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Re: Reference book

Ivy writes -

> I am a beginning gardener - growing perennials and annuals.  I live in south
> central PA - zone 6, I think.  I would like to buy a good, general (but
> complete) reference book on perennials.  I would like to be able to "look up"
> plants that I buy or see at my local nursery. 

So far as I'm concerned, the best book - by far - for this purpose is
"Right Plant, Right Place." by Nicola Ferguson.

It has reasonable pictures of thousands of garden plants, but - best of
all - gives the critical cultivation information you need to keep from
buying the plants that will thrive in given sets of conditions (ie. dry
shade.) I have carried my copy around to so many nurseries that it's
fallen apart (it's a paperback), and I know I'm not the only person to
have had this experience.

 
 
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