Includes index.

Plant Names xi -- Chapter 1 Garden 1 -- Southern Gardening Heritage 3 -- A Gardener's Choice 4 -- A Gardening Journey 6 -- Nature of a Garden 8 -- Creative Gardener 10 -- Plants as Design Building Blocks 14 -- Sunny South 19 -- Climatic Factors Affecting Plants 26 -- Southern Soils 29 -- Preparing the Soil to Plant 31 -- Enriching the Soil 35 -- Soil pH 40 -- Gardening Tools and Supplies 42 -- Chapter 3 Planting Trees and Shrubs 53 -- Planting Bare-Root Plants 54 -- Planting Balled and Burlapped Plants 58 -- Planting Container-Grown Plants 61 -- Bed Planting 62 -- Chapter 4 Southern Shade Trees 65 -- Criteria for Choosing a Shade Tree 67 -- Placing a Shade Tree Properly 77 -- Choosing the Right Type of Tree 79 -- All About the South's Best Shade Trees 89 -- Choosing Trees for Special Situations 134 -- Purchasing Shade Trees 137 -- Keeping Your Shade Tree Growing 139 -- Tree Problems 143 -- Chapter 5 Southern Flowering Trees 145 -- Selecting Flowering Trees 147 -- All About the South's Best Flowering Trees 150 -- Growing Flowering Trees Successfully 175 -- Chapter 6 Southern Shrubs 179 -- Selecting Shrubs for Your Landscape 180 -- Growing Shrubs Successfully 185 -- Choosing the Right Shrubs for Your Garden and Landscape 187 -- All About the South's Best Evergreen Shrubs 189 -- Azaleas, Camellias, Rhododendrons, and Other Evergreen Flowering Shrubs 231 -- Azaleas for the South 232 -- Camellias for the South 241 -- Rhododendrons for the South 250 -- Other Evergreen Flowering Shrubs 255 -- Deciduous Flowering Shrubs 256 -- All About the South's Deciduous Flowering Shrubs 259 -- Roses for the South 288 -- Chapter 7 Southern Lawns 307 -- Lawn Grasses 309 -- All About Southern Grasses 312 -- Selecting the Right Grass for Your Lawn 317 -- When to Plant 319 -- Planting the New Lawn 319 -- Renovating an Old Lawn 322 -- Maintaining a Beautiful Lawn 324.