Informative Gardening Books

One of the few things I enjoy almost as much as tinkering about the garden is reading. What better way to combine my loves than reading a good gardening book.

Here are a few of the gardening books I've been reading lately. Perhaps some would be beneficial to you and your next gardening project.

Heirloom Country Gardens by Sarah Wolfgang Heffner

A must-read for anyone who is interesting in historically based garden ideas or heirloom, cottage garden plants. I love the old-fashioned artwork in the book and the full color photos.

Autumn Bulbs by Rod Leeds

A treasury and encyclopedia of the hidden gems in the late-season garden this book details and pictures several varieties of flowering bulbs to plant in the spring and enjoy flowers in the fall.

Creating Beds and Borders by Fine Gardening Magazine

A compilation of some of the most popular articles from the Fine Gardening Magazine writers about plants, designing, preparing, filling and maintaining creative and beautiful landscape beds and borders.

Camellias: The Gardener's Encyclopedia by Jennifer Trehane

One of the most popular articles here in the Plants & Bulbs section has been theCamellia Growing Guide and so it's no wonder that one of my favorite gardening books is this Camellia Encyclopedia by an expert Camellia gardener, Jennifer Trehane. Worth the price of the book for the stunning camellia photos alone.

The English Roses by David Austin

Another gardening book with stunning plant photography is this tome about English Roses detailing their history and development as well as the categorization of the roses.

Do you have a favorite gardening book you would like to see reviewed? Visit the Plants and Bulbs discussion area and leave me a message detailing the book's information and I'll add it to my reading list.