Roses Love Garlic

From the beloved gardening author of Carrots Love Tomatoes comes a companion planting how-to guide full of flower lore and other secrets for your garden. From deterring insect pests with hot peppers to encouraging strawberries by bordering them with chrysanthemums, Louise Riotte shows you how to use the natural qualities of common plants to increase your garden's productivity. Roses Love Garlic profiles hundreds of plants, features sample garden designs, and includes recipes for using your harvest to make herbal cosmetics, medicinal mixtures, and plant-based dyes. With gardening expert Louise Riotte's sage advice, as well as her own beautiful illustrations throughout this book, you'll enjoy learning about the fascinating ways plants work together as you tend to a thriving and bountiful garden.