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Summary: Throughly detailed, colorful, and easy to use
Review: Fantastic. Each individual plant description has a large color picture (at least 3.5" x 3"), When, Where, and How to Plant (this is very detailed and includes any necessary soil preparation), Growing Tips (which includes watering and fertilizing including the fertilizer ratio and when to fertilize), Care, Companion Planting and Design and icons on the bottom of the page indicating not only sun preference and drought resitance, but also whether it attracts butterflys, hummingbirds, produces food for wildlife, as well as 9 other icons to numereous to list. It is divided into logical chapters, such as listing Native Wildflowers in a chapter seperate from Perennials. The plant index is very through.This book will not only help you pick your plants, but care for them over their lifespan. All this information is concisely packed into a useable size book you can carry to the nursury with you. If you can only afford one Texas Gardening book, this is the one to have.
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Summary: Throughly detailed, colorful, and easy to use
Review: Fantastic. Each individual plant description has a large color picture (at least 3.5" x 3"), When, Where, and How to Plant (this is very detailed and includes any necessary soil preparation), Growing Tips (which includes watering and fertilizing including the fertilizer ratio and when to fertilize), Care, Companion Planting and Design and icons on the bottom of the page indicating not only sun preference and drought resitance, but also whether it attracts butterflys, hummingbirds, produces food for wildlife, as well as 9 other icons to numereous to list. It is divided into logical chapters, such as listing Native Wildflowers in a chapter seperate from Perennials. The plant index is very through. This book will not only help you pick your plants, but care for them over their lifespan. All this information is concisely packed into a useable size book you can carry to the nursury with you. If you can only afford one Texas Gardening book, this is the one to have.
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Summary: Best Book for North Texas
Review: I am a professional Horticulturist and love this book! Even though I know my plant material, the ideas and info in this book are very helpful to me in my industry. And it is written so that someone who doesn't know plant material will also learn a lot. It is an easy read and thorough covers each plant. This is the one book that I keep with me for reference all the time. I would call it my Bible for North Texas Plant Material. I have met Dale several times and he is very knowledgable about this industry and what works in North Texas. You can be sure that what he says in this book is the truth.
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