Flower Guide

Flower guide FARM HOME Miscellaneous 17-1-31 I've always been impressed with your magazine and the common sense ideas you feature. I'd like to tell other readers about a new computer program I've developed called "The Flower Guide".It helps gardeners put together beautiful flower gardens. The idea grew out of a personal need. The perennial gardens around my new farm home were badly overgrown and I didn't know how to restore them. I browsed through countless books, looking at pictures and descriptions and all types of annuals, perennials and bulbs. I started visualizing how !wanted one of the gardens to look. I wanted all white, pink and red flowers that would bloom all summer in the shade. I didn't think I would have a problem finding the flowers I wanted, but the search seemed endless. There had to be an easier way. What I needed was a simple computer program that would tell me the perfect flowers to plant in my gardens. Since I couldn't find one on the market, I decided to create one myself. Everyone I talked to about my idea thought it sounded great. My program is extremely easy to use. No special computer or typing skills are needed. You simply select the features of the flowers you want. For example, it will tell you the names of the most common flowers for zone 4, that grow in the full shade, are about 2 ft. tall, and have red, white and pink blossoms shaped like bells. I spent about a year putting the program together and writing the booklet that comes with it. The booklet gives information about types of flowers, garden designs, even starting plants from seed. The program is compatible with IBM computers, has over 500 variations of flowers, and is available by mail for only $19.95 (plus $2 shipping). (MicheleMeis, The Flower Guide, P.O. Box486, Hutchinson, Minn. 55350 ph 612 587-9820)

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