Gardens of Europe

Infinite Spaces: The Art and Wisdom of the Japanese Garden

Prussian Gardens in Europe (458 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.04 2008 on 14:49:41 Topic: Other / Books

With more than 70 essays and articles on the history of Prussian gardens, this volume is sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in landscape architecture. Garden historians from over 20 countries examine themes like Prussian Gardens as Inspiration, Interpretation and Evaluation of Gardens in Europe and Garden Artists in European Dialogues. This comprehensive and extensive volume is the first to highlight the importance of Prussian gardens in the development of Europes horticultural aesthetic. ...

Gardens of Europe (540 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.07 2007 on 09:36:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A Travellers Guide | The most comprehensive and complete travel guide ever published on the gardens of Europe with access hours, location, facilities and contact/website details. ...

Hydrangeas for American Gardens (677 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:30:26 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The sheer number of choices among Hydrangea species, hybrids, and cultivated varieties can be overwhelming even for the most advanced gardeners. How to choose from among the hundreds of mopheads, climbers, lacecaps, and oakleafs, to name just a few? And how to care for hydrangeas in American gardens, when nearly all the books offering advice about them come from England and Europe? Respected plantsman Michael A. Dirr comes to the rescue in this refreshingly forthright and practical guide to thes ...

Hydrangeas for American Gardens (642 readers)

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Salix integra 'Flamingo' - Dappled Willow (2904 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 08:22:06 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

A Japanese plant with striking white-green-pink foliage. Slender branches are always moving in the breeze. Regular shearing is necessary to maintain leaf variegation. Very popular in Europe and gaining momentum in U.S. Also can be trained into an unusual bonsai specimum. ...

Clematis viticella - Italian Clematis (1200 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 10:09:38 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Title and Article's text

Clematis viticella - Originating from native to Southern Europe Clematis viticella (Italian Clematis), have finally come up in the world. They thrive both in a hot Mediterranean climate and in the coolness of Northern Europe. Preferring sunny areas they shouldnt be planted in shade or over a north facing wall, but will settle for moderate or even poor soil. These varieties are healthier and less prone to clematis wilt, the most dangerous disease of large-flowered varieties. ...

Paeonia tenuifolia - Fern Leaf Peony (788 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.07 2007 on 10:11:04 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

The herbaceous Peony has been cultivated in home gardens for over 600 years. Considering the beauty of the flower and the longevity of the plants, its no wonder why they have long been a perennial favorite. Peony clumps may survive for up to as long as 50 years, so it is advisable to prepare the site very thoroughly before planting. Once they have become established in the garden, they are reasonably free from maintenance and problems. ...

Isolepis cernua - Fiber Optic Grass (972 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 09:26:59 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Title and Article's text

It looks like a rush, even a lighted fiber optics lamp, but it really is a sedge. For a perpetually wet or boggy area, this sedge might do the trick. This is a great grass for mixed containers, giving them movement and interest. Fiber Optic Grass is native to Southern Europe, the British Isles, and Northern Africa. ...

Waterlilies and Lotuses (725 readers)

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Species, Cultivars, and New Hybrids | In this fully updated work, Perry Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the waterlilies and lotuses. This book includes more than 130 of the best new hybrids introduced since the landmark Water Gardening: Water Lilies and Lotuses by Perry Slocum and Peter Robinson was published. All species and the major cultivars, including day- and night-blooming tropical and hardy waterlilies and lotuses, are described ...

Hesperis matronalis - Dame's Rocket (696 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.07 2007 on 13:54:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Dames rocket is a garden plant that was introduced from Europe in colonial times. It now grows wild across much of the United States. Dames rocket is sometimes confused with phlox, but note that its flowers have four petals, while phloxes all have five-petalled flowers. ...

European Garden Flora (684 readers)

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6 volume hardback set: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass (European Garden Flora) | The European Garden Flora includes comprehensive keys at the family, genus, and species level, line diagrams to illustrate important diagnostic features of critical taxa, references to useful illustrations and taxonomic accounts. ...

Salix integra 'Alba Maculata' - Hakuro Nishi Japanese Dappled Willow (1987 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.08 2007 on 07:53:49 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

The Earth Knows My Name (522 readers)

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Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic America | nspired by her own familys immigrant history, Patricia Klindienst traveled the country, gathering stories of urban, suburban, and rural gardens created by people rarely presented in books about American gardens: Native Americans, immigrants from across Asia and Europe, and ethnic peoples who were here long before our national boundaries were drawn. In The Earth Knows My Name, she writes about the beautiful gardens she discovere ...

A Book of Blue Flowers (4502 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.04 2007 on 10:55:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Perhaps the most uncommon color among plants, blue echoes the sky and adds a welcome accent to any garden. Greatly sought after by plant breeders, blues from pale lavender to powder blue add depth and tranquility to the gardeners palette. Noting that blue flowers are more common in high-altitude meadows and stream beds, the author suggests that this may account for their popularity in the cool gardens of northern Europe. ...

The Garden Plants of China (762 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:57:00 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Gardens have long been an integral part of Chinese culture, written about by scholars and prized by emperors and priests; think of Chinese scrolls traced with plum blossoms and wood-block prints etched with pine branches or bamboo. The West has not only received a great number of fine plants from China, its also been influenced by the Chinese appreciation of plants, by their ideas on striving to have something in bloom year-round, and by their treasuring shape as well as bloom. A surprising numb ...

The Italian Garden (528 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2007 on 05:11:50 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Art, Design and Culture (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture) | Italian Renaissance gardens were the admiration of Europe and North America. They revived the classical art of garden making, as well as drawing on medieval literary traditions; but they also developed their own forms and styles, even when they began to borrow back ideas of landscape gardening from England in the late eighteenth century. But until the late nineteenth century Italy was a collection of different states, e ...

Planting the Natural Garden (777 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.04 2007 on 10:20:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Following on the success of Designing with Plants and Dream Plants for the Natural Garden , Piet Oudolfs landmark first book (co-authored by Henk Gerritsen), is now available in English. Thoroughly updated and revised, including several new chapters and many new photographs, it provides the definitive argument for the natural garden. This updated edition of the book that started the Dutch Wave, a movement that is now sweeping gardens from Europe to North America, shows how to plant a garden that ...

Davidia involucrata - dove tree (1338 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:56:54 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

This elegant and rather exotic looking tree is still rare in cultivation in Europe. It was believed to have been extinct after the glacial era, however, in late 19th century some specimens were found in Sichuan, China. Dove tree was brought to Britain in 1903 and cultivated as a rarity in some gardens of the tempered climate. ...

Camellias (520 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.01 2008 on 10:29:31 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The Gardeners Encyclopedia | For decades, large swathes of the United States and Europe believed camellias to be altogther too tender for garden use, their exquisite blooms in pure colors giving the impression that they were too rarified and delicate to tangle with. Today, few gardens are without their share of camellias. ...

Fritillaria meleagris - Guinea-Hen Flower (701 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.09 2007 on 09:02:34 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Very easy to grow and very easy to get to bloom. Fantastic markings on each petal gives the plant its common name, Guinea Hen Flower. It is also known as the Checkered Lily, Rattlesnake Lily, and Snakes Head Lily. The proper name for this plant of many names is Fritillaria meleagris. ...