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One of the most practical perennial guides for North America, this text provides the monthly blooming schedules and growing requirements of more than 700 species, plus hundreds of their cultivars. Each chapter presents a month of blooming perennials, March through September, with an extensive list of plants arranged by blossom color.

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He (Joseph Hudak) knows his sugject through and through and writes with economy and absolute clarity ... it is brilliant ... makes the book worth the price. --Sydney Eddison, Fine Gardening, May/June 1994

He (Joseph Hudak) knows his sugject through and through and writes with economy and absolute clarity ... it is brilliant ... makes the book worth the price. -- Sydney Eddison Fine Gardening

A classic for those who design perennial garderns. Considered a classic in American garden literature. An especially informative book for the flower gardener. This is one book that most gardeners would welcome in their library. A comprehensive listing of over 700 species with detailed horticultural advice. Completely revised, updated, and expanded. This is one of the best special plant books. An excellent resource for beginners or experts. -- Ann Milovsoroff Pappus (06/22/2001) If you've ever wished you had a comprehensive guide to what will bloom when, then this is the book for you. Provides practical information...for both the amateur, garden club member and the professional perennial gardener. This book is the most practical hardy perennial guide in North America. -- Victoria Z. Lang Breaking Into Print (02/01/1997) A practical perennial guide for North America, giving the monthly blooming schedules and growing requirements of more than 700 species. I highly recommend this book to anyone designing perennial gardens or including perennials in the landscape. -- Bobbie Schwartz Buckeye (11/18/2004) This book is a real asset for those who design perennial gardens and a great resource for selecting sequential bloom. -- Petra McLean Plant Master (10/20/2004) Updated and expanded...has provided the gardening public with a valuable resource for creating or updating a perennial garden. -- Sandra J. Sandefur Perennial Notes (09/01/2004) He (Joseph Hudak) knows his sugject through and through and writes with economy and absolute clarity...it is brilliant....makes the book worth the price. -- Sydney Eddison Fine Gardening (06/01/1994) Gardening with Perennials Month by Month provides the gardener, amateur or professional, with an invaluable planning tool besides being a useful reference book. -- Rosemary Thodey New Zealand Gardener (12/01/1994) Joseph Hudak presents in a unique format the blooming time of every plant in a monthly calendar organized by the color of the flowers...a gardener can browse forever in this book. -- Virgil Rupp East Oregonian (05/02/2004) Hudak's vivid descriptions, clear horticultural advice and honest assessment of the plant's performance and problems give us gardeners firm foting in the often slithery slopes of plant selection. -- Mina Otis Westwood Press (12/14/2000) One of the best resources you can turn to for guidance in choosing perennials for sequential bloom is Gardening with Perennials Month by Month, in a recently revised, updated, and expanded edition from Timber Press. -- Ethel Fried Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer (06/19/2000) A comprehensive listing of over 700 species with detailed horticultural advice. -- Library Journal, December 4, 2000 Provides practical information ... for both the amateur, garden club member and the professional perennial gardener. -- National Gardener, July 2004 He (Joseph Hudak) knows his sugject through and through and writes with economy and absolute clarity ... it is brilliant ... makes the book worth the price. -- Sydney Eddison, Fine Gardening, May/June 1994 A comprehensive listing of over 700 species with detailed horticultural advice. --Library Journal, December 4, 2000 Provides practical information ... for both the amateur, garden club member and the professional perennial gardener. --National Gardener, July 2004 He (Joseph Hudak) knows his sugject through and through and writes with economy and absolute clarity ... it is brilliant ... makes the book worth the price. Sydney Eddison, Fine Gardening, May/June 1994

Author Information

Joseph Hudak was the plant materials instructor for twenty years in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and also taught at the Radcliffe Seminars Program. He serves as Landscape Design Advisor for the National Garden Clubs and received the Meritorious Service Award for lifetime achievements from the American Horticultural Society. A Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Mr. Hudak is also the author of Design for Gardens.

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