Texas Gardener's Handbook - by Dale Groom & Dan Gill & Steve Dobbs (Paperback)

About the Book

Texas Gardener's Handbook is an all-inclusive, full-color gardening book for home gardeners throughout Texas.

Book Synopsis

Texas Gardener's Handbook is filled with need-to-know information from popular Texas gardening experts. Each includes his or her collective wisdom in a complete guide for Texas gardeners. In addition to hundreds of proven plants, this resource has monthly to-do calendars for each of more than ten plant categories, from annuals to vines. Full-color photos and expert advice assist gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to watering. Information on gardening with less water addresses the challenges of gardening in Texas.

From the Back Cover

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PLAN, PLANT & MAINTAIN A TEXAS GARDEN The one-stop answer book for all your Texas gardening questions! The "Texas Gardener's Handbook" combines the wisdom of multiple gardening experts into one affordable, easy-to-use volume. The authors have filled this resource with only the must-know gardening information for your Texas gardening success! "Texas Gardener's Handbook" features: Eleven popular plant categories, from annuals to Texas wildflowersWater-wise plant selections, native plants, and fruit and vegetable gardening for TexasTwelve months of around-the-garden maintenance advice for each of the plant categories More than 300 full-color plant profiles with helpful icons for sun and shadeInformation on low-water gardening and sustainable gardening practicesProblem solving, pest and disease, and plant care informationTexas community resources--and so much more Whatever your level of expertise, this is the one-stop answer book for all your Texas gardening questions!

About the Author

Dale Groom (Dallas, TX), The Plant Groom, is a horticulturist and native Texan. Dale is an accomplished author, radio and television host, speaker, consultant, and columnist whose column Ask the Plant Groom is syndicated. Dale is an extension horticulturist and certified professional nurseryman.