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All about Perennials

Learn all about perennials, the most favoured plants in most garden designs due to their longevity along with the usual attractions such as colour, foliage, etc. Perennials come in all shapes and sizes, some of them are flowering plants, and others have beautiful and interesting foliage.

When arranged properly, perennials can be used to create really nice ornate gardens. Given how useful these plants are, no wonder most gardeners - novice or expert - want to use them. Wouldn't it be nice to learn more about perennial plants along with how to take better care of them? The answer is "All about Perennials".

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"All about Perennials" is a comprehensive collection of handbooks on gardening perennials. They have useful information on a wide range of topics. Gardening can involve many aspects. It could be hands on involvement like soil management, compost management, caring about the plants, keeping the garden weed free and enhancing the environment. Another complementary aspect is the designing and landscaping of the garden. What's the use of maintaining the garden well, if it was not planned well? All you hard effort may not go waste, but it sure is not getting the same level of appreciation that it can. Similarly, what's the use of planning a great looking garden only to see it get spoilt in front of your own eyes? These books can ensure that either of these does not happen.

The maintenance of gardens requires keen understanding of which plants are best for your garden, which of these can grow in shady areas and which require bright sunlight. You also need to understand the water, fertilizer and soil requirements for these plants. This information is not just important for you to plan your garden but also to maintain it. This book about perennials will give you comprehensive information on these aspects too.

An interesting feature that customers have appreciated is a tabular representation of all the common perennials and their corresponding blooming periods. This book is a regular gardening book, but nearly an encyclopedia on perennials and something that will interest all kinds of readers. Sometimes, it is not about planting the perennials in your garden as it is about just learning about these amazing plants.

Comprehensive literature is never interesting to read if it is all about high quality text, pictures help to keep the reader's interest. Well All about Perennials will not disappoint you in this regard too. You have plenty of top quality full colour pictures to view. This has many advantages - first of all you can keep looking at good pictures to keep you interested and keen. Secondly, you also get a visual idea of how the plant, landscaping idea will look. You can use this to imagine how well it would suit your garden.

Another good part about this series of handbooks is that it is not just a heavy literature on perennials. It also has some quick tips to improve your existing perennials or tips on effective landscape planning or planting new perennials.

So, if you are looking for information on perennials to add to your garden, or improving the condition of your existing garden, or just looking at some bright and colourful plant pictures during cold, dark winters, the All about Perennials books are a great buy.

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