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Caring for Perennials: What to Do and When to Do it | 
| Authors: Janet Macunovich, Steven Nikkila
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 149488
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0882669575
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.932
UPC: 037038009576
EAN: 9780882669571
ASIN: 0882669575
Publication Date: January 3, 1997
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I am a lousy gardener. What I know about gardening could be summarized in a few words: "Plant something and hope for the best." Yet, I love to garden, and keep trying year after year in my tiny flowerbeds around the street trees in a sea of concrete here in San Francisco. I don't even bother to attempt planting annuals or growing things from seed, but for years I've been experimenting with perennials to see if I can find something that will survive for more than one year out there in the urban jungle. If I'd had this book years ago, I might have been successful a long time ago. For me, it's a walking tour of everything I have done wrong. For you, it can be a guidebook to doing things right from the get-go!
Product Description
Macunovich teaches her month-by-month schedule for perennial gardening. Includes care charts for more than 130 perennials.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
You have planted your garden; now what? September 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Janet Macunovich has provided a very detailed account of what to do after you have planted your perennial garden. It is very informative as we follow her tending an actual perennial garden; a great concept. Mistakes and all, we see the problems, challenges, and joys of perennial gardening the way most of us do it. From early spring cleanup, to plant division, to weeding, plant choice and more, this is an excellent book for those who have a perennial garden, or those who are considering one. No punches pulled; highly recommended. Why four stars? I live in Arizona; if the book was written for desert gardens, five stars. (I know, I know...)
Bob Burke
 Good resource May 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a good resource book. The author makes it interesting, and takes you through her garden in a great way. Although I think it is a great resource book, it would have been much better for me, if it had been written more under the plant's common name, as opposed to the scientific names. That is kind of rough for beginners looking for info on how to care for certain plants, but still inexperienced at scientific species...
 Review of " Perennials: What to Do..... etc November 5, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Caring for perennials is often a gardening area that many people either avoid or misunderstand . Just because a plant is " scheduled " to re-appear for another year, there ARE certain conditions which should be provided for plants to ensure that event. This book clearly and concisely, does that. It assists both novices and master gardeners with wonderful information. Highly recommended for ANY gardener or level of ability. Carl Kokes- Peru, New York ( very northern NY State)
 Not the best November 18, 2005
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am a Master Gardener- have gardened for 20 years.
I just thought I would check this out, for new techniques.
Dont waste your money
"The Flower Gardener's Bible" is alot better and more indepth.
Conclusion: If you have never had a flower bed- or delt with leaf blite- then this may be the book for you.
 Excellent guidance for both new and experienced gardeners September 20, 2003
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
Having gardened for over ten years, and purchased many books about perennial gardening in that time, I find myself coming back time and again to two old favorites: this book and Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials. (With an occasional glance at Rodale's Insect Weed and Disease Guide when circumstances demand it!) I consider these to be the essential guides to perennial gardening, and as I write this realize I need to go through all my gardening books and sell all the others on Amazon! :o) I agree with the other reviewers; Macunovich's detailed instructions, pictures, plant recommendations, drawings, are just invaluable help to a gardener in the midst of maintaining a perennial garden. Her method for controlling weeds is the most rational approach going. Stories about gardens that have gone wrong, how gardens change over time and need to be adjusted, tradeoffs that can be made to save time ... I can't recommend it enough!
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