The New England Gardener's Book of Lists - Softcover

Cutler, Karan Davis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878332251 ISBN 13: 9780878332250

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

KARAN DAVIS CUTLER has received eight Quill and Trowel awards from the Garden Writers of America. Her articles have appeared in Horticulture, The American Gardener, Organic Gardening, Harrowsmith Country Life, and other publications. A former magazine editor, she is the author of many books, including Burpee— The Complete Vegetable and Herb Gardener (1997, 2006), Flowering Vines: Beautiful Climbers (1999), The New England Gardener's Book of Lists (2000), and Pruning Trees, Shrubs & Vines (2003). She grows flowers and vegetables on thirteen acres in northern Vermont.

BARBARA ELLIS, a freelance writer and editor, is the author of many gardening books, including Taylor's Guide to Growing North America's Favorite Plants (1998), Deckscaping (2002), and Shady Retreats (2003). She was publications director for the American Horticultural Society and editor of The American Gardener, and for more than a decade was managing editor of garden books for Rodale Press. She tends an organic, wildlife-friendly garden filled with flowers in Maryland on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

Review:

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)

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. (Valerie Finholm Hartford Courant)

[Cutler] includes advice from gardeners and lots of tips for successful growing. (Publishers Weekly)

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)

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)

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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0878332251
• ISBN 13: 9780878332250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208