Kentucky Gardener's Guide

by Mckeown Denny

• ISBN13: 9781888608175
• ISBN10: 188860817X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-07-03
• Publisher: W PUBLISHING GROUP

Summary

Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value.Book retailers are well aware that the trend in gardening books is to regional titles that provide credible information on the plants that perform well in specific regions.Written by gardening expert Denny McKeown, this book offers advice on the diverse landscape of Kentucky.Contains easy to use advice on the top landscape plant choices (more than 160 entries) for Kentucky.Recommends specific varieties and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for Kentucky's best plants.

Author Biography

Denny Mckeown has been in the nursery business for thirty-eight years, twenty-nine of them with Natorp's, where he retired as Vice-President of Marketing. In January 1992, McKeown started The Bloomin' Garden Centre, a year-round retail garden sales business. Denny McKeown Landscape is a full-service landscape division featuring design and installation for residential and commercial properties. In 1990, the author received The Jack Schneider Award, from the Garden Centers of America, a division of the American Nursery and Landscape Association-it is the highest award given to anyone in the retail nursery business. In 1992, The American Nursery and Landscape Association presented McKeown with The Garden Communicators Award, which is given to the person who has done the most to promote gardening and planting across America. The author has been involved in radio broadcasting for 20 years. His syndicated gardening radio show is heard throughout Ohio and Kentucky, every Saturday from 6 AM to 9 AM and Sundays from 9 AM till noon. The author has served as President of The Garden Centers of America and has created a complete set of seasonal gardening videos. Previous works include Denny McKeown's Complete Guide to Midwest Gardening, a book now in its fifth printing. The author's first book for Cool Springs Press, The Gardening Book for Ohio, was released in early 2000 and is in its second printing. The Kentucky Gardener's Guide is the author's newest book for Cool Springs Press.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(10)
Annuals	18	(78)
Bulbs	96	(38)
Ground Covers	134	(22)
Ornamental Grasses	156	(16)
Perennials	172	(86)
Photographic Gallery of Featured Plants	241	(17)
Roses	258	(18)
Shrubs	276	(56)
Trees	332	(56)
Turfgrasses	388	(22)
Vines	410	(23)
Resources	433	(18)
Index	451