North Carolina Gardener's Guide: The What, Where, When, how & why of Gardening in North Carolina

Toby Bost

Cool Springs Press, 1997 - Gardening - 401 pages

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.

Contains easy to use advice on the top landscape plant choices (more than 160entries) for North Carolina.

Recommends specific varieties and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for North Carolina's best plants.

Contents

• North Carolina Gardening: 10
• Annuals: 20
• Bulbs: 46
• Deciduous Trees: 74
• Evergreens: 84
• Fruits: 136
• Groundcovers and Ornamental Grasses: 158
• Herbs and Perennials: 192
• Lawns: 268
• Roses: 282
• Shrubs: 296
• Vines: 376
• Resources: 394

Bibliographic information

• Title: North Carolina Gardener's Guide: The What, Where, When, how & why of Gardening in North Carolina; Gardener's Guides Series
• Author: Toby Bost
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press, 1997
• Original from: Cornell University
• Digitized: Oct 6, 2009
• ISBN: 1888608099, 9781888608090
• Length: 401 pages
• Subjects: Gardening / General; Gardening / Regional / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)