An American Cutting Garden: A Primer for Growing Cut Flowers Where Summers Are Hot and Winters Are Cold Contributor(s): McIntire, Suzanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813923271 ISBN-13: 9780813923277 Publisher: University of Virginia Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2004 Annotation: Suzanne McIntire describes how to plan a cutting garden, choose suitable plants, keep the garden in good order, and harvest a bountiful crop - all with charm and humor. Using both common and botanical names, she discusses in depth a wide variety of herbaceous perennials, biennials, annuals, and bulbs, while also including strategies for coping with the effects of hot summers and cold winters. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Flowers - General - Gardening | Techniques - Gardening | Regional - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
Dewey: 635.966 |
LCCN: 2001002487 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.64" W x 8.98" L (1.08 lbs) 284 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
Features: Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: In An American Cutting Garden Suzanne McIntire describes how to plan a cutting garden, choose suitable plants, keep the garden in good order, and harvest a bountiful crop--all with charm and humor. Using both common and botanical names, she discusses in depth a wide variety of herbaceous perennials, biennials, annuals, and bulbs. McIntire includes information on topics such as the length of stems one might expect from the cutting garden, how many plants are needed of any one kind, when and how to sow seed outdoors, the heat-hardiness of plants, and strategies for coping with the effects of hot summers and cold winters. Suzanne McIntire is a freelance writer and seasoned veteran of gardening in northern Virginia. She is the editor of The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People. |
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