Offers home and commercial gardeners, landscape contractors and architects and nursery proprietors descriptions, specifications, troubleshooting information and usage tips on more than 6,000 garden plants. Both amateur and professional gardeners will learn how to maintain existing gardens and choose plants for new gardens. Updates readers on new approaches to pest control and watering. Cloning is examined in detail with descriptive information and growing instructions on the newest plants. How-to sections teach planning, designing and establishing specific types of gardens. Appendices cover specific regional information and provide a guide to individual plant, soil and sun requirements.