For those who enjoy gardening--start to finish--Complete Home Gardening is the essential resource. Experienced gardeners benefit from cutting-edge growing tips while beginners learn from beautifully illustrated, step-by-step techniques. Author Miranda Smith offers professional advice for growing and enjoying a beautiful home garden, showing readers how to grow flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruit with less effort and more yields.Includes 585 full-color photographs and 267 illustrations, including dozens of watercolor paintings. More than 400 listings include hardiness zones, watering, soil and sunlight needs; propagation information; blooming season; size; and more.