"Sex sells ... even in the home garden market. And Louise Eldridge, with her ratings fading faster than the last rose of summer, finds her once-popular PBS gardening show becoming the latest victim of one Bunny Bainfield. With her plunging necklines and extreme short shorts, the bodacious Bunny makes pruning, mulching, and planting into an erotic adventure, and her highly successful ''Bunny in the Garden'' label is turning the once rarefied world of gardening into a flashy, multi-million dollar business. It galls Louise to see her precious gardening exploited for profit, especially when she discovers that both she and Bunny have been invited to the First Lady's exclusive Christmas conference on native plants.But someone at the formal affair feels much more strongly about the ruthless blonde magnate. No sooner has Bunny networked her last deal when she falls to the floor in violent spasms, the victim of a very potent poison. Surrounded by suspects galore, Louise is soon unearthing secrets about her fellow guests that make the Christmas spirit seem more menacing than joyful. And it isn't long before another body is found pushing up daisies" -- Cover verso.