Texas Flower Garden, The

In this newly revised edition, The Texas Flower Garden allows you to mix and match blooms of varying heights and colors with a unique "flip-page" format, providing the expertise and freedom to create a glorious garden-even in the harsh Texas climate. <P>An easy-to-use, practical, and informative source for plant selection, The Texas Flower Garden includes many lesser-known varieties of flowering plants suitable for Texas, lovely watercolor illustrations, and a zone guide. It's helpful for choosing flowers for each season that bloom in your garden year-round. The heavy-weight pages and sturdy ring binding allow for experimentation with different designs before investing in the plants themselves. Detailed information on more than 200 plants provides priceless instruction on how to design, cultivate, and nurture a show-stopping garden. Get the garden planning advice a professional landscaper would give . . . for hundreds of dollars less. It's a must-have for any Texas gardener! <P>A life-long plant enthusiast with a keen interest in garden design, Kathy Huber has been the gardening editor for the Houston Chronicle for nearly twenty years. She acquired her passion for and adoration of gardening from her mother and grandmother. Kathy is active in the Houston community organizing public garden presentations, seminars, and garden club and nursery activities. She lives in Houston.  more