The New England Gardener's Book of Lists

by Karan Davis Cutler

Overview

The New England Gardener's Book of Lists contains essential information for anyone gardening in the unique climates of the upper northeast. This vital guide provides expert advice on choosing appropriate annuals, biennials, and perennials, tending bulbs, roses, shrubs, and vines, and selecting trees, native plants, ferns, grasses, and groundcovers for particular conditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461732488
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	8 MB

Editorial Reviews

The New England Gardener's Book Of Lists provides gardeners in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont everything they need to know about in order to have a successful gardening experience and create a beautiful, climate appropriate garden. New England gardeners must learn to deal with acid soil, harsh winters, short growing seasons, and more. In The New England Gardener's Book Of Lists, Karan Cutler offers her own personal experience abetted with advice from several other New England Gardening experts to provide features and lists on choosing appropriate annuals, biennials, perennials; tending bulbs, roses, shrubs, and vines; selecting trees, native plants, ferns, grasses and groundcovers, and more. A compendium of factfilled features an informative lists, The New England Gardener's Book Of Lists is organized by plant type and categorized by zones. No New England gardener should proceed to cultivate a garden without first reading through The New England Gardener's Book of Lists!

No New England gardener should proceed to cultivate a garden without first reading through The New England Gardener's Book of Lists!

The Bookwatch

Gardening can be serious business. This book makes the planning easier, the design and choices quicker, and helps hold down the expense.

Waterbury Republican-American

New England gardeners face some strong obstacles. This book by an award-winning writers arms residents of the six New England states with the knowledge to grow beautiful and hardy gardens.

Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal

Gardeners live by lists—which plants we like, which we don't; which plants grow, which don't—so Cutler's book panders to our natural proclivities, and with effusive variety. It's great fun all around, and useful, too.

Providence Journal

This is a sourcebook and workbook in one and it has all the answers. Karan Davis Cutler recommends hundreds of plants for hundreds of uses, noting the best growing zones and sharing helpful hints and insights.

The Victoria Advocate

The New England Gardener's Book of Lists provides features and lists on choosing appropriate annuals, biennials and perennials; tending bulbs, roses, shrubs, and vines...the works. If your garden never seems to be all that it can be, it's time to pick up a copy of this book.

Hartford Courant - Valerie Finholm

Dozens of plant lists citing a ppropriate choices with regard to all sorts of requirements, from the obvious (such as low-maintenance) to the esoteric (such as groundcovers for cracks and crevices). The books' authors also include ideas and suggestions on a vast range of topics from regional horticultural experts.

Gardeners can never have too many plants.

A list-lover's dream come true.

Hortideas

Provides features and lists on choosing the best plants for the acid soil, harsh winters and short growing season of the six New England states.

Portsmouth Herald

Dozens of plant lists citing a ppropriate choices with regard to all sorts of requirements, from the obvious (such as low-maintenance) to the esoteric (such as groundcovers for cracks and crevices). The books' authors also include ideas and suggestions on a vast range of topics from regional horticultural experts.

Gardeners can never have too many plants.

A list-lover's dream come true.

HortIdeas Magazine