Growing Plants and Flowers for the First Time
While plants and flowers are often grown indoors or in greenhouses, this guidebook is focused on outdoor plantings by the first-time gardener in particular. One of its primary tenets is “right plant, right place.” Successful gardens match cultivars to climate and plant varieties to their preferred soils and sun exposure and rainfall. No plant will thrive in every location.
In addition to offering a primer on plant selection and cultivation, professional gardeners Allison and Sean McManus explain how to design a garden space, weed, water, mulch, fertilize, prune, deadhead, compost garden waste, and control pests.