American Horticultural Society Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening

<b>Learn how to build an enduring resilient and biodiverse landscape prized by pollinators and people alike from the foremost authority on gardening in North America. <p/></b>The second book in the American Horticultural Society's series of growing guides <i>AHS Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening</i> is a comprehensive and modern guide to cultivating and caring for perennial plants including many <b>perennials native to North America</b>. Whether you grow in full sun or a shady corner in a small space or a large landscape the insight and guidance offered by the experts at AHS ensure you'll have a <b>thriving bloom-filled garden</b>. Included inside: <p/><ul><li>Strategies for designing the perennial garden of your dreams or incorporating perennials into an existing garden </li><li>Advice on selecting the best perennials for your climate and design style</li><li>Techniques for fostering a robust and adaptable garden that requires lower maintenance </li><li>Eco-friendly approaches to managing pests and diseases </li><li>Information on routine perennial plant-care tasks such as dividing pruning pinching staking and fertilizing</li><li>Insight on garden maintenance methods that do not negatively impact pollinators and other wildlife</li><li>Over 150 perennial plant profiles with photographs and specific care advice </li></ul><br>This complete and contemporary manual contains all the information you need to grow perennials successfully in the face of today's many gardening challenges including weather extremes invasive pests water-use restrictions and other such trials. Its modern approach to perennial gardening <b>focuses on treating the garden as an ecosystem</b> that depends less on human interference and more on natural resiliency. <p/>Also included in this series is <i>AHS Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening </i>and<i> AHS Essential Guide to Ecological Gardening.</i>