It wouldn't be spring without daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths, and this volume has dozens of varieties of each. But it also introduces gardeners to many lesser-known, and often easier, bulbs, including dozens of charmers like glory-of-the-snow, grape-hyacinth, and bluebells. 80 color photos.

After the riotous flowers of spring fade away, too many gardens are colorless in summer. The answer is to grow summer bulbs--gladioli, lilies, daylilies, dahlias, tuberous begonias, cannas, and others covered in this book. 80 color photos.

For all-season color and a bountiful supply of cut flowers for the house, annuals fill a unique niche in a gardener's landscape plans.

Flowering shrubs are the belles of the garden ball. Along with such stars as rhododendrons, azaleas, lilacs, and spirea, many other great shrubs for all parts of the country are included in this book.

Perennials are America's favorite class of plants, and those that grow in the sun include all the great ones--peonies, iris, phlox, poppies, delphinium, chrysanthemums, asters, and lupine--as well as lesser-known but easy-to-grow beauties. 80 color photos.

The colorful, low-maintenance plants in this book are particularly useful for gardeners who have difficult, steep, rocky, dry, or infertile spots where more finicky plants won't grow.

Eighty varieties of roses are pictured and described here, with planting instructions and growing tips. Hardiness, disease resistance, fragrance, size of blossom, and blooming season are noted for each. 80 color photos.