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Dream Plants for the Natural Garden (803 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:46:41 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Timber Press has previously published two critically acclaimed and bestselling books by Piet Oudolf, the influential Dutch landscape designer: Gardening with Grasses (with Michael King) and Designing with Plants (with Noël Kingsbury). This new collaboration with fellow Dutch plantsman Henk Gerritsen deals with a selection of some 1200 plants most suitable for Oudolfs New Wave naturalism, which emphasizes the importance of plant structures in providing all-season interest. ...

Planting the Natural Garden (766 readers)

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

Hyacinthus orientalis 'Jan Bos' - Dutch Hyacinth (848 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.10 2007 on 09:07:41 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title

Brilliant spikes of pinkish red bells with a white blush center. Heriloom 1910. Vivid and long-lasting, these Hyacinths are exceptional in size and fragrance! ...

Orchidelirium (521 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 09:09:22 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Dutch had Tulip Mania in the 17th century. Victorian England had its own equivalent with orchidelirium, an obsessive passion for orchids that has carried into the present day. Orchids remain among the most beautiful, hotly debated, and passionately collected of all flowers. ORCHIDELIRIUM presents Harold Feinsteins breathtaking pictures of orchids--dozens of different varieties and shades of them. In the tradition of the critically acclaimed gift book One Hundred Flowers (Bulfinch Press, 2000 ...

Lilium 'Tango Halloween' - Asiatic Lily (815 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.08 2007 on 07:58:29 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Halloweeen: Orange with Black Markings The Tango Lilies are a wonderful new hybrid of the popular Asiatic Lily. The flowers are enormous and vibrantly colored with each variety lavishly speckled in unique formations. In 1989, Piet Schenk, a Dutch Lily Hybridizer, bought pollen from Mr. Orekhof of Latvia, who introduced the first Tango Lily. In honor of Mr. Orekhof, all new Lilies in this series get the name Tango. These wonderful new hybrid lilies take the popular Asiatic varieties to new height ...

Lillium 'Honey Bee' - Tango Lily Honey Bee (4376 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.09 2007 on 10:46:24 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Honey Bee: Yellow with black markings The Tango Lilies are a wonderful new hybrid of the popular Asiatic Lily. The flowers are enormous and vibrantly colored with each variety lavishly speckled in unique formations. In 1989, Piet Schenk, a Dutch Lily Hybridizer, bought pollen from Mr. Orekhof of Latvia, who introduced the first Tango Lily. In honor of Mr. Orekhof, all new Lilies in this series get the name Tango. These wonderful new hybrid lilies take the popular Asiatic varieties to new heights ...

Flower Stories (328 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.01 2008 on 12:32:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Jouni Sepp,nen is an internationally renowned master florist. He has won the Finnish championships six times, took part in the 1995 European championships in Hamburg and in the 1997 World championships in Amsterdam. He owns a design flower shop in central Helsinki and is in charge of the floristry training at the Kempele Master School. ...

Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty' - European elder (1315 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 09:19:05 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Aren’t the breeders krafty, I often say to myself. Take European elder, for instance. This omnipresent shrub grows anywhere, without any maintenance and the more you prune it the thicker it gets. Well, what a promising start for cultivation, someone said. And here we are! So forget this common weed of our countryside and dive in the world of SAMBUCUS, the world of colours, shapes and sizes that, with 10 different varieties, could well do for one complete garden. ...

Kroller-Muller Museum: The History of A Sculpture Garden (814 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2007 on 13:27:32 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The sculpture garden at the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands, rolls on for more than 60 acres. It is not just one of the largest such outdoor art spaces in the world, but one of real cultural and historical significance, showcasing a unique overview of twentieth-century sculpture from Rodin forward. This richly illustrated volume traces the histories of some of the gardens most fascinating pieces, particularly site-specific works, along with the design of the landscape itself an ...

Pelargonium citrosum - Citrosa Geranium, Mosquito Plant (1809 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:14:07 Topic: Plants / Annuals Match on Article's text

The Mosquito Plant is a genetically engineered geranium hybrid with a unique characteristic: it repels mosquitoes! It is easily grown as a potted patio plant, and easily enjoyed for its attractive foliage and sweet lemony scent, as well as for its mosquito repelling powers. It produces a leafy, attractive, foot-tall plant during its first season. ...

Gardening with Heirloom Seeds (597 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.08 2007 on 08:49:28 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Tried-And-True Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables for a New Generation | Heirloom seeds are more than the promise of next summers crookneck squash or jewel-colored zinnias. Theyre living antiques handed down from one generation to the next, a rich inheritance of flavor and beauty from long ago and, often, far away. They are sometimes better adapted to pests and harsh conditions than many modern varieties and often simply smell or taste better. Gardening with Heirloom Seeds serves as a resource for g ...

ABCs Of Bulb Gardening (401 readers)

Contributed by bloomingbulb 13.05 2007 on 12:14:19 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Flowering plants that overwinter and multiply by means on fleshy stems of leaves are called bulbs. The bulbs we grow in our gardens today are native to temperate zones all over the world, the woodlands, meadows and mountains of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and North America. The Dutch have been extremely successful over the centuries in collection and hybridizing new species of bulbs and improving them for reliable garden performance. Tulips in particular, once played an important role in the ...

Marijuana Horticulture (4215 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.03 2007 on 11:07:42 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Growers Bible is the most complete cultivation book available. The Fifth Edition of the former Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible was originally published in 1983, when it immediately became a best seller. More than 500,000 copies of the Indoor Bible are in print in Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish. ...