Florida Getting Started Garden Guide: Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

by Tom MacCubbin, Georgia Tasker

Overview

Gardening experts Georgia Tasker and Tom MacCubbin offer foolproof advice on gardening within the diverse landscape of Florida.   The Florida Getting Started Garden Guide features region-specific advice on planting, growing, and caring for more than 150 of Florida’s top ornamental and native plants. From flowers and grasses to trees and tropical plants, this step-by-step guide includes useful information for the novice and experienced gardener alike. With gorgeous full-color photos of each plant, this guide will increase the enjoyment and satisfaction of any gardener hoping to learn about—and master—the natural environment of Florida.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591865469
Publisher:	Cool Springs Press
Publication date:	08/11/2013
Series:	Garden Guides Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	457,318
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Tom MacCubbin graduated from the University of Maryland with degrees in horticulture. He is currently an Extension urban horticulturalist in Orange County.Georgia Tasker is a Master Gardener and has earned a certificate in commerical tropical botany from Florida International University. Tasker is an avid orchid grower and photographer.

Georgia Tasker is a Master Gardener and has earned a certificate in commercial tropical botany from Florida International University. Tasker is an avid orchid grower and photographer.

Table of Contents

Gardening in Florida
How to Use This Book          
USDA Hardiness Zone Map 

Annuals         
Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, and Tubers         
Cycads           
Groundcovers           
Orchids          
Ornamental Grasses
Palms 
Perennials     
Shrubs           
Trees 
Tropicals       
Turfgrasses   
Vines  

Glossary         
Bibliography 
Index 
Meet the Authors     
Photo Credits