Impatiens: Annual Workhorse of the Garden
It's not difficult to understand why impatiens have grown to become the most popular annual bedding plant in America. After all, don't all Americans love a workhorse that just continues to grow and bloom with very little care? Impatiens ... [... more]
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Contain Yourself: 101 Fresh Ideas for Fantastic ...
 Wonderful book!: This is a delightful gardening book. It is easy to read and understand. The ideas will definitely keep my container garden looking great year after year. A keeper! Easy and beautiful!: I'm not one of those gardeners who can spout off [... more]
CDN$37.95
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Lasagna Gardening For Small Spaces: A Layering System ...
vague and climate-specific: Allow me to be blunt. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. Pat Lanza gardens in upstate New York. If you don't live in a similar climate, half the book (plant recommendations) isn't going to apply to you. If you want info [... more]
CDN$23.95
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Wild India: The Wildlife and Scenery of India and Nepal
From Amazon.com: To many, India invokes crowded Bombay bazaars and cramped Calcutta quarters more than bucolic vistas. With a population surpassing 850,000,000, India's humanity predominates, but it's nonetheless true that India possesses a remarkable [... more]
CDN$42.09
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Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower ...
The Most Fabulous Book of Flowers!: This is one of the best flower books I have ever seen! Richly illustrated, with many details, and glorious color! I am a painter, so these are very important for an illustrated book. A must have for all flower lovers! [... more]
CDN$24.95
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Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower
The Most Fabulous Book of Flowers!: This is one of the best flower books I have ever seen! Richly illustrated, with many details, and glorious color! I am a painter, so these are very important for an illustrated book. A must have for all flower lovers! [... more]
CDN$75.00
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The Living Wreath
Great project for the "crafty gardener"!: Nothing makes a garden project book better than glossy photos and clear step-by-step instructions. The Living Wreath has both! This Martha (Stewart, that is) approved activity developed by Teddy Colbert, [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Book Review: Annuals with Style
A peek at a new book on designing with annuals - both as key players and supporting casts in our garden. You know it's going to be an interesting book when the cover photograph is not a bunch of impatiens or petunias but a fragile looking field ... [... more]
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Battling Breast Cancer with Impatiens
Support breast cancer research by buying impatiens bedding plants in the Memories, Milestones & Miracles campaign. For the second consecutive garden season, home gardeners across North America have the opportunity to support breast cancer ... [... more]
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Year of the Basil
If there ever was a plant for today's home gardener, it would be basil. Yes, in today's run-around world where you wish you could buy a 5-gallon impatiens plant (so it's already full-grown and literally covered with blooms), I bring you the ... [... more]
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Yellow Impatiens!
I finally got my hands on some of this cultivar. Here's the scoop on what it is and what it likes. Yellow is a difficult color for those of us who are tree-challenged (shade gardeners). Golden hostas or sick leaves on other plants have been the ... [... more]
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December Questions and Answers
Dogs and brown spots in the lawn; how to get wisteria to bloom and diseases on impatiens. Q. I have been struggling to maintain my back lawn. The major problem is my dog. He is causing dead spots in the lawn. I know we have clay type soil that ... [... more]
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