http://www.about-garden.com/en/ Landscape Architecture * Landscape Architect * Garden Design * The Garden Plant Encyclopedia 2012-02-10T04:42:19Z http://www.about-garden.com/favicon.ico http://www.about-garden.com/images/logo/ikona1.jpg © 2012 About-garden.com http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/7054-x-chitalpa-tashkentensis-pink-dawn-chitalpa Milan Havlis Need a tree flowering in summer , ideally with an exotic look? Then chitalpa is the best choice! This beautiful and hardy hybrid was created in 1964 in Uzbekistan . It is a cross between Desert Willow with rather exotic flowers and northern Catalpa . ... 2011-09-06T11:41:49Z 2011-09-06T11:41:49Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/7053-landscaping-with-fruit Amazon.com Strawberry ground covers, blueberry hedges , grape arbors , and 39 other luscious fruits to make your yard an edible paradise Fruit trees , shrubs, and vines are true two-for-one plants. Many varieties are strikingly beautiful — well suited to doing double duty as delicious sources of sweet, organic fruit and as ornamental additions to the home landscape . Backyard fruit plants also tie in perfec ... 2011-09-06T11:32:41Z 2011-09-06T11:32:41Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/7052-mespilus-germanica-common-medlar A.B.I.E.S. s.r.o. The Common Medlar is a large shrub or small tree . In Middle Europe it grows up to 3 m tall. It has luxuriant dark green foliage, elliptic, 8–15 cm long and 3–4 cm wide. The leaves turn a spectacular red in autumn before falling. The five-petalled white or pinkish flowers are produced in from May to June. ... 2011-09-06T11:22:52Z 2011-09-06T11:22:52Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/7051-morus-nigra-black-mulberry A.B.I.E.S. s.r.o. The black mulberry is generally considered the best tasting of the various mulberry species . It is grown for its delicious, raspberry-like fruit, mulberries . They have a unique tart-sweet taste and are eaten fresh or can be used just like any berry . ... 2011-09-06T11:16:25Z 2011-09-06T11:16:25Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/7050-the-permaculture-way Amazon.com Practical Steps To Create A Self-Sustaining World The Permaculture Way shows us how to consciously design a lifestyle which is low in environmental impact and highly productive. It demonstrates how to meet our needs, make the most of resources by minimizing waste and maximizing potential, and still leave the Earth richer than we found it ... 2011-09-06T11:07:41Z 2011-09-06T11:07:41Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6960-osmanthus-aquifolium-sweet-olive-tea-olive Milan Havlis Osmanthus is a genus of about 15-20, while only a few ones are hardy enough to grow down to zone 6. Those are often mistaken for hollies owing to their foliage appearance. Osmanthus is native to Japan and China , some species originate in the south of USA. ... 2011-08-12T10:56:00Z 2011-08-12T10:56:00Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6959-garden-ponds-fountains-amp-waterfalls-for-your-home Amazon.com Garden Ponds , Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home provides essential information on designing and installing all types of home water gardens , from naturalistic to formal, plus fountains, waterfalls, streams, and bog gardens. ... 2011-08-12T10:46:58Z 2011-08-12T10:46:58Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6958-great-gardens-of-britain Amazon.com Britain is famous all over the world for its gardens. In this book Helena Attlee focuses on twenty of the finest gardens in the country. Her choice encompasses a rich selection of sites all over England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , ranging from famous eighteenth-century landscapes such as Stourhead to quirky modern gardens such as Charles Jencks Garden of Cosmic Speculation in the Sc ... 2011-08-12T10:40:40Z 2011-08-12T10:40:40Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6957-campsis-radicans-trumpet-creeper Milan Havlis Campsis radicans - tree form This is the species of north-american trumpet creeper trained into a tree with a real stem. It bears terminal cymes of rich red, trumpet-shaped flowers from early summer until the first frosts. Pinnate leaves are deep green and enhance its tropical appearance . ... 2011-08-12T10:26:40Z 2011-08-12T10:26:40Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6953-acer-platanoides-drummondii-norway-maple Milan Havlis Drummondii is a variegated form of Norway maple , only some 100 years old. The decades from its birth proved its popularity which is still very high. The leaves are beautifully creamy white variegated at the margins, with bright green centres. ... 