Plantiful: Start Small, Grow Big with 150 Plants That Spread, Self-Sow, and Overwinter

By Kristin Green

"Thrifty gardeners take note: the bucks saved on plant purchases will pay back the purchase price of Plantiful with dividends." --Tovah Martin, author of The Unexpected Houseplant Whoever coined the phrase "money doesn't grow on trees" must not have been a resourceful gardener. Plantiful shows you how to have an easy, gorgeous garden packed with plants by simply making the right choices. Kristen Green highlights plants that help a garden quickly grow by self-sowing and spreading and teaches you how to expand the garden and extend the life of a plant by overwintering. The book features plant profiles for 50 self-sowers (including columbine, milkweed, and foxglove), 50 spreaders (such as clematis, snow poppy, and spearmint), and 50 plants that overwinter (including lemon verbena, begonia, and Chinese hibiscus). Additional gardening tips, design ideas, and inspirational photos will motivate and inspire gardeners of all levels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604693878
• ISBN13: 9781604693874
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Purchased many copies

I am back purchasing one more copy!! I cannot find mine! Did I give it to someone? The author covers topics that many well-known authors hardly cover. Look in the index and search for reseed or self-seed. Beginning gardeners want to know this. That is the reason that I have purchased many copies and given them as gifts. It is a great book to stretch your gardening money. Spreaders? Then the author gives the "Fine Print" on each plant entry. I have to laugh. Did she see me bent over pulling creeping jenny out of my carpet phlox? This is the book to keep in your car for reading on errands or road trips. Maybe my copy is in my car? OH, well. One more copy will not hurt.