Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Flower Gardening

by Better Homes and Gardens

Complete information on planning, designing, planting, and caring for flower gardens. Offers garden plans for country, traditional, and naturalistic gardens adaptable to any location and color scheme. More than 700 lush color photos and illustrations offer both inspiration and instruction. Encyclopedia features more than 450 species of flowers, ornamental grasses, and ferns. Profiles flower gardeners from across the country who share their secrets for success. Includes a handy list of mail-order nurseries, plus frost date and hardiness zone maps.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference

408 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Mac Lambert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve spent so much time pouring through this book over this spring/early summer, so I feel it deserves a spot on my read shelf 😂🪴👩🏼‍🌾🪏

[Teresa Bowman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource book on flower gardening, goes into planning, styles, color palettes, as well as technique. Biggest complaint is that there isn't a part of the book that is organized by zone or region other than a few pages at the end.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great reference book of flowers - both annual and perennial. It also includes a planting guide for each region of the United States and photos of each plant, which I really appreciated.

[Erica Krueger · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mother-in-law, who is a master gardener, loaned me this book. What a great introduction to flower gardening! I love the principles in this book, like the importance of knowing when/how long flowers bloom, spacing, color, shade/sun, etc. This book also has practical applications, with helpful lists of perrenials, annuals, or whatever type of garden you're going for. I may just have to buy this book for myself to have as a reference. A definite good-read for any beginner (or non-beginner) who wants an overview of how flower gardening is done.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resource for flower gardening, easy to read, great text organization. Extremely helpful for the gardening novice.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great gardening book with beautiful photos.

[Stacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I know nothing about gardening, I found this book to be a nice introduction. I especially liked the encyclopedia of flowers in the back. It made it simple to look up the care of any flower.

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book it described quite a bit of stuff that would help me plant a good flower garden.

[Deidra Chamberlain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Especially love the short lists of flowers suitable for specific gardening situations and preferences (e.g. boggy areas, and color-schemes)