The Flower Gardener's Bible: A Complete Guide to Colorful Blooms All Season Long; 10th Anniversary Edition with a New Foreword by Suzy Bales

This is the complete guide to flower gardening, from experts Lewis and Nancy Hill. They cover it all—from choosing your site and designing your garden to improving your soil, choosing and caring for your plants, and fighting pests and disease. Create the flower garden of your dreams with this comprehensive reference.

“This is the complete guide to flower gardening as taught by a couple who learned through first-hand experience, trial and error and a little help from friends and advisers. The Washington Post [Lewis and Nancy Hill] have again created a work that is fun to read, easy to understand, and so exhaustive it seems a veritable mini-encyclopedia. The American Gardener loaded with advice on improving soil, fighting pests and disease, plans for theme gardens, a schedule of blossoming times, and an expansive description of more than 400 flowering plants. Lewis and Nancy Hill have compiled an excellent guide. Minneapolis Star Tribune Lewis and Nancy Hill s practical information on designing your flower garden is sure to make all your plants happy. Garden Gate It s an all-in-one manual that covers everything needed for achieving success with plants. Country Decorating Ideas Using their practical experiences as hands-on amateur gardeners, the Hills share techniques they find most useful, tips they feel most helpful, and treasured plants they think most reliable for successful flower gardens. Booklist ...this concise overview presents a range of possibilities for novices. Library Journal”

"This is the complete guide to flower gardening as taught by a couple who learned through first-hand experience, trial and error and a little help from friends and advisers." -- The Washington Post

"[Lewis and Nancy Hill] ... have again created a work that is fun to read, easy to understand, and so exhaustive it seems a veritable mini-encyclopedia." -- The American Gardener

"... loaded with advice on improving soil, fighting pests and disease, plans for theme gardens, a schedule of blossoming times, and an expansive description of more than 400 flowering plants. Lewis and Nancy Hill have compiled an excellent guide." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Lewis and Nancy Hill's practical information on designing your flower garden is sure to make all your plants happy." -- Garden Gate

"It's an all-in-one manual that covers everything needed for achieving success with plants." -- Country Decorating Ideas

"Using their practical experiences as hands-on amateur gardeners, the Hills share techniques they find most useful, tips they feel most helpful, and treasured plants they think most reliable for successful flower gardens." - Booklist

"...this concise overview presents a range of possibilities for novices." - Library Journal

The late Lewis Hill, a beloved and best-selling Storey author, grew more than 20,000 trees on his farm in Greensboro, Vermont. He was also a member of the National Christmas Tree Association and the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association.

Award-winning photographer Joseph De Sciose is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in numerous books and magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, Country Living Gardener, House & Garden, and Country Home.

The Final Word on Flowers Create the flower garden you've dreamed of with Lewis and Nancy Hill's comprehensive three-part reference. Part One offers general guidelines for planning and preparing your site and maintenance tips for the flowers you choose to plant. Part Two inspires you with designs for 23 gorgeous theme gardens. Part Three is an encyclopedia of more than 400 plants that you'll refer to every time you want to try a new flower or need a care reminder.

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