Rebecca's own enthusiasm for growing things and her plain, accessible advice have encouraged millions to create their own garden paradises. Starting from the ground up, she'll take you through the four seasons with color, creativity, and continuous bloom, showing you the simple tips that make gardening pleasing, satisfying and successful.Create a symphony of bloom by selecting perennials according to climate zone, blooming season, height and color; add dazzling bright splashes with annuals that flower all summer; mix vegetables with flowers and herbs for a potpourri of color and texture; produce "Nature's black gold" for your garden with your own mulch pile; and discover Rebecca's original ideas for plant containers and other craft ideas you can make yourself.Rebecca supplies charts and specific advice for everything from selecting the right plants to how much feeding and watering is required in each part of your garden. She'll give you special project ideas with illustrated directions, and tell you how to create a water garden, decorate creatively with plants and cut flowers, and more. Read Less