FLORIDA GARDENER'S HANDBOOK

Subtitle All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a Florida Garden

Tom MacCubbin, Georgia Tasker

The Florida Gardener’s Handbook has more than 300 proven plants, including tropical choices. Helpful icons highlight plant benefits and sun and shade requirements. Twelve months of when-to advice for each plant category help Florida gardeners keep their gardens growing. The authors address the challenges of Florida gardening with tropical and saltwater gardening information and garden how-tos for planting, pruning, watering, and much more. Full-color images for each plant and helpful illustrations and charts make this an easy-to-use resource for all Florida gardeners. This resource guide provides all the need-to-know information for Florida gardeners from leading Florida gardening experts.

Category:

Gardening, House & Home

Subject area:

Gardening

Series:

Gardener's Handbook

Format:

Trade Paperback 272 Pages

ISBN:

9781591865421

Size:

8.25 in x 10.81 in x 0.75 in / 209.55 mm x 274.57 mm x 19.05 mm

Published:

November 3rd, 2012

Imprint:

Cool Springs Press

Tom MacCubbin

Tom MacCubbin, writer of the Plant Doctor column for the Orlando Sentinel, has been helping gardeners throughout Florida for over 40 years. He is the television co-host of Central Florida Gardening, gardening consultant for Central Florida News 13, and 25-year co-host of the Better Lawns and Gardens radio broadcast across 24 Florida stations with his wife, Joani. With Cool Springs Press, MacCubbin is the author of Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida (2006) and Florida Month-by-Month Gardening (2014), and is co-author of Florida Gardener's Handbook (2012) and Florida Getting Started Garden Guide (2013). He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in horticulture and is currently an extension agent emeritus with a full professor equivalent at the University of Florida. Better Lawns & Gardens: betterlawns.com/newhome.asp