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Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South Hardback - 2003

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Author: Winter, Norman
ISBN: 9781578065431

by Norman Winter

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Featuring a guide to U.S. planting zones, a color wheel to help gardeners create dramatic effects, and a photograph of each of the 200 flowers discussed in the book, "Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South" takes the guesswork out of choosing annuals, perennials, bulbs, grasses, and vines that all grow well in Dixie.

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Do you want your garden to have four seasons of bright, colorful flowers? Do you know which plants will perform best?

In Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South the award-winning horticulturist Norman Winter gives the answers. Taking the guess and the gamble out of plant purchases, he names ideal annuals, perennials, bulbs, grasses, and vines for any Dixie weather.

Via television, newspapers, magazines, and daily public-radio spots, Winter regularly reaches more than two million homes. For his wide audience he showcases plants that are good buys and good performers.

Among the unbeatable southern stalwarts he recommends in this book are four o'clock, Bouncing Bet, and summer poinsettia. New award winners he touts are scaevola, angelonia, and Jewel of Thailand ginger. His discussions of these and many more are enhanced by some 200 full-color photographs that will assist in identification and choice.

Included, too, are a guide to U.S. planting zones and a color wheel that will lead gardeners to exciting floral combinations sure to create dramatic effects. Along with a photograph of each flower come precise guidelines for proper light, water, bed preparation, fertilizers, and maintenance. In addition, Winter, a gardener with an eye for aesthetic placements, suggests companion plantings to give the landscape striking hues and lush foliage.

As coordinator of the acclaimed Mississippi Medallion Program, Winter is one of the best-known gardening experts in the South. Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South offers over 170 hardy bloomers, including award winners from such programs as Arkansas Select, Florida Plant of the Year, Georgia Gold Medal, Louisiana Select, Mississippi Medallion, Oklahoma Proven, TenneSelect, and Texas Superstar.

Winter's recommendations perform well in any of these award-program states and throughout the South and border states.

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Title Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South
Author Norman Winter
Binding Hardback
Pages 234
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University Press of Mississippi
Publication date 2003-03
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781578065431 / 1578065437
Weight 2.28 lbs (1.03 kg)
Dimensions 10.52 x 7.34 x 0.82 in (26.72 x 18.64 x 2.08 cm)
Category Gardening / Horticulture
Library of Congress subjects Landscape plants - Southern States, Landscape gardening - Southern States
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002014246
Dewey Decimal Code 635.952

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Publishers Weekly, 02/03/2003, Page 73

About the author

Known to many as the Southern Gardening Guru, Norman Winter is one of the most sought-after garden lecturers in the South and was formerly a horticulture specialist at the Mississippi State University Extension Service. His books include Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South and Captivating Combinations: Color and Style in the Garden, both published by University Press of Mississippi; Mississippi Gardener's Guide; and Paradise Found: Growing Tropicals in Your Own Backyard. He also writes a weekly syndicated column on gardening.

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