How Plants Work: The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do"Makes the science of plant processes accessible to home gardeners." The American Gardener Why do container plants wilt even when they've been regularly watered? Why did the hydrangea that thrived last year never bloom this year? Plant physiology the study of how living things function can solve these and most other problems gardeners regularly encounter. In How Plants Work, horticulture expert Linda Chalker Scott brings the stranger than fiction