Customer Review: This is a lovely presentation of coleus photos and contains much useful information. I would recommend it as an addition to any gardener's bookshelf.
Customer Review: What a great idea for a book. Thank YOU, Alice and Brian! I was lucky enough to visit their nursery in slightly western Mass. a number of times and really appreciate that a lot of what they had to share then is in easy reference book form now. (In fact, I have a scented geranium that's the... more info
Customer Review: The Flower Gardener's Bible: Time-Tested Techniques, Creative Designs, and Perfect Plants for Colorful GardensLots of useful information and educational. Not as good as the Gardener's Vegetable Bible but has a long reference guide for particular flowers.
Customer Review: I received this book very quickly and in excellent condition, exactly as described. I find Armitage's books (this is my third) to be informative, beautifully illustrated, and entertaining to read. The author is witty and opiniated, besides being very well informed. I look forward to ordering more of... more info
Customer Review: Excellent book in so many ways, but not every entry indicated what the plant type was--annual, biennial, or half-hardy perennial. Consequently, it was not as useful to me in doing a presentation on annuals!
Customer Review: The Taylor's Guides are known for their great pictures and good cultural information. This book lists annuals as "cool weather, "warm weather" and "tender perennial."
I have often told customers that tender perennial means it is perennial somewhere, but certainly not here. That may not be the... more info
Customer Review: This book has an encyclopedic meticulousness plus such affection for the subject that I consider it one of the best gardening resources around. I intend to give it to every landscape designer I know (at least the ones I like!)
Customer Review: Some gardeners tend to look down their nose at annuals. I've seen T-shirts with the saying "Friends don't let friends buy annuals". Planting annuals sometimes seems like owning a mongrel dog on a street where all the other dogs have pedigrees. Well, I have a mongrel dog and I plant annuals, so I was... more info
Customer Review: Beautiful photos and good descriptions and tips for each plant. A must for the beginner gardener! Good to know what type of plants will grow in the Midwest.