The enlightening information and instructions for gardening in Ms. Stewart's book are directed towards gardeners in the Southern Coastal regions, including the states of North and South Carolina, the lower part of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, upper Florida, and coastal Texas.

Mary Stewart, who calls gardening a "delightful therapy," wrote this book as a response to her own love of gardening and as an answer to many questions that people have asked her over the years. Included is information regarding soils and additives, fruit trees, flowering shrubs, roses, and much...