The Little Book of Advice for Flower Gardeners - by Daphne Ledward (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

An indispensable little book to help you get the most from your garden, and answer your most pressing questions.

My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece. - Claude Monet

In the multifaceted world of gardening, the same questions arise time and time again: how can I ensure my flowers bloom beautifully and often? When and how should I plant my garden to get the best results?

The Little Book of Answers for Flower Gardeners will guide you with time-honored, practical advice, whether you're planting gardens that you hope will explode with color year after year, or simply taking your first steps developing the green fingers that will allow you to grow your own blooms.

Packed full of tips and easy-to-follow advice to help gardeners enhance their skills, develop new ones and answer questions such as, what sort of soil is best for your garden, how to select the right flowers for your space, and most importantly, how to nurture, care for and grow your garden or allotment year after year.

Also available: The Little Book of Answers for Fruit & Veg Gardeners

About the Author

Daphne Ledward is a prolific writer and broadcaster on all aspects of gardening. She started her gardening career with BBC Radio Lincolnshire and has been a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time and Classic FM's Gardening Forum for 18 months. She has also appeared on television programmes such as Gardeners' Direct Line (BBC 1), By Day (Sky 1), Homes and Gardens Livetime (Granada Breeze), Grass Roots (Meridian) and How Does Your Garden Grow? (UK Style/BBC 2), and was the gardening 'expert' on Radio 2's Jimmy Young Show.