Georgia Gardener's Guide

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Summary: Great Gardening Tips for Yankees Moving South
Review: I found Walter's book to be a great resource for someone like myself who is learning to garden in Georgia red clay after planting in New Jersy black soil. I keep this book on my coffee table for a quick reference. The material is well organized and easy to understand.

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Summary: it is ok, but...
Review: I had high hopes for a book from these two authors, who are usually informative. Unfortunately, their book is simply another list of plants, as available in many other sources. There's nothing really wrong with the text, but another book with more plants, more pictures, and more info on techniques would probably serve better. The Southern Living Garden Book is much better for experienced gardeners. For new gardeners, the brief books by Rodale or Ortho are better.

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Summary: Great resource for beginners
Review: I thought this was very helpful, being a recent transplant to Georgia. The information not only gives you the exact planting conditions, a brief history, and several ideal selections, I thought the descriptions were on target. Although yes, I find that other books are more detailed in terms of pests and may have larger pictures, this book gives great instructions specific to Georgia and the west piedmont area of the Carolinas and is a constant reference year round. This is a fabulous book for those of us who want to know what is the best choice to plant in that needy section of the garden!

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Summary: Great resource for beginners
Review: I thought this was very helpful, being a recent transplant to Georgia. The information not only gives you the exact planting conditions, a brief history, and several ideal selections, I thought the descriptions were on target. Although yes, I find that other books are more detailed in terms of pests and may have larger pictures, this book gives great instructions specific to Georgia and the west piedmont area of the Carolinas and is a constant reference year round. This is a fabulous book for those of us who want to know what is the best choice to plant in that needy section of the garden!

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Summary: There's hope for novice Southern gardeners!
Review: My husband and I are about to buy our first home, and are truly babes in the wood about landscaping and gardening. After reading (and re-reading) Walter's and Erica's book, I think I'm up to the challenge of creating a handsome yard that will survive our unpredictable winters and sultry summers. Their advice about what will grow and flourish (and more importantly, what *won't*) has been invaluable to me in planning what I want to plant in the months and years to come. A wonderful book!

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Summary: An incomplete plant list
Review: The best part of the book is the introduction. Otherwise, some of the plants I see most often around Georgia are not listed - daylilies aren't in there! Other than that, it is well organized, but I wouldn't consider it a good list of what to plant in Georgia.

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Summary: Hated it! Buy Month-By-Month Gardening in Georgia instead
Review: This book was pretty disappointing. The scope of the book was fairly small (one state) yet a surprising amount of plants are left out. The information it contains is ok, but you can get all that information and more in other sources. There is a lot of repeated information on soil amendment and not much information on the care of the individual plants. Often, 3/4 of a page is devoted to a description of the plant rather than it's care. Some references to varieties are given, but not nearly enough. Most planting explanations revolve around starting from seed, transplants are not often mentioned.

I would buy Month-by-Month Gardening in Georgia instead. I got it after I bought this one and it contains all of the information here (sometimes verbatim), but also includes month-by-month tips on caring for the plants.