Botany in a Day is now available in a full-color version. With more than 50,000 copies sold, this is a passport to identifying plants and their uses. Looking for a faster, easier, and engaging way to identify plants? Related plants have similar characteristics, and they often have similar uses. Rather than learning new plants one-at-a-time, it is possible to learn them by the hundreds, based on plant family patterns.Each family of related plants has unique patterns for identification. Learn to recognize these patterns, and discover them again and again in the plants you encounter. It is possib... View More...
Do you want straightforward and reliable advice to help you decide which shrubs to plant in your Georgia garden? Now Erica Glasener and Walter Reeves share their wisdom and practical advice to help you beautify your home with the landscape of your dreams 50 Great Shrubs for Georgia features: Erica's and Walter's recommendations on the top-performing shrubs for Georgia How to get top performance for every shrub How to plant, fertilize, water and control pests Easy Tips offer interesting information you can use now Valuable landscap design tips 50 Great Shrubs for Georgia will become your value... View More...
North American Mushrooms is a field guide to more than 600 edible and inedible mushrooms that can be found across the United States and Canada. Filled with full color photographs, detailed identification information, and illustrated keys and glossaries to View More...
The diversity of bearded irises rivals that of any other perennial grown in temperate climates. For some gardeners, they bring back warm memories of a grandparent's garden; for others, they're a cutting-edge plant with a seemingly endless capacity for producing new forms and patterns.As the manager of Rainbow Iris Farm and co-editor of the Bulletin of the American Iris Society, Kelly Norris is the authority on gardening with bearded irises. His introductory chapters offer tips for successful growth, garden design, plant selection, and "creating" new irises. A Guide to Bearded Irises also provi... View More...