At last a garden troubleshooter that diagnoses and offers proven treatments for Southern plant and garden problem. Steve Bender, senior garden writer for Southern Living magazine, offers advice, tips and tested solutions for dealing with garden pests, diseases, weeds and the other challenges inherent to gardening in the south. Plant lovers can find the solution to what's bugging their gardens from the authority who knows Southern gardening best -- Southern Living. G-9

Southern Living Garden Problem Solver

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Steve BENDER

Gardening & Landscape Design

Oxmoor House

Beautiful and practical illustrated book that gives many ideas for landscaping in the Southern United States. The only landscaping book designed specifically for the South. Packed with inspiration and hardworking ideas for both experienced and beginning gardeners. Step-by-step garden projects and planting plans make it easy to do it yourself. Expert advice on plants, structures, design and layout, water features, garden ornaments, and much more. Includes a 90-page gallery of spectacular Southern gardens.

Southern Living Landscape Book

Passalong Plants

Passalongs are plants that have survived in gardens for decades by being handed from one person to another. These botanical heirlooms, such as flowering almond, blackberry lily, and night-blooming cereus, usually can't be found in neighborhood garden centers; about the only way to obtain a passalong plant is to beg a cutting from the fortunate gardener who has one. In this lively and sometimes irreverent book (don't miss the chapter on yard art), Steve Bender and Felder Rushing describe 117 such plants, giving particulars on hardiness, size, uses in the garden, and horticultural requirements. They present this information in the informal, chatty, and sometimes humorous manner that your next-door neighbor might use when giving you a cutting of her treasured Confederate rose. And, of course, because they are discussing passalong plants, they note the best method of sharing each plant with other gardeners. Because you might not spy a banana shrub or sweet pea in your neighborhood, the authors list mail-order sources for the heirloom plants described. They also give tips on how to organize your own plant swap. Although the authors live in and write about the South, many of the plants they discuss will grow elsewhere. from the book Amid the clamor of press releases touting the newest, improved versions of this bulb or that perennial, what keeps people interested in old-fashioned plants? Nostalgia, for one thing. It's hard not to feel a special fondness for that Confederate rose, night-blooming cereus, or alstroemeria lovingly tended by your grandmother when you were a child. Such heirloom plants evoke memories of your first garden, of relatives and neighbors that have since passed on, of prized bushes you accidentally annihilated with your bicycle. Recall the time you first received a particular plant, and you'll recall the person who gave it to you.

Felder Rushing

Univ of North Carolina Pr

Get gardening with the first comprehensive gardening encyclopedia for the South! From the reliable magazine Southern Living comes this all-inclusive guide offering more than 5,000 plant listings known to thrive in the southern United States. The authoritative reference also features: Thousands of full-color photographs, illustrations, and how-to diagrams 26 unique plant selection guides to help you find the right plant for every need Special focus on southern natives and heritage plants And more! Filled with practical tips and old-fashioned wisdom, The Southern Living Garden Book is an essential for every Southerner s household.

The Southern Living Garden Book

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

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Books by Steve BENDER

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Southern Living Garden Problem Solver

Southern Living Landscape Book

Passalong Plants

The Southern Living Garden Book