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Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value.
Book retailers are well aware that the trend in gardening books is to regional titles that provide credible information on the plants that perform well in specific regions.
Tennessee Gardener's Guide - Third Edition is written by the popular gardening expert Judy Lowe. It recommends specific varieties and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow, and how to care for Tennessee's best plants.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.909768
EAN: 9781888608953
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 1888608951
Label: Cool Springs Press
Manufacturer: Cool Springs Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2001-11-15
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Release Date: 2001-11-15
Studio: Cool Springs Press
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Excellent, small reference guide for this area -
A copy of this was loaned to me by a professional landscaper in our area. It is an excellent resource for Tennessee and Kentucky gardeners who are not too sure what to plant. I was thrilled to see it was available at Amazon!
It has an enormous variety of shrubs, trees, flowers, bulbs, etc., to plant in our area. All of the information on what they are, how to plant, when to plant, how to keep them healthy, trimming, companion plants ...
The amount of information in this book is phenomenal for its size. It is a great reference tool as well as being fun to look through ... dreams of gardens to come!!
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An excellent guide for Tennessee homeowners -
We moved to Tennessee from another state and were having trouble finding plants that would grow well here and we also needed new instructions for caring for the plants that we were used to, since they grew differently and bloomed at different times here.
Thank goodness we found this book. It has made all the difference. The author obviously knows her plants, she writes from experience. And her advice is solid -- it works.
The book lists a number of plants that were unfamiliar to me -- lorapetalum, arum, hardy begonia. And I was reluctant to try them. But after I had good success with the other advice in the book, I did plant them, and was glad I had. They are delightful.
The section on starting seeds and the additional advice in the annuals chapter about growing from seed encouraged me to try starting some plants from seed and it has been fun.
Also good are the sections on shade plants and how to cope with
slugs and snails.
I definitely recommend it.
a superficial, and slightly dangerous guide -
I quite liked this book to start with. It offers Judy's own personal opinions on what has worked well for her here. That sort of personal, hands-on advice is great.
However, Tennessee, particularly where I live near the Smoky Mountains, is suffering greatly from the impact of people on the land. Vast tracts of our land are now under the lawnmower - vast amounts of chemical fertilizers are dumped onto our 'gardens' and leach into our lakes and streams ... our wildlife, including our native plants, is under stress.
This sort of book only promotes this damage. There is no mention anywhere of lessening the damage that you can do in your own garden. Several of the plants that Judy recommends as good strong garden plants are on the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council List : species that seriously damage our environment by driving out the native species so important for the food chain.
All too often, we see precious natural resources being squandered for short term profit. This is happening here in Tennessee - colonies of native plants are destroyed for sale in garden centers for a quick profit. There is no need for this - it is perfectly possible to propagate and sell nursery stock and leave our wild areas intact. Judy makes no mention of these issues, yet it's trivially simple to avoid causing damage if you know to only buy nursery stock.
My final problem with the book is that Judy only recommends good, solid well-known plants that are commonly available. This is fine for the beginner at whom she is aiming. However, you would see all the information she gives, on the side of the seed packet, or at the garden center !
Pretty much all of the herbaceous plants can be raised easily from seed at a tenth of the garden centre cost - you wouldn't know that from this book and will end up spending a vast fortune on nursery raised annuals if you're not careful
Great gardening book and not just for TN -
This is a friendly gardening book for both the beginner
as well as the more advanced gardener. Lots of color
pictures make for good reference. Although I don't
live in Tennessee, I found the book useful. Ms. Lowe's
writting style makes for a good read even if you just
like to look at plants.
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