The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists

by William D. Adams and Lois Trigg Chaplin

Book Overview

An indispensable resource to all manner of flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees, and grasses, this collection of lists provide expert-tested recommendations for the plants best suited to Texas's unusual extremes. The gardening guidance provided applies to the entire state, including plants adapted to the wide diversity of climates and soil types.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878331743
• ISBN13: 9780878331741
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A Must for the Texas Gardener

Texas is a large state and includes several hardiness zones. How can one book give advice covering such a variety of climate and soils?? This one does - ranging from the Rio Grande Valley to the high plains of the panhandle. Rather than trying to give all information about all plants listed in the more than 200 lists, this is a shopping list and a guideline of what will thrive and do well in a particular part of the state.Given are not only lists of the common names but also the scientific names of the plants included. And there are lists that cover almost any conceivable type of plant. Just as an example, the chapter entitled "Annual Color" includes "Annuals for Alkaline Soil", "Annuals for Beginners', "Bulbs for Central Texas", "Annuals for Sunny, Hot, Dry Places", "Annuals for the Beach", "Cool-Season Annuals", "Wait Until its Really Warm to Plant These", "Texas Specialty Cut Flowers", "Anuals for Fragrance", "Kathy Huber's Favorite Summer Annuals", "Everlasting Flowers", "Annuals That Do Well In the Shade", "Annuals You Can Plant In The Heat Of Summer", "Annuals For Hanging Baskets"," Tallest Annuals For The Back Of A Border", "Annuals For Naturalizing", "Super Easy Flowers From a Packet of Seed", "Annuals That Bloom From Spring to Frost if You Deadhead", "Annuals That Bloom Unaided from Spring to Frost", "Greg Grant's Surefire Annuals and Bulbs", "Bulbs All Year Round".In addition to Annuals, chapters are devoted to perennials - ferns and ground cover - kitchen gardens - roses - tropicals, succulents, and exotics - shrubs - trees - vines - special lists and gardens - books - magazines - websites, etc.This books is especially useful to garden enthusiasts moving to Texas from other States. I am a Texas Master Gardener and maintain a gardening web-site. I receive many email requests for growing conditions in Texas. Since this book has been published, my job of answering these questions has been made much easier - my answer is "Secure a copy of 'The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists' ".