Water in a Small Garden

Primula 'Elizabeth Killelay' - Double Flowered Primrose

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Longwood Blue' - Blue Spirea

Water in a Small Garden (554 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.10 2007 on 20:30:16 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

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. ...

Rain Gardens (734 readers)

Contributed by amazon 23.05 2007 on 07:46:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Bringing Water to Life in the Designed Landscape | Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. Using the innovative and attractive approaches described here, it is possible to enhance outdoor spaces and minimize the damaging effects of drought, stormwater runoff, and other environmental challenges. ...

Picea abies 'Acrocona' - Acrocona Norway Spruce (2277 readers)

Contributed by abies 26.10 2007 on 11:13:33 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Title

Acrocona is a delightful small evergreen conifer for lovers of special and interesting small trees. A broad pyramid attracting attention with its special feature - the blood red extra large cones on the terminals of many branches. These emerge upright, bright red-purple, then droop downward as they turn a clean tan. ...

The Art and Craft of Stonescaping (537 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.09 2007 on 10:28:13 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Setting and Stacking Stone | All you need is a shovel, a hammer, small stones, a few feet of land, and this book: master stonemason David Reed guides motivated homeowners through every step of dry-laid stonework. Have a sloped garden? Build a beautiful retaining wall with built-in benches and flowers growing out through the stone joints. Crave the soothing sound of water? Try the dramatic waterfall project constructed with two stone-lined pools. A wealth of color photography offers plenty of ins ...

Natural Florida Landscaping (634 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.08 2007 on 12:28:42 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

As Florida is developed the native flora is often replaced with non-native plants. Wildlife habitat is reduced, water, fertilizer and pesticide usage increases, and the appearance of Florida is altered. But you can help reduce the damage being done to our ecosystems by viewing your yard as part of the natural system. This book will help you make a plan that will work for your yard and choose the native plants that will thrive there. You will have the joy of creating an aesthetically pleasing, li ...

Tillandsia cyanea 'Pink Quill' - Air Plant (1007 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.09 2007 on 08:46:34 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Title

Lava rock from the Big Island of Hawaii is hand selected to provide a home for your Pink Quill Tillandsia plant. These exotic plants thrive on their rock homes and make excellent house, dormitory or office plants! ...

New Complete Guide to Gardening (2587 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.09 2006 on 11:20:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

If youre in the market for an all-around garden guide to get you primed for the planting season, this beautiful, well-organized book will meet all your needs. The covers floral effusion will brighten your coffee table, and inside youll find what you need to get started or to grow in your gardening. A guide should be quick and easy to use, and this one is: bold text is sprinkled throughout the index, helping you find your desired topic, and within the chapters, section headings jump right out. ...

Tagetes lucida - Mexican Mint Marigold (1311 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.11 2007 on 10:18:35 Topic: Plants / Annuals Match on Title

Aromatic, anise-flavored leaves are used in seasoning sauces, soups, teas, and vinegar. Bears narrow, glossy green, serrated leaves and small yellow flowers in clusters. The dried leaves and flowers are brewed into a tea traditionally used for colic and malaria. Used as a poultice for rattlesnake bites and ceremonially by native peoples in Central-Southern Mexico. ...

Creating Your Own Japanese Garden (775 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.04 2007 on 19:09:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

The strong horizontals of bamboo reflected in a dark circle of water; the rhythmic clap of the deer scarer; the contemplative beauty of waves created in sand: combinations of nature and art that soothe and uplift the spirit. Your vision of a Japanese garden need not be confined to Japan. Here is a fully comprehensive guiide which will enable you to capture in your home or office environment the elusive spirit of the Japanese garden-no matter where you live. ...

Plants for Tropical Landscapes (614 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.05 2007 on 11:49:45 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

A Gardeners Guide | Plants for Tropical Landscapes will help you select and group plants to create a successful tropical garden tailored to your needs and tastes. Gardeners and landscapers will find this treasury of more than 500 common plants easy to use and one of the most comprehensive guides available today. ...

Cyperus alternifolia - Umbrella Plants (1433 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.06 2007 on 06:50:19 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title

Umbrella plant is a close cousin of the papyrus plant of ancient Egypt, which it resembles. Like papyrus, it also forms clumps in wet and boggy areas, although it will thrive in drier situations as well. Also like papyrus, all the leaves are arranged atop triangular stems. But while papyrus has 12 wiry leaves, those of umbrella plant are narrow and flattened and only 6 to 10 long. They are symmetrically arranged around the stem in a disk, resembling the petals on a daisy. Small greenish flowers ...

Crinum amoenum - Crinum Lily (702 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.08 2007 on 09:49:02 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title

This crinum lily makes an imposing presence in the garden. Dark green strap-like leaves may be more than 3 feet long by 4 inches wide. These are held erect and arranged in a spiral rosette to form impressive clumps up to 5 feet in height by 7 feet in width. The leaves emerge from huge bulbs that may weigh ten to twenty pounds! Flowers are shaped like tubes that flair open into a crown of narrow petals. The flowers are white and are arranged in clusters atop thick, succulent stems. ...

The Education Of A Gardener (750 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.10 2007 on 08:03:43 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Russell Page, one of the legendary gardeners and landscapers of the twentieth century, designed gardens great and small for clients throughout the world. His memoirs, born of a lifetime of sketching, designing, and working on site, are a mixture of engaging personal reminiscence, keen critical intelligence, and practical know-how. They are not only essential reading for today’s gardeners, but a master’s compelling reflection on the deep sources and informing principles of his art. ...

Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' - Columnar Irish Yew (5811 readers)

Contributed by abies 30.11 2007 on 12:32:57 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Title

Taxus baccata Fastigiata is an extremely useful evergreen conifer for sun or shade. Most commonly used for hedging purposes, it has a naturally upright broadly columnar form and takes shearing well. Its dense form and dark green color makes a matte-green dramatic backdrop for a perennial or mixed shrub border and a fine support for clematis. ...

Caring for Clematis (1) (5927 readers)

Contributed by artsnursery 24.11 2006 on 11:02:12 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Title

Clematis are popular vines that belong to the Ranunculaceae family of plants. Clematis are primarily grown to add vertical interest to a garden with their colourful flowers, fascinating seed heads and attractive deciduous or evergreen foliage. Several hundred different species and cultivars are available giving you a tremendous choice of flower type, colour, size and bloom time. They also vary in height, growth habit and some can even be used as groundcovers. Many clematis are lightly scented bu ...

Rhododendron 'Golden Gate' - rhododendron (1584 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:13:06 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Title

Compact hybrid | Rhododendrons are reliable, beautifully flowering, evergreen shrubs of variable origin: S.W. China, Himalayas, Northern America, and even Europe. The original species were hybridized several times for better performance so in the 1950´s there were more than 10,000 cultivars registered, and the number keeps increasing. “Goledn Gate” is quite unique. It has small, funnel shaped flowers of pink and orange flower with soft reddish flare. It likes summer sun, but not in winter or spr ...

Daylilies: facts & fiction (4517 readers)

Contributed by eurocallis 18.09 2006 on 15:20:57 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title

In between the big spring tidying up and the hectic of autumn plantings there is a brief time in July when - exception granted for a few chores - the gardener has nothing to do but enjoy his flowers. No danger of cold snaps, incredible weather or other terrors. Moreover days are long and one can sit out enjoying the garden until night falls. ...