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The Bookworm's Favorite Garden Books

These are the 20 most highly rated books in our entire database.

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1 Southern Living Garden Book: The Complete Encyclopedia of More Than 5,000 Southern Plants

2 Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

3 The Gardener’s A–Z Guide to Growing Flowers from Seed to Bloom

4 Tropical & Garden Flower Identification

5 The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions

6 The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden & Yard Healthy Without Chemicals

7 The House Plant Expert (The Expert Series)

8 McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers

9 Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners

10 Garden Primer

11 Square Foot Gardening

12 Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials

13 Perennials for Every Purpose

14 An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Clematis

15 The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas

16 Tough Plants For Southern Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners

17 Gardening With Conifers

18 Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start

19 New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses

20 The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening

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User	Rating	Book
Cville_Gardener	Positive	Tough Plants For Southern Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners
NaturixSeeds	Positive	A Compendium of Bamboo Fruits and Seedlings
lindypuddin	Positive	The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit
lindypuddin	Positive	hole's dictionary of hardy perennials
lindypuddin	Positive	the book of little hostas
npetersweeds	Positive	Weeds in My Garden: Observations on Some Misunderstood Plants
npetersweeds	Positive	Weeds of the Northeast
plantloverkat	Positive	Clematis for Small Spaces: 150 High-Performance Plants for Patios, Decks, Balconies and Borders
plantloverkat	Positive	Trouble Free Clematis: The Viticellas
HamptonsGardener	Positive	The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques (Expanded Edition)