Provides information on growing trees, perennials, annuals, grasses, herbs, and bulbs, features the basics of garden design, and talks about environmentally sound controls of pests and diseases.

Reveals the vital components of landscape design, offering advice on choosing a site, selecting plants, creating garden accessories, and maintaining a landscape.

The most comprehensive guide available, featuring more than 500 of the best historic, regional, and ethnic vegetables. Complete instructions on how to select and grow the best varieties for your own garden. Illustrated with more than 200 color photographs and 20 how-to drawings. Plus sources of seeds and expert advice on organic control. -- Cover.

"To grow a successful garden in shade, you need to select the right plants and then grow them according to their special needs. In this book, experts give you all the information you need to turn a common problem into a gardening pleasure." --Cover.

Suggests over 800 species of plants suitable for use the in colder half of the United States and in Canada, covering care and characteristics, season extenders, and tips on protecting plants from unexpected freezes.

Several concurrent trends have created the need for a new book on annual plants. One is the increasing popularity of container gardening, for which these plants are particularly suited. Another is the hottest trend in landscaping -- creating a bold, even jungly look through the use of tropical plants and other dramatic specimens, most grown as annuals in temperate zones. To meet the demand, growers have developed hundreds of new plants and improved cultivars of old favorites. In this Taylor's Guide, buyers will find more than five hundred of the latest, trendiest plants and the best cultivars of the beloved old standbys.

With descriptions of more than 1,000 species, hundreds of line drawings, and 1,200 color photos, the "Taylor's Encyclopedia of Garden Plants" will be as useful 20 years from now as it is today.