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Taylor's 50 Best Perennials for Shade: Easy Plants for More Beautiful Gardens (Taylor's 50 Best) by Frances Tenenbaum click to enlarge

Taylor's 50 Best Perennials for Shade: Easy Plants for More Beautiful Gardens (Taylor's 50 Best)

Frances Tenenbaum
Both the Taylor's Guides to individual plant groups and the Taylor's Weekend Guides on basic techniques and popular gardening styles are highly acclaimed and well established. We now enthusiastically add a quick-reference series for readers who don't have the time or the experience to do their own research. Taylor's 50 Best books highlight the most attractive foolproof plants and include detailed information that every gardener needs in order to grow them. Color photos, full-color drawings, and growing tips make each plant entry useful and complete. Six books introduce the series and cover the most popular plants for backyard gardeners: perennials for sun, perennials for shade, herbs and edible flowers, roses, shrubs, and trees.

Paperback: 128 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.31 x 8.50 x 7.05

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; (February 1, 1999)
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$10.00
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On sale shade gardening books

book cover unavailable A Comprehensive Guide to Clematis

Barry Fretwell  
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$22.95
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book cover unavailable A Natural History of Ferns

Robbin C. Moran  
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$29.95
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book cover unavailable An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials

W. George Schmid  
Usually ships in 24 hours Finding an array of unique and diverse plants for shade might seem like a daunting task, with limited options available to the... [read more]

$49.95
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book cover unavailable Fern Grower's Manual: Revised and Expanded Edition

Barbara Joe Hoshizaki,Robbin Craig Moran  
Usually ships in 24 hours Exhaustive advice on ferns & fern allies for any region, with details on cultivation, hardiness, identification, landscaping, cultural needs, propagation, ferns in... [read more]

$59.95
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book cover unavailable Ferns for American Gardens

John T. Mickel  
Usually ships in 24 hours Unusual in its specific focus on cold-hardy ferns, the volume is based on Mickel's personal experience as a scientist and curator of... [read more]

$24.95
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book cover unavailable Gardening in the Dark

Laura Kasischke,Ausable Press  
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$14.00
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book cover unavailable Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer  
Usually ships in 24 hours Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss... [read more]

$18.95
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book cover unavailable Got Shade: A "Take It Easy" Approach for Today's Gardener

Carolyn Harstad  
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$24.95
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book cover unavailable Hostas

Rosemary Barrett,Derek Hughes  
Usually ships in 24 hours Introductory guide to growing hostas, including hardiness zone information. Provides practical advice on how to plant, propagate, cultivate and landscape with hostas,... [read more]

$24.95
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book cover unavailable Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows

Larry Hodgson  
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book cover unavailable Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts and Other Miniatures

George Schenk  
Usually ships in 24 hours This book encourages gardeners to pay closer attention to the subtle beauty of miniature landscapes and introduces one of the glories of... [read more]

$34.95
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book cover unavailable Ortho's All About Shade Gardening (Ortho's All About Gardening)

Jo Kellum  
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book cover unavailable Pocket Guide to Shade Perennials (Timber Press Pocket Guides)

W. George Schmid  
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$19.95
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book cover unavailable Shady Retreats: 20 Plans for Colorful, Private Spaces in Your Backyard

Barbara W. Ellis,Gary Palmer,Julie Burns  
Usually ships in 24 hours Most flowers and vegetables love the sun, but the gardeners who tend them crave the shade. A comfortable hammock strung between two... [read more]

$19.95
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book cover unavailable The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest

Rick Darke  
Usually ships in 24 hours In his unique and often thought-provoking new book, award-winning author Rick Darke promotes and stunningly illustrates a garden aesthetic based on the... [read more]

$49.95
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book cover unavailable The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas

Diana Grenfell,Michael Shadrack,Prince of Wales  
Usually ships in 24 hours Hostas are consistently voted the gardener's favorite perennial--their clean lines, sumptuous leaves, and elegant flowers offer great potential for striking specimen plantings... [read more]

$49.95
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book cover unavailable The Natural Shade Garden

Ken Druse  
Usually ships in 24 hours Award-winning gardening expert Ken Druse offers a personal selection of 80 ideal plants for the natural gardener, drawn from his best-selling classic... [read more]

$45.00
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book cover unavailable The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants

D. J. Mabberley  
Usually ships in 24 hours This botanical dictionary has over 20,000 entries, including 2500 new to this edition. It provides information on every family and genus of... [read more]

$90.00
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