http://www.about-garden.com/en/ Landscape Architecture * Landscape Architect * Garden Design * The Garden Plant Encyclopedia 2009-11-07T13:40:24Z http://www.about-garden.com/favicon.ico http://www.about-garden.com/images/logo/ikona1.jpg © 2009 About-garden.com http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/5142-aucuba-japonica-variegata-japanese-aucuba A.B.I.E.S. s.r.o. Aucuba japonica Variegata is a great choice for even the shadiest of landscapes because it is extremely shade tolerant. It also grows well in partial sun. It grows to a form of a rounded, evergreen shrub. It has large, elliptic, glossy, yellow spotted, leathery leaves. Under dense trees, its roots compete successfully with other roots. ... 2009-03-11T14:18:16Z 2009-03-11T14:18:16Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4950-fuchsias Amazon.com A practical guide to cultivating fuchsias, with over 500 beautiful photographs and illustrations | This beautiful book is an essential reference for gardeners and anyone interested in these wonderful and distinctive flowering plants . It contains fascinating history, practical advice on how to grow fuchsias , as well as an illustrated directory of cultivars. ... 2009-02-04T15:02:18Z 2009-02-04T15:02:18Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4949-natural-gardening-the-traditional-way Amazon.com Timeless Techniques for the Ecological Gardener | Gardeners through the centuries have built up a marvellous amount of shared gardening knowledge - how best to nourish the soil, ingenious ways with irrigation, propagation and grafting, and the most effective control of pests and diseases. ... 2009-02-04T14:58:16Z 2009-02-04T14:58:16Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4948-the-roses Amazon.com A stunning, beautifully illustrated guide to more than 800 rose varieties with hundreds shown in glorious photographs. ... 2009-02-04T14:53:17Z 2009-02-04T14:53:17Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4947-lilium-first-crown-lily Milan Havlis Lilies are not just beautiful cut flowers . In perennial beds same as carefully planted among shrubs or trees they will dazzle with bright colours, shapes, and sizes of their blooms. And be sure we select the grandest of the great ones only! ... 2009-02-04T14:44:45Z 2009-02-04T14:44:45Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4946-juglans-regia-common-walnut Milan Havlis Common walnut is a native tree of the Old World. Its natural habitat lies between South-eastern Europe and Himalayas. Irrespective of its large size it is still one of the most sought-after fruit trees of our country. ... 2009-02-04T14:33:05Z 2009-02-04T14:33:05Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4945-cedrus-atlantica-compacta-atlas-cedar Milan Havlis Compacta is an Italian dwarf variety of Atlas cedar . This evergreen conifer has short, sharp, mid green needles. It grows slowly, forming a rounded shrub. To maintain a perfect shape it may be pruned beginning of spring. ... 2009-02-04T14:27:01Z 2009-02-04T14:27:01Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4438-designer-plant-combinations Amazon.com 105 Stunning Gardens Using Six Plants or Fewer | For every gardener who has hesitated over plant pairings or wondered if an array of favorite plants will work well together in the garden, Designer Plant Combinations inspires and delights with professionally designed combinations using just two to six plants. Here are the secrets to combining French lavender with California fuchsia ; prairie conefl ... 2008-09-16T09:31:33Z 2008-09-16T09:31:33Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4437-art-and-the-gardener Amazon.com In Art and the Gardener, Gordon Haywards tenth book on garden design , he makes a radical departure from his earlier approaches in order to explore elements of visual language across two artistic disciplines-fine painting and garden design-in hopes that the remarkable crosscurrents will help reveal how to design or simply appreciate your garden with greater acuity. ... 2008-09-16T09:18:47Z 2008-09-16T09:18:47Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4436-the-garden-succulents-primer Amazon.com Succulents and rock garden plants have become popular for their ease of cultivation, diversity of form, and striking colors. Their natural drought tolerance makes them especially useful for gardens in arid climates and water-conserving gardens . ... 2008-09-16T09:14:12Z 2008-09-16T09:14:12Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4435-dicentra-ivory-hearts-dwarf-bleeding-heart Amazon.com Ivory Hearts Bleeding Heart - Dicentra Ivory Hearts Family: Fumariaceae Origin: Hybrid origin. An exceptionally long-blooming hybrid with bunches of nallow, white, heart-shaped flowers over robust, finely-cut blue-green foliage. ... 