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  • Your Florida Guide to Bedding Plants
    Your Florida Guide to Bedding Plants

    From University Press of Florida:

    Gardening in Florida presents unique challenges due to its diverse climate and soil conditions. This comprehensive guide addresses the specific needs of gardeners across the state, providing expert advice tailored to different regions. Discover essential techniques and tips to:

    • Design attractive beds with easy-to-follow landscape plans
    • Place and use over 70 bedding plants with the at-a-glance photo reference
    • Garden successfully in coastal areas
    • Prevent and cope with plant pests and diseases
    • Create hanging baskets, fragrance, and cutting gardens

    By Robert J. Black and Edward F. Gilman, ISBN 0813016428, copyright 1998.

    Price: $18.95
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  • Your Florida Guide to Perennials: Selection, Establishment, and Maintenance
    Your Florida Guide to Perennials: Selection, Establishment, and Maintenance
    Whether you are just gaining an interest in perennials or have a long-time appreciation for them, this fourth book in the popular Your Florida Guide to... series will become a valuable gardening resource. Perennials provide extended seasons of color that enhance any landscape. With Your Florida Guide to Perennials, you will recognize old favorites and be introduced to gorgeous new varieties to add to your garden's plant palette.

    Sydney Park Brown and Rick Schoellhorn, with a combined 30 years of horticulture experience, offer a variety of ways to select and enjoy perennials, such as fragrance, season of color, drought tolerance, shade tolerance, and wildlife attractants. They provide information not currently available to either consumers or industry professionals on perennial selection, use, and care.

    Over 250 perennials are featured in a user-friendly format that includes a plant identification color wheel, sidebars, and nearly 200 full-color photos for easy identification. Gingers, begonias, and salvias are given special treatment with pages devoted to these large and diverse plant groups. All the major climatic zones in Florida are covered along with success tips for each zone. Native species are noted.

    144 pages.
    Price: $18.95
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  • Your Florida Guide to Shrubs
    Your Florida Guide to Shrubs

    Second Edition
    Your Florida Guide to Shrubs is designed to cater to a wide audience, from novice homeowners to seasoned landscape professionals and property managers. This updated edition offers comprehensive guidance on selecting and nurturing healthy shrubs suitable for various landscape applications. With valuable insights into the selection, growth, and maintenance of shrubs and small trees that flourish in Florida, this edition provides essential information for successful landscaping endeavors.

    Published by University Press of Florida, 194 pages.

    Price: $19.95
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  • Your Florida Landscape: A Complete Guide to Planting and Maintenance
    Your Florida Landscape: A Complete Guide to Planting and Maintenance
    This comprehensive guide encompasses a wide array of flora, including trees, palms, shrubs, ground covers, and vines. It offers invaluable insights backed by research, covering essential topics such as planting site assessment, mulching techniques, proper watering practices, effective fertilization methods, pruning guidelines, common pests identification, and the role of beneficial insects. Featuring over 240 vivid color plates and 52 illuminating illustrations, this 234-page volume is a must-have for anyone seeking to create and sustain a thriving landscape in Florida.
    Price: $19.95
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