The Gossler Guide to the Best Hardy Shrubs: More Than 350 Expert Choices for Your Garden

by Roger Gossler, Marjory Gossler, Roger Gossler

For most homeowners, shrubs are an essential part of the yard or garden because they provide shade, flowers, and foliage from spring through fall. Unfortunately, the choices available at many garden centers tend to be predictable and often unsuited to the local climate and growing conditions.

It doesn't have to be that way. The superior plants available today can transform ho-hum gardens into scenes of beauty and serenity. For decades, the Gossler family has tested, propagated, and sold the very best hardy shrubs from around the world. This book is a distillation of their expertise ― a guide to more than 350 of the most beautiful, versatile, and growable shrubs. Plant profiles describe the plant's main characteristics, give height and spread, and list the growing conditions needed to thrive.

Genres: Gardening

204 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Patty · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was interesting to read, but I didn't feel it was a lot of help. While he talks about micro-climates and how that will differ from place to place I wonder how hardy the plants will be where I live.

It is interesting to hear of a number of more rare plants and how they can be fun in your garden. Disappointing though when he tells you how hard it is to find info on a specific plant and then fails to even show a picture of it. He doesn't do this with all the plants, but with enough of them that I got frustrated. He also doesn't give a whole lot of info of the care for some of the plants.

Basically, if you are interested in searching out different plants this book might be for you. If you just want your yard to look nice, enjoy gardening, but don't or can't do much gardening or are just starting out like me, then you might want to buy another book.