To fill your garden with color and interest throughout the year, it"s absolutely essential to include hardy perennials that resist winter"s icy cold--and don"t wilt in the hottest summer sun. Fortunately, these easy-to-grow plants are available in some of the prettiest shapes and hues imaginable. Find out all the details you"ll need to know to achieve dazzling displays, season after season. Superb advice on planning, preparation, purchasing the perennials, planting, propagation, and combating pests and diseases will get beginners (or more experienced gardeners unfamiliar with hardy perennials) off on the right track. A plant directory contains over 70 popular varieties, and superb color photography--done by the author himself--will send you rushing right out to the nursery to buy with confidence! A Selection of the Garden Book Club.