Description: How is a beginning gardener to choose from the expanse of annuals, perennials, and bulbs offered by nurseries and catalogues? The Complete Idiot's Guide to Flower Gardening cuts through the possibilities to introduce readers to flowering plants that are undemanding and generous: flowers for tough situations, clay or sandy soil, drought or standing water. Mara Grey covers all the basics -- from assessing your soil and designing with color to easy maintenance and problem solving -- with extensive lists of the easiest annuals, biennials, perennials, and bulbs (including flowering groundcovers, vines, trees, and shrubs) for all North American climactic zones, tips on everything from environmentally safe care practices to container gardening, and much more. Special features include a 16-page color insert, over 50 instructional black-and-white illustrations of planting techniques and concepts, and a U.S. and Canadian zone map.

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