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Annuals: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy
by DEREK FELL
Learn to grow more than 100 different flowering annuals from America's foremost backyard gardener! Discover which annuals are best for flower beds, borders, fresh or dried arrangements and more. Hundreds of beautiful color photographs make it simple to select plants by flower color, foliage and form. Sample designs help you create strikingly beautiful flower beds and borders. There's even a special chapter on growing annuals in containers and small spaces to benefit gardeners with little or no outdoor planting area.
Derek explains in detail how to choose the best annuals for your climate and when to plant. He describes step-by-step how to start plants from seeds and buy nursery transplants for instant color. The book includes basics on preparing a planting site and garden maintenance, identifies common insects and diseases, and offers both organic and chemical solutions for the best methods of control.
Flowering annuals are synonymous with dramatic garden color — and it's no wonder! No other plants will give you more color over a longer period at less cost than flowering annuals. The vibrant pinks of petunias, the shimmering reds of zinnias and the glowing yellows of marigolds equal the most colorful tulips.
Annuals present some of the most spectacular displays to be found anywhere. As a bonus, annuals put on a far-longer flowering display, lasting for weeks or even months. On a per-plant basis, annuals are less expensive than perennials or flowering bulbs. One daffodil bulb, blooming for about 10 days each year, costs approximately 50 cents (or more!). However, a packet of marigold seeds for the same or less money can produce more than 100 individual plants, flowering non-stop for 100 days or longer.
All of these facts combine to explain why annuals have such universal appeal. Derek Fell's 'Annuals' book is unique in that he not only describes how to plant, plant, and care for a breathtaking annuals garden, he also includes a complete encyclopedia of annuals, including more than 100 familiar and not-so-familiar flowering annuals, arranged alphabetically by common names used by the majority of North-American seedsmen. Each class of annual is shown in one or more stunning photographs, including several large portraits. Many were grown in Derek's own garden.
Even stunning close-ups and full-page garden landscape scenes are shown to present both flower forms and plant habits. Take a look at some excerpts from this amazing book and you'll see why we're so lavish with our praise — Derek has done a masterful job in every aspect of his presentation and it's no wonder he is regarded as the recognized authority on the subject.
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