Stefan Buczacki's Gardening Dictionary

Here's a big, lusciously photographed handbook that tells you what makes a garden grow best--and look most beautiful. One of the world's top gardening experts guides you through the process of designing, planting, fertilizing, feeding, pruning, and cultivation, as well as climate and pest control. An invaluable illustrated plant guide details the characteristics of each variety--fruits, vegetables, herbs, the lawn, bedding plants, herbaceous perennials, bulbous plants, Alpines, trees, hedges, climbers, and water gardens-and how to make it thrive. 256 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10 3/4.