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Success with Shade-Loving Plants (527 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.11 2007 on 10:41:26 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Celebrate the low-light areas of the garden; the trick is knowing which plants to choose, and then placing them properly for best success. Written by a renowned horticulturist and former gardener at London’s Buckingham Palace, this field guide continues the well-received Success with gardening series, and covers selecting, buying, and placing shade-tolerant plants. ...

Success with Clematis (2235 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.11 2006 on 18:55:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Clematis rates among the most beautiful of climbing vines, but in the past its popularity suffered because it was considered hard to grow. Not any more. ...

Success with Roses (443 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2007 on 14:05:16 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Few ornamental plants match roses for sheer majesty, but success in growing these garden beauties isn’t assured. Expert advice can make a real difference, and here is essential information for growing all kinds of roses—as ground cover or hedges, in gardens large and small, in containers, and even indoors. Hundreds of color photographs show how to prune, feed, and treat pests on climbing roses, hybrid tea roses, rose shrubs, and more. The comprehensive rose directory lists hundreds of varieties, ...

Success with Sun-Loving Plants (561 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.04 2008 on 21:47:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

As gardeners become increasingly concerned with both drought and water conservation, plants that love the sun are an attractive option. From white flowering hawthorns to richly scented wisteria, they come in all shapes, colors, and sizes, with endless potential for producing stunning planting schemes. You’ll find success with this vividly illustrated volume, which shows how to select the best sun-friendly varieties and plant them with confidence—whatever your experience. ...

Clematis & Climbers (786 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.04 2007 on 20:43:25 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

All the latest horticultural tips and techniques to guarantee success, this series is designed to meet the requirements of todays small garden owners, who want to enjoy gardening while making the most of their time and effort. ...

Easy Pruning (532 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:25:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

With all the latest horticultural tips and techniques to guarantee success, this series is designed to meet the requirements of todays small garden owners who want to enjoy gardening while making the most of their time and effort. ...

Plants for Shade (513 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:27:40 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Containers for Patios (417 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.10 2007 on 20:24:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

AHS Practical Guides | All the latest horticultural tips and techniques to guarantee success, this series is designed to meet the requirements of todays small garden owners, who want to enjoy gardening while making the most of their time and effort. ...

Water in a Small Garden (556 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.10 2007 on 20:30:16 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Planting a Small Garden (454 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.10 2007 on 20:28:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Bamboos & Grasses (658 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.07 2007 on 12:03:07 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Simple Steps | With all the latest horticultural tips and techniques to guarantee success, Bamboo & Grasses is designed to meet the requirements of todays small garden owners who want to enjoy gardening while making the most of their time and effort. ...

Success With Rhododendrons and Azaleas (705 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.04 2007 on 21:07:42 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Illustrated with more than 110 striking color photographs and packed with advice on every aspect of rhododendron growing, from soil preparation and landscape design to advanced propagating and hybridizing techniques, this is the most useful book on these spectacular flowering shrubs. Reiley has fully updated his practical, hands-on approach with more of the detailed information that gardeners need to choose and grow these luxuriant, beautifully blossoming plants. ...

How to Propagate (627 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.07 2007 on 12:28:33 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Techniques and Tips for Over 1000 Plants | Almost all modern home gardeners run to a nursery at the start of every new growing season and stock up on perennials, maple saplings, and shrubs—but they dont have to. Propagating one’s own plants is far from a difficult gardening feat, and it can be an exhilarating gardening accomplishment. ...

Alpine Plants (989 readers)

Contributed by amazon 01.04 2007 on 10:34:38 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Ecology for Gardeners. Alpine Plants: Ecology for Gardeners explores ecosystems above the treeline on mountains and beyond the treeline in sub-polar regions from a gardeners perspective. It looks at the effects of geology and soils, low temperatures, precipitation, drought, and snow on the morphology and life cycles of alpine plants - including perennial herbs and grasses, annuals and biennials, prostrate and dwarf shrubs, bulbs, and cushion plants. ...

The Essential Garden Maintenance (612 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.04 2007 on 19:52:06 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

The Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook takes over where Rosemary Alexanders first book leaves off. With the newly designed garden in place how do you manage the work in a garden and keep it looking good year in and year out? How do you prune, look after your soil and keep spring bulb plantings looking good? Is it possible to move a plant and how do you cope with weeds, pests, and diseases? Which plants are top performers and which are best for particular functions like internal and external b ...

Growing Carnivorous Plants (1210 readers)

Contributed by amazon 01.04 2007 on 18:55:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

For centuries, carnivorous plants have carried an air of fascination and mystique unparalleled in the plant world. Growing Carnivorous Plants is a comprehensive guide to identifying and cultivating these remarkable plants. From the well-known Venus flytrap to obscure African sundews, from the giant pitcher plant vines of Borneo the microscopic bladderworts of Florida, more than 200 species, hybrids and cultivars from all genera of carnivorous plants are described. ...

Encyclopedia of Hydrangeas (874 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:27:57 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Famed for their durability, beauty, and diversity, hydrangeas are enjoying a renaissance in todays gardens. These classic garden shrubs provide bold color — from pink to purple, blue to white — in midsummer to midautumn, when few other plants are in bloom. Many hundreds of dramatic species, hybrids, and horticultural selections are available to the enthusiast to fill every possible niche in the garden. For the first time, a thorough encyclopedia shows in full color the range of flowering treasur ...

Witch Hazels (790 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.04 2007 on 10:38:01 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Royal Horticultural Society Plant Collector Guide | Once discovered, witch hazels capture the hearts of gardeners who rank them among the best of all winter-flowering shrubs. Shrugging off several degrees of frost and a heavy weight of snow, their distinctive flowers held on bare branches cannot fail to light up a garden in the depths of winter. Yet, despite their attributes, only a small number are widely grown outside the gardens of enthusiasts. This book promises to change all that by turning ...

Planting the Natural Garden (777 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.04 2007 on 10:20:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

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 ...

The Gardener's Peony (750 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.04 2007 on 11:43:59 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Peonies are virtually unrivalled in a their ability to bring impact and drama to a garden. Once established they flourish for decades, bringing large quantities of flamboyant blooms in a magical range of hues and outstanding, often finely cut foliage. This informative guide highlights the best peonies for gardeners, paying particular attention to the tree peonies, herbaceous hybrids and the latest cultivars of Paeonia lactiflora.The Chinese have been growing tree peonies for 1600 years but these ...