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Summary: It's full of design tips, but not good for choosing plants.
Review: The authors of this book have a lot of good ideas for garden and landscape design. There are many color photos and illustrations that show lots of examples of the concepts they discuss. It's a great book for design ideas. My big complaint, and the reason I gave it 3 stars instead of 5 is that the authors evidently consider Iowa a southern state. They talk a lot about how much cold a plant can handle, but they never once even consider that many of the plants they talk about can't survive in states like California, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Louisianna, So. Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missippi, Hawaii, or large portions of many other states. If you live in any of these states and are looking for a book to help you choose particular plants for your garden this is not the book for you. They are so oblivious to the southern zones that they left off the bottom range on every zone reference. The result is that this book is only good for northern climates when it comes to plant selection. Only buy this book if you want design ideas. Choose another selection if you are looking for which plants to choose for your garden.If you live in the Midwest, North East or Canada (zones 1-6) this book could be considered a five star book.
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Summary: Ideas for Your Garden
Review: This book has some of the most versatile and helpful gardening ideas I have found. I have shown it to others and they have bought copies. I am so excited about putting some of these suggestions to work in my own garden and then enjoying the results for the years to come.
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Summary: Ideas for Your Garden
Review: This book has some of the most versatile and helpful gardening ideas I have found. I have shown it to others and they have bought copies. I am so excited about putting some of these suggestions to work in my own garden and then enjoying the results for the years to come.
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