Several concurrent trends have created the need for a new book on annual plants. One is the increasing popularity of container gardening, for which these plants

With seed companies offering hundreds of varieties of vegetables, gardeners need this book to sort out the best species to grow for their particular needs.

It wouldn't be spring without daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths, and this volume has dozens of varieties of each. But it also introduces gardeners to many lesser

After the riotous flowers of spring fade away, too many gardens are colorless in summer. The answer is to grow summer bulbs--gladioli, lilies, daylilies, dahlia

Perennials are America's favorite class of plants, and those that grow in the sun include all the great ones--peonies, iris, phlox, poppies, delphinium, chrysan