The Art of South Florida Gardening: A Unique Guide to Planning, Planting, and Making Your Subtropical Garden GrowGardeners from Key West to Lake Okeechobee and on up the coasts know that gardening advice for the rest of the country just doesn't apply here. South Florida is unique, and The Art of South Florida Gardening is uniquely intended for South Florida gardeners, who have depended on the solid advice in this book since the first edition came out more than a decade ago. Now it has been updated with more helpful facts, tips, and advice for the conservation-conscious gardener of the 21st century, while maintaining the practical, easygoing attitude South Florida gardeners have found so comforting over the years. This book still makes gardening in South Florida inviting and fun, whether you are an old hand or have just moved here and even if you have never before considered getting your hands dirty. Harold's warm, wise voice is always encouraging and enthusiastic, and Coralee's lively engaging prose will have you reading as much for pleasure as for its valuable information. |
Contents
Before You Plant Plan | 5 |
Gardening in a nutshell | 16 |
Flowering trees | 23 |
Palms | 36 |
How to care for a young tree | 44 |
Hedging your best | 50 |
Covering ground | 57 |
A vine romance | 63 |
The Weather Game | 147 |
Hurricane watch | 153 |
Harolds Laws of the Garden | 162 |
Plants with Personality | 169 |
Gloriosa lily | 177 |
Plan and prep | 183 |
A little WFS for TLC | 190 |
The Changing Landscape | 196 |
Grass with Class | 70 |
Nutrition | 84 |
Gold from straw | 98 |
Fungus | 117 |
Plant societies | 130 |
Roses | 144 |
New plants from old | 203 |
Rearranging the garden | 211 |
Helpful Information | 217 |
Plant societies | 228 |