No comments about Success with Alkaline-Loving Plants (Success with Gardening).

2 comments about GARDENING BY MAIL 4TH ED PA.

1. GARDENING BY MAIL Now on its 5th edition Barbara J Barton's book is just about the most comprehensive directory of gardening resources available. My copy is very well thumbed! Very wide ranging but top class! Beg, steal, borrow or buy. Published by Houghton Mifflin. $24.00 ISBN 0 395-87770-9



2. This book is a wonderful resource of information that can't be found anywhere else. A must have for any serious gardener or want to be gardener. I have used this book(and other editions) many times with great success. I have been able to find with easy, that hard to find plant or seed. I highly recomend this book. You wont be disapointed in your purchase!

No comments about The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers and Flora of the Americas: An authoritative guide to more than 750 native wild flowers of the USA, Canada, ... and maps (Illustrated Encyclopedia).

No comments about Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Abraham Lincolns Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities.

No comments about New Guinea Impatiens: A Ball Guide.

2 comments about Gasterias of South Africa: A New Revision of a Major Succulent Group.

1. Mr. van Jaarsveld has done all succulent lovers a great service by doing the botanical study and work necessary to present this modern taxonomic understanding of Gasterias.



2. This is a beautiful book, almost a coffee table type, yet it is also a scholarly work which involved enormous amounts of botanical field work. It's one deficiency in my opinion is a lack of adequate illustrative photographs. The color plates are impressive and of art quality but do not show the amount of variation within the genus nor what some species really look like. Otherwise a commendable effort.

2 comments about The Ultimate Gardening Book.

1. I'm always a little put-off by these enormous gardening books. I worry that the instructions and plant listings will be too general, and that their real function will be as a doorstop or a prop for a broken coffee table leg. I'm quite happy to report that The Ultimate Book of Gardening, while also making a substantial doorstop, is actually a terrific guide. And despite the unwieldiness, I've referred to it often, as I find the step-by-step guides clearly illustrated and the text is well-marked, simple, and sensible.
   
   To name a few of the articles: laying stone paths, harvesting and keeping fruit throughout the winter, laying sod, creating gorgeous containers, setting up plots, drawing landscape plans etc. The contents are split into: Introduction, Container gardening, The small garden, Gardening through the year, Garden design, Glossary, and Index. I find the Garden design to be the most interesting.
   
   Don't let the size of the book intimidate. With such cheap prices on Amazon for used copies, it's worth the shipping!



2. The graphics of the book were very beautiful and there was some info. on planting stratagies; mixing what types of plants with others; containers vr's landscape; and color corodination. I must say all of this was very well done.
   I really feel they could of done a more complete job if they had included information about the plants and their care. Then I would have been able to give it 5 ***** that this book certainly had potential for.

1 comments about Biological Degradation and Bioremediation of Toxic Chemicals.

1. This is a fairly comprehensive book dealing with biodegradtion. As a microbiologist and molecular biologist I use it to balance the organic chemistry I am lacking in the field. I do wish it showed more mechanisms, but otherwise a fine reference book.

1 comments about 200 Tips for Gardening in the Shade.

1. What a great book, stuffed full of tips. It contains a ton of 2-3 sentence tips on shade gardening. I learned a lot and have many pages marked. It's not a big picture book, but a quick read. I tend to view the big books for their pictures and don't get time to read the tons of pages of writting. This book skips all the stories and jumps right into the really useful tips.

No comments about Weekend Gardener Organizer, A Three Year Planner.