One of America's biggest and most diverse landscapes begins in your
yard. There's no way around it: Texas is huge. The state dials in at
well over 250,000 square miles, housing most of the United States' power
grid, arguably all of its delicious food, and almost every kind of
environment imaginable: formidable mountains, rolling hills, flat
plains, and coastline. If you're a home gardener, knowing what to do
when can be overwhelming--that's where Texas Month-by-Month
Gardening, the companion book to our Texas Getting Started Garden
Guide, comes to the rescue. Inside, Houston horticulturist Robert
"Skip" Richter makes it easy with a in-depth month-by-month breakdown
of what to plant, when to plant, and how to take care of it in
order to have a beautiful Texas garden all year round. During each
month, you'll learn to plan, plant, care for, water, fertilize, and
troubleshoot in-season annuals, bulbs, lawns, natives, perennials,
roses, shrubs, trees, vines, and groundcovers. As with all of our
renowned gardening books, you're treated to gorgeous full-color "here's
how" and plant photography and USDA zone maps. Plus, you'll get a
detailed introduction to gardening specifically in the Lone Star State.
So have no fear: from the red buckeyes in Dallas to Sunshine roses in
Abilene, you'll have the best little garden in the biggest state around.
For our full introduction to gardening in Texas, we also recommend
companion books Texas Getting Started Garden Guide and Texas Fruit &
Vegetable Gardening.
