Complete Guide to Florida Gardening [Hardcover]

A very welcome addition to anyone's library here on the suncoast, from the newcomer to the old timer on the Florida gardening scene. His third book, Complete Guide to Florida Gardening has just been updated and released in a third edition. This 321-page volume offers practical suggestions for experienced and novice gardeners. The updated guide provides guidance on what thrives in Central Florida and offers tips: from planting a shrub to designing a landscape. DeFreitas has sprinkled straightforward landscaping recommendations, plant identifications and his own Mr. Green Thumb Rules throughout the book, making it a valuable reference.Explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing the needs of gardening novices, seasoned hobbyists, and horticulture professionals alike, Stan DeFreitas has, once again, created a reference book that no Florida gardener should be without.More comprehensive than ever, the Complete Guide to Florida Gardening explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing the needs of gardening notvices, seasoned hobbyists, and horitculture professionals alike, Stan DeFreitas has, once again, created a reference book that no Florida gardener should be without.A native Floridian, former urban horticulturist with the Pinellas County Extension Service, and horticulture teacher at St. Petersburg Junior College, DeFreitas relays a wealth of gardening information thorugh his radio program, Mr. Green Thumb ; through his newspaper columns for the Clearwater Sun and the Tampa Bay Tribune' and through his weekly television programs for local CBS and PBS affiliates.