New England Gardener's Handbook is written by popular gardening experts who include their collective wisdom in one complete guide for New England gardeners. In addition to the hundreds of hardy plants in eleven different plant categories, there are monthly to-do calendars assisting gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to pruning. Full-color photos for each plant and helpful illustrations and charts make this an easy-to-use resource for all New England gardeners with expert advice for home gardeners in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
he blue Atlas cedar is a needled evergreen; when it's mature, it is perhaps the most beautiful of the large evergreens, especially when featured as a specimen in a large landscape and surrounded by green lawn. It is narrowly pyramidal ...
Gardeners and landscapers will treasure this book for its elegant writing and full-color photography, its photo-essay tours of outstanding owner-maintained gardens throughout New England, its focus on organic methods and native plants, and ...
This guide, valuable to anyone gardening in the unique climates of the upper Northeast, provides expert advice on choosing annuals, biennials, and perennials; tending bulbs, roses, and shrubs; and selecting trees, native plants, ferns, ...
Resources. New England Gardening Resources □ 179 Frost Maps LAST SPRING. The listings in this section will help further your ... By no means is this list complete, but it's a great starting place to make you a better gardener.
RAAB. (Brassica rapa Ruvo Group) Biennial grown as an annual Seed to table: 28 to 60 days This sprouting broccoli (also known as rapini) is grown for the greens and small unopened buds on loose multiple shoots unlike its cousin which is ...
This book is complete with a clever set of icons denoting sun/shade requirements and plant perks, and it even contains official color-coded USDA zone maps.
Both detailed and comprehensive, the book transcends regions, with many photographs so beautiful that should come in a vase. Carol Stocker is a rare combination of hands-on gardener, gifted writer and trusted name.
Water Needs—Water every 5-7 days. Planting/Care—Plant from containers and provide a well-draining orchid medium. During warm spring and summer months, grow outdoors in shady spots, but bring indoors during winter. Find a place indoors ...
From one of the experts at the New York Botanical Garden, this guide shares the science of good gardening in a design-forward, beginner-friendly way that will appeal to new gardeners everywhere.
New England Gardener's Guide