Making Things Grow Outdoors Author:Thalassa Cruso The New York Times has "never come across a book more practical-minded and instructive." "Now, finally," says McCall's Magazine, "the houseplant has its champion!" — The Boston Globe calls her book "a delightful excursion into the life with plants of an exuberant horticulturist." — To outdoor gardening, the famous "plant lady" of television now b... more »rings the same down-to-earth practicality - at once brisk and relaxed - that made her famous indoor gardening book, Making things Grow, an immediate classic and, in the words of the National Gardener, "worth its weight in gold."
Now the incomparable Thalassa applies her wisdom outdoors - and whether you have a new garden or a beloved old garden, a barren waste or a tangled wilderness, a suburban yard or country acreage, her supremely workable advice on planning, planting , and maintaining will prove a revelation and a delight.« less