Tough Plants: Unkillable Plants for Every Garden

by Sharon Amos, Steven Wooster

Few gardens have perfect growing conditions. Invariably there is a corner that is too shady, windy or dry. The a tough plant! One that will shrug off the worst conditions, often thrive despite them. Tough Plants is an easy-to-use, fully illustrated guide to more than 100 virtually unkillable plants for the garden -- whatever the growing conditions. The extended back flap of the book can be used as a quick reference to identify the symbols used throughout the book, identifying whether a plant is ideally suited for a particular situation, microclimate, or soil type. The book

Genres: Gardening

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2003

Reviews

[Ron Mohring · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adequate for beginning gardeners with good identifying photos, hardiness zones, general growing conditions. Some of the plants listed are, as one might expect, considered invasive (I'm looking at you, wintercreeper).

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tough Plants: Unkillable Plants For Every Garden by Sharon Amos (Firefly Books 2003)(635.9) is an interesting read though limited in its usefulness. The author's topic is "unkillable plants", but she writes without regard for local growth conditions. For instance, a number of plants listed as "unkillable" would be hard-pressed to survive a year (or even a season) in my Zone 6b garden. A word of further warning: if the reader doesn't know what is meant by "Zone 6b garden," this is not the book for you. My rating: 6/10, finished 2/16/12.

[False · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was an excellent gardening book and covers not only soil needs, but also weather and watering and light. I thought each plant she mentioned was worthy of the title "Tough Plant." A good book for the beginner gardener wondering what to do with those "tough spots."

[Bobbi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things that used to be rated 'noxious weeds,' for pervasivity are listed. Good reference for those spots in the yard where only weeds grow anyway. You might as well pick you weeds!

[Kaiden A · Rating 5 out of 5]

I honestly think that this was a great informational book! I have read a lot of important stuff to know about for myself