Your Florida Landscape: A Complete Guide to Planting and Maintenance

by Kathleen C. Ruppert and Robert J. Black

Book Overview

This guide to landscaping in Florida includes discussion of trees, palms, shrubs, ground covers and vines, as well as the uses of mulches and compost. It should help readers to plan landscapes suited... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081301641X
• ISBN13: 9780813016412
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Reference

Although not the most interesting "read", this is a great reference book for gardening in South Florida. Straight forward without too much fluff. The section on pest control is a little heavy on identifying pests and little light on how to control them but the rest of the book is very clear on the basics. Probably not the best book for an advanced gardener but I highly recommend it for the novice like me who wants the nitty gritty on how to get going in Florida but doesn't care about a fancy looking book.

Very good reference for selecting bedding plants in Florida

I thought this was an excellent reference for selecting Florida bedding plants. I wanted a book that had lots of pictures of various plants and told me when and where to plant them. This book does that. It is limited on pest control, but has a good basic section on digging and prepping your bedding areas. It would be a great reference to take with you to the nursery when you are trying to decide which plants to purchase for your beds. It has more color photos for identification of bedding plants than most of the Florida gardening books out there.