2008-09-16T09:07:32Z 2008-09-16T09:07:32Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4434-origanum-vulgar-oregano Amazon.com Italian Oregano - Origanum vulgare So Pretty You Hate to Cut It! (but oh, the flavor!) A fine edible ornamental! Italian Oregano is a treat for the senses. The fragrance will start your mouth watering, while the red-flushed green leaves and purple-brown stems, even when not topped with clusters of lavender-pink blooms, are attractive enough to take their place in bed or border with other flowerin ... 2008-09-16T08:56:57Z 2008-09-16T08:56:57Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4433-duchesnea-indica-indian-strawberry-mock-strawberry Amazon.com A semi- evergreen trailing perennial , this species grows to a height of 4 in (10 cm) and multiplies rapidly by runners to an indefinite spread. It is useful as a ground cover and for bed edging , hanging baskets and pots . It has dark green leaves and bright, 1 in (25 mm) wide, yellow flowers from spring to early summer. ... 2008-09-16T08:43:14Z 2008-09-16T08:43:14Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4432-gillenia-trifoliata-indian-physic Amazon.com Indain Physics ( Gillenia trifoliata ) Airy, bush forming plant with green lanceolate foliage. A great plant for the landsaping if multiple plants are used. Gillenia perfroms best in partial shade of rull sun in a moist well drained soil. ... 2008-09-16T08:34:54Z 2008-09-16T08:34:54Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4431-sauromatum-venosum-voodoo-lily Amazon.com Sauromatum venosum - India Voodoo Lily A very unusual, shade loving plant that produces a tubular shaped, purplish green flower with dark purple markings which surround a blackish purple central spike, making the spike look like it has been provided its own vase. Following the bloom of the flowers, large 2-3, finger-like, lovely green leaves emerge on 2 purple mottled and speckled stems, providin ... 2008-09-16T08:19:31Z 2008-09-16T08:19:31Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4176-fences-gates-and-bridges Amazon.com “The author, George A. Martin, knows his subject, not only fence building but the farm and its requirements. He knows the stock: the unconfinable pig, the dexterous cow. He knows his materials, especially wood. I count twenty-one species of tree in the text, each especially suited for a particular application. He knows the value of work well done, done to last, and he aims to give value himself, i ... 2008-08-04T12:08:10Z 2008-08-04T12:08:10Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4175-the-composed-garden Amazon.com THE COMPOSED GARDEN is the culminating work of one of Californias most brilliant garden designers , Harland Hand. Lushly illustrated with photographs of Hands gardens, this meticulously written guide describes his distinctive design principles, as well as practical strategies for using plants, hardscaping, repetitive and irregular elements, and texture and color in the garden. Brainy, ambitious, a ... 2008-08-04T12:02:58Z 2008-08-04T12:02:58Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4174-william-robinson Amazon.com The Wild Gardener | Like his contemporary Gertrude Jekyll , William Robinson made enormous contributions to the world of gardening. More than any other gardener, he was responsible for sweeping out the rigid Victorian style and ushering in a more relaxed look that used native plants. Here, Richard Bisgrove explores Robinson’s design principles and his transformative role in English gardening . Rob ... 2008-08-04T11:57:58Z 2008-08-04T11:57:58Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4173-rosa-dark-red-rose Milan Havlis Dark Red is a patio / polyantha rose (the botanists are in disagreement as far as naming the groups). It has double flowers of velvet-like deep red colour. These roses are low maintenance but still breathtaking, low, cluster-flowered shrubs. They bloom from end spring in several phases until the frosts. In mild winters they can have buds and occasional flowers yet in December. ... 2008-08-04T11:52:05Z 2008-08-04T11:52:05Z http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/4172-ficus-carica-bornholm-s-diamond-fig-tree Milan Havlis Another hardy fig that can grow and even fruit in our climate (zone 6) is called Bornholm’s Diamond ( Bornholms Diamant ). Its name and characteristics were derived from a Swedish variety called Bornholm bred on on island of the same name. This one is more tolerant of damp weather which makes it suitable for continental climate. ... 2008-08-04T11:48:19Z 2008-08-04T11:48:19Z