Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53033 in Books
• Published on: 1995
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

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Lois Hole makes gardening easy, successful, and enjoyable, profiling 100 of her favorite perennial plants chosen for their beauty and hardiness. With common sense and practical wisdom, she tells homeowners all they need to know to easily transform any patch of earth into a spectacular garden they can enjoy year after year. 430+ color photos.

Customer Reviews

Excellent reference for the beginning Northern gardener
I have most of Lois Hole's books being from Canada myself, and her perennial and tree and shrub books were the first "real" gardening books I bought. When I jumped headfirst into perennial gardening about 5 years ago, I bought this book because of its straightforward approach. It doesn't overburden the beginner with highly technical information, but presents useful facts about a great variety of perennials. Small columns about height, colour and varieties, when and how to divide, how to grow and how to propagate each perennial are accompanied by close-up colour photographs. The latin name and/or other common names appear in smaller text at the top of each entry. Although I have now graduated to the technical, encyclopaedia type of reference books, Lois Hole's book will remain a treasured (and still often used) member of my perennial gardening library.

Great reference book
You gotta love Lois Hole - she knows how to write a book. She keeps it simple, yet very informative and with alot of pictures. I refer to this book often and it is a definite keeper in my book collection.

BEST Perennial Book Ever Written
This is my favorite perennial book. I have worn this one out. I use it like a bible and refer back to it often. Lois Hole is extremely thorough and her information is correct and her book extremely useful!

This book is especially useful if you live in Western Canada or Northwestern USA.