Herbs in Bloom: A Guide to Growing Herbs as Ornamental Plants - Tapa dura

Though "Herbs in Bloom" is small, it is packed with information. Belongs in the personal library of anyone interested in herbs or in flower gardening. "Herbs in Bloom": a simply perfect idea. -- V. J. Billings "Mountain Valley Growers" (10/14/2000) An extensive, well-organized, knowledgeable handbook for any gardener looking for new and pleasing plants to grow. It will serve as a manual for anyone who values herbs as ornamentals. -- Audrey H. O'Connor "Auraka Herb Society" (03/21/2000) Includes overlooked natives and old flowering herbs that have fallen by the wayside. -- Jan Riggenbach "Omaha World-Herald" (11/12/2000) In a friendly but straightforward manner Gardner details propagation methods, site and soil selection for her 80 favorite flowering herbs. With its cleverly written text, extensive listings and descriptions of over 80 flowering herbs, "Herbs in Bloom" is an authoritative and pleasurable read. Gardner shares her love for herbs by providing detailed instructions on planting, growing, and maintaining them. -- Terry Peters "North Shore News" (06/15/2005) A singular contribution to the gardening literature and the reader will never again think of basil only in terms of pesto nor rosemary solely in relation to lamb. [This is a book] you will read and read again ... she is truly a gardener. This book is full of revelations [and] experience that we can benefit from by reading this book. Gardner combines interesting historical and cultural backgrounds with detailed information on how to grow the plants. -- John Van de Water "Newark Star-Ledger" (02/01/2000) This is the perfect book for someone with a rustic summer house in northern New England where the garden mostly fends for itself. -- Carol Stocker "Boston Globe" (02/20/2005) This book is wonderful as herbs are used, not only for their flowers, but also for their foliage in the ornamental garden. -- John E. Bryan "Gardening Newsletter" (11/01/1998) Jo Ann Gardner, heirloom flower and herb specialist, has provided a gift to all herb admirers everywhere by writing "Herbs in Bloom." -- Cynthia Boyd "Gilded Herb" (02/01/1999) "Herbs in Bloom," by Jo Ann Gardener, is a must-have book for anyone wanting to explore growing flowering herbs in our climate. -- Cathie Draine "Rapid City Journal" (10/25/2001) This is a book that I can both wholeheartedly recommend and encourage anyone with an interest in herbs to add to their library. -- Collette Mealy Wampole "Hali Thymes" (12/21/1999) The book is packed with practical hints and delightful snippets of information which make it a useful and fascinating book for any gardener. -- Jean Talboys "Hardy Plant" (05/05/1999) If you are already an herb aficionado or if you've never tried herbs before, this book will inspire and instruct you toward success. -- Lynette Walther "Palatka Daily News" (06/21/2000) I highly recommend this book not only to herb enthusiasts, but also to anyone interested in fresh ideas for landscaping in the yard and garden. -- Rick Jarvis "Hobby Greenhouse" (06/02/1999) Presents an A-Z selection of the author's 80 favorite flowering herbs for ornamental gardens, with detailed cultural information as well as landscape uses, history and lore, color photographs, and the occasional recipe. An enthusiastic description of potential beauty. The idea of gardening herbs for ornamental purposes is modern and will certainly attract followers, especially in home gardening. -- Tadeusz Aniszewski "Plant Science Bulletin" (09/06/2005) How many herbs could make a showing in a flower garden? But one glimpse of its colorful cover, featuring butterfly weed, coneflower and lungwort, made me open the book at once. What an eye opener! -- Carol Howe "Maine Organic Farmer and Observer" (03/23/2000) Bring(s) an authoritative voice to the literature of herb gardening ... combines an enlightened design sensibility and contagious enthusiasm for the ornamental qualities of flowering herbs ... [and] present(s) a wide range of herbs that opens up alluring landscaping possibilities. -- Alice Joyce "Booklist" (09/01/1998) What I enjoyed most is her delight in the exuberance of the more rumbustious herbs, not for her are the prissy designs of those who have suffered from too rigourous an after-breakfast-nursery-training, but those of the true enthusiasts compelled to cram a year's herb growing into the few brief months separating one winter from the next. -- Anthony Lyman-Dixon "Herbs Journal" (08/01/1998)

Jo Ann Gardner has been growing herbs for more than 25 years on her Cape Breton Island farm. With this book, she presents an A-Z selection of 80 favourite flowering herbs, with advice on how to grow each herb from seeds or cuttings.'