Easy Care Shade Flowers

by Patricia A. Taylor

Design a garden filled with flowers or foliage every season of the year with Patricia Taylor's lively, lavishly illustrated book. An experienced shade gardener, Taylor tells readers how to select plants, evaluate the soil, simplify pest control and eliminate chemical fertilizers. Detailed descriptions of more than 350 shade-loving plants and garden profiles are included. 65 full-color photos.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671755676
• ISBN13: 9780671755676
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Fireside Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

excellent gardening info.!

I love flowers, have a garden that is a great joy for me, but recently it became a bit shadier because of construction next door...so this excellent, informative book is being read now from cover to cover, and I know, because of it, I will have blooms as always in my garden this year!

Great introductory book

I recently got five shade gardening books in one "go" and this is the one I like the best. It is very practical with advice for the "klutzy" or novice gardener. My one complaint is not enough pictures of the plants described - but get a picture guide (like the Taylor's guide) as a complementary book and you'll be all set. It also has a mail-order nursery guide in the back, so you can GET all the plants described. I'm very satisfied with this book.

Good for a beginner

I bought 5 shade gardening books at once, and this is the one that I like the best. It is very easy to read, informative, and has a good balance between text & pictures. There is much good advice for the novice gardener in this book. Highly recommend.

A very well thought out book for shade gardening

I have used this book extensively to decided on which plants I want to plant in certain areas. It is not perfectly suited to Québec, as the truly hardy selections are not always included, but very useful in any case