fertilize, repot, and propagate&nbsp;them&nbsp;on your own. You'll learn to decipher complicated orchid names ("phalaenopsis," anyone?)&nbsp;and create spectacular displays. You'll also&nbsp;discover:&nbsp; <ul> <li>New information about updated plant and orchid classification systems&nbsp;so you can know what to buy at your local garden center or store&nbsp;</li> <li>Expanded info on moth orchids, one of the most popular varieties of the&nbsp;plant&nbsp;sold in the&nbsp;world today&nbsp;</li> <li>Updated instructions on which pesticides, fertilizers, and potting materials you should be using&nbsp;</li> </ul> Perfect for&nbsp;amateur gardeners, orchid-lovers, and anyone interested in growing&nbsp;these exquisite&nbsp;flowers on their own,&nbsp;Orchids&nbsp;For&nbsp;Dummies&nbsp;will turn your thumb green in no time at all!&nbsp;

Orchids For Dummies

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Gardening Basics For Dummies 3e

Gardening Basics For Canadians For Dummies

Gardening For Dummies

Orchids for Dummies

Fragrant Orchids: A Guide to Selecting, Growing, and Enjoying

Miniature Orchids

Moth Orchids: The Complete Guide to Phalaenopsis

Gardening For Dummies

Gardening Basics For Dummies

Orchids For Dummies