2011-08-11T12:47:16Z 2011-08-11T12:47:16Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6952-gaias-garden-second-edition Amazon.com A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture The first edition of Gaia’s Garden sparked the imagination of America’s home gardeners , introducing permaculture’s central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens the reach and depth of t ... 2011-08-11T12:39:30Z 2011-08-11T12:39:30Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6951-australian-native-plants-concise-edition Amazon.com Cultivation , Use in Landscaping and Propagation This excellent volume of Australian native plants includes over 1500 species of plants , trees , shrubs , annuals , ground covers , bedding plants and climbers for your garden. ... 2011-08-11T12:30:37Z 2011-08-11T12:30:37Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6950-planting-the-dry-shade-garden Amazon.com The Best Plants for the Toughest Spot in Your Garden In this book youll learn how to prune selectively to admit more light and how to amend soil to increase its moisture retention. Youll also learn about more than 130 plants that accept reduced light and moisture levels-long-blooming woodland gems like epimediums and hellebores , and even lush foliage plants like evergreen ferns and hardy gingers ... 2011-08-11T12:26:23Z 2011-08-11T12:26:23Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6915-echinacea-rudbeckia-and-summer-grasses PPH ‘Heat’ is a powerful sensory stimulus – look at how it is used in advertising everything from perfumes to cars. Heat equates to danger, excitement, sexual attraction. Plants can very much evoke a sense of heat too, with vivid colours setting the pulse racing. Rudbeckia and Echinacea are two prairie flowers that love it as the mercury climbs and look just right shimmering in the sun. Add into the m ... 2011-08-01T12:00:47Z 2011-08-01T12:00:47Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6914-caryopteris-x-clandonensis-kew-blue-bluebeard Milan Havlis Bluebeard is an attractive shrub with rare late summer/early autumn flowering . In colder zones it is supposed to be a perennial rather than a woody shrub as it may freeze down to the ground. ... 2011-08-01T11:48:12Z 2011-08-01T11:48:12Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6913-cornus-controversa-variegata-wedding-cake-tree-giant-dogwood Milan Havlis This giant dogwood has another name which, in my opinion, characterizes the plant much better = wedding cake tree . Looking at the habit of the more commonly grown cultivar Variegata one knows exactly what it means. This beauty can easily become a show-stopping specimen in a garden of literally any style. Its tiered branches look exactly like several layers of a wedding cake and the white-variegat ... 2011-08-01T11:38:01Z 2011-08-01T11:38:01Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6857-garden-designers-at-home Amazon.com The Private Spaces of the Worlds Leading Designers The gardens designers have created for their clients may be familiar to garden enthusiasts , but what happens in the designers own backyards? This fascinating book takes a look at the gardens of some top designers, investigating how they differ from their commissioned work, the design process, and how they reflect their owners design philosophy. ... 2011-07-06T19:06:06Z 2011-07-06T19:06:06Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6856-clematis-an-essential-guide Amazon.com Clematis are loved for the abundance and color of their blooms but are not so well known for their versatility. Although they are typically and successfully used as climbers , they can be grown almost anywhere under most conditions. This essential guide introduces the genus in all its glory to the novice gardener and extends the knowledge of the more experienced. As well as explaining how to care ... 2011-07-06T18:57:38Z 2011-07-06T18:57:38Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6855-acer-palmatum-crispifolium-shishigashira-japanese-maple Milan Havlis Japanese maples are the „créme de la créme“ of every garden. A majestic looking tree needs no pruning at all and we recommend to let it form its own shape. ... 2011-07-06T18:26:38Z 2011-07-06T18:26:38Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/6854-hibiscus-syriacus-diana-rose-of-sharon Milan Havlis Diana has large, pure white blossoms without the purple eye, so typical for hibiscus . This makes it a very elegant flowering shrub that is popular in Californian style where masses of green leaves come first and then attractive flowers , preferable of one colour. And white remains the top favourite. ... 2011-07-06T18:14:09Z 2011-07-06T18:14:09Z