Ortho's All about the Easiest Flowers to GrowBask in the beauty of flowers so durable, pest-resistant, and long-blooming that they can even be used as fuss-free landscape plants! With friendly language, colourful photographs, and clear diagrams, this book shows how to choose, combine and grow more than 100 top-rated flowers that guarantee trouble-free gardening. Complete growing instructions for the 100 easiest flowers; 16 weekend plans to decorate your yard with carefree colour; Friendly advice and labour-saving tips that guarantee success. |
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... fragrant varieties of white daffodils , such as ' Rose of May ' , ' Sinopel ' , ' Fragrant Breeze ' , ' Pride of Portugal ' , and the delicate species pheasant's - eye narcissus . Forget - me- not seed is broadcast in winter to bloom ...
... fragrant varieties of white daffodils , such as ' Rose of May ' , ' Sinopel ' , ' Fragrant Breeze ' , ' Pride of Portugal ' , and the delicate species pheasant's - eye narcissus . Forget - me- not seed is broadcast in winter to bloom ...
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... fragrant leaves that can be used in potpourris and flowers that are good for bouquets . CULTURE : Catmint prefers well- drained soil in full sun . Once established , it tolerates some heat and drought . Extremely rich , moist , partly ...
... fragrant leaves that can be used in potpourris and flowers that are good for bouquets . CULTURE : Catmint prefers well- drained soil in full sun . Once established , it tolerates some heat and drought . Extremely rich , moist , partly ...
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... Fragrant leaves Long - blooming Attracts butterflies The genus Origanum has many delightful , drought - tolerant cultivars that belong in the flower garden . Most grow 1 to 2 feet tall and 12 feet wide with a somewhat sprawling ...
... Fragrant leaves Long - blooming Attracts butterflies The genus Origanum has many delightful , drought - tolerant cultivars that belong in the flower garden . Most grow 1 to 2 feet tall and 12 feet wide with a somewhat sprawling ...
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