What is your favorite type of gardening book?

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RosemaryK Lexington, MA(Zone 6a) Jul 14, 2013

There are a total of 105 votes:


General gardening guide with lots of tips and suggestions. (24 votes, 22%)

Field guide for wild plants (bugs or birds) (25 votes, 23%)

Veggie gardening/organic gardening books (7 votes, 6%)

Books on a specific plant; roses, african violets, orchids;etc. (13 votes, 12%)

How-to guides, build a patio, retaining wall, arbor or deck. (1 votes, 0%)

Other (tell us!) (25 votes, 23%)

Books? Who has time for books when you're in the garden? (10 votes, 9%)

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JuJu55 Jasper Co., MO(Zone 6b) Jul 14, 2013

My books is AHS (The American Horticultural Society) are is the best to look up...
And Victory Gardeners, too!

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cinemike CREZIERES, France(Zone 8a) Jul 15, 2013

I regularly consult...
RHS Encyclopaedia of Gardening

RHS A-Z of Garden Plants

Seed Germination Theory & Practice & supplements (the great Norman Deno) - now available as downloads but nice to have the original

Creative Propagation - A Grower's Guide

I guess I should have a really nice garden design book - but I don't.

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evelyn_inthegarden Sierra Foothills, CA(Zone 8a) Jul 15, 2013

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G. Jekyll, L.B. Wilder, Monet and those who are still with us, Lloyd, Hobhouse etc.. A love that will take me to England and France next spring to see some of these creations.

The books will be coming out this winter as I begin to study the gardens I will be visiting, learning to become the master of 'My Own Little World', my garden.

Oh, you lucky dog!! I am so jealous! I hope you have a wonderful trip. (Oh BTW, C. Lloyd has passed away in 2006, sorry to say.) I have been re-reading his books ever since.

Maybe we should have a thread listing our libraries??

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Reynardine Lake Helen, FL Jul 15, 2013

Now it uploaded! This is "Pink Swirl".

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warriorswisdomkathy Kiowa, CO(Zone 5b) Jul 15, 2013

evelyn...Lol...ya but I've been buying gardening books for almost 30 years. Started out taking hort classes in college and couldn't afford that so decided I could learn just as much if not more from books...and then putting the info to good use....lol.. Ok, I'm still working on that. Picked up some great shrubs at Lowes tonight, some I have read about and decided I wanted for many years!!!! (and their fragrant too). And yes, I am lucky, will also be traveling with both grandaughters too. How's the garden doing?

Pix (left) Dianthus X Loveliness and Dianthus grationopolitanus Cheddar Pinks or Bath's Pinks, both very sweetly fragrant.

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gardenmart Oviedo, FL(Zone 9b) Jul 16, 2013

I forgot! the "Expert" series by d. Hessayon. Very practical, if somewhat English slanted, with lots of illustrations of varieties. I have three editions of "The Houseplant Expert", including a very early one. I use them at flower show time because entries require as exact a plant identification as possible and they make a good jumping off point.
Martha

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