by Alan Titschmarsch. (Get the Book)Regardless whether one refers to a plant's colour or color, deadheads it using secateurs or clippers, or mucks about in one's Wellies or boots, gardeners everywhere speak a universal language. They can also relate to common delights and setbacks, from a kinked garden hose that upends a prized geranium to the effervescent blooming of a heretofore recalcitrant wisteria. An esteemed and prolific author and novelist and beloved columnist for the BBC's Gardener's World Magazine, Titchmarsh may write specifically about the gardening goings-on in his little corner of Britain, but the rewards and challenges he extols are ones that gardeners from Arizona to Maine will recognize. Month by month, in succinct, witty, outraged, and outrageous essays, Titchmarsh mirthfully holds forth on the proclivities of plant collectors and garden tourists, problem pets and potting sheds, hated plants and proper hedges. Devoured cover-to-cover or dipped into casually, this rollicking collection of Titchmarsh's most vibrant columns is a true garden of reading delights. --Booklist
