Roses love garlic : secrets of companion planting with flowers Louise Riotte

Softcover. 236pp inc index. Very good condition. (1983). Line drawings illustrate.

There's a curious relationship between flowers and vegetables. Friends grow well close together; enemies should be planted at opposite ends of the garden. — Louise Riotte, author of the best-selling Carrots Love Tomatoes, explores this relationship called "companion planting." — She tells how flowers help or hinder other flowers, and describes similar interactions between vegetables and flowers.

You'll Learn That

*Garlic Fights Black Spot, Worst Enemy of the Rose.

*Pepper Juice Protects Plants from Viruses; Hot Pepper Plants Discourage Insects

*Marigolds Drive Away Nematodes

*Some Flowers Attract Insects, Some Repel Them.

ROSES LOVE GARLIC will introduce you to hundreds of flowering plants, tell you how to grow them, where best to plant them. It's loaded with lore about transplanting, raising a night-blooming garden, growing flowers for dyes, raising wildflowers, and much, much more

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