Gifts For The Gardener
Landscape and gardening books are handy sources of inspiration that make perfect holiday gifts for the gardener on your list. Here is a selection of the best works from this year’s bumper crop of books from Post garden editor Adrian Higgins and environmental landscape expert Joel M. Lerner:
“What’s Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?)” by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth (Timber Press, $24.95). This is one of the best books for guiding the gardener, especially the novice, through the maze of the many maladies that can visit garden plants. The key to fixing a problem is identifying it, which is often much easier said than done. Yellowing leaves might mean an iron deficiency, a lack of nitrogen or overzealous watering. The authors use illustrated flow charts to allow reasonably observant gardeners to figure out the cause. The second part offers organic remedies for pests, diseases and bad gardening practices. The third section is a photo gallery of common ailments. This book is a valuable tool and long overdue.
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