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Contributed by amazon 02.04. 2008 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 06.07. 2007 09:36:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textA 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 08:22:06 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's textA 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 13.04. 2007 08:30:26 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textThe 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 ...
Contributed by amazon 08.06. 2007 07:28:58 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textThe 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 ...
Contributed by amazon 04.06. 2007 09:26:59 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Title and Article's textIt 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 10.07. 2007 13:54:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textDames 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 14.08. 2007 07:53:49 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's textA 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 30.07. 2007 10:11:04 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textThe 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 26.04. 2007 14:15:50 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text6 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 24.09. 2007 10:09:38 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Title and Article's textClematis 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 14.04. 2007 12:05:32 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textSpecies, 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 ...
Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 08:51:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textFood, 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 ...
Contributed by amazon 03.04. 2007 10:55:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textPerhaps 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 08.04. 2007 09:57:00 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textGardens 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 ...
Contributed by amazon 16.09. 2007 05:11:50 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textArt, 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 ...
Contributed by havlis 17.03. 2008 10:56:54 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's textThis 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 10.04. 2007 10:20:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textFollowing 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 ...
Contributed by amazon 05.09. 2007 09:02:34 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's textVery 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 02.11. 2007 13:48:11 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textDuring the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world’s gardens. ...
Contributed by amazon 03.01. 2008 10:29:31 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textThe 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 29.03. 2007 12:02:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textBamboos evoke an exotic atmosphere wherever they are used ? unfortunately, they are too often kept out of our gardens for fear of their invasive qualities or lack of hardiness. In truth, these elegant grasses, encompassing both woody and herbaceous forms, can achieve dramatic yet restrained effects in a range of climates. ...
Contributed by amazon 12.04. 2007 10:28:56 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textThe Genus Cornus | Dogwood trees and shrubs are unquestionably among the superstars of the ornamental garden. Although cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) and common dogwood (C. sanguinea) have been grown in Europe since ancient times, it is only since the age of exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries that dogwoods from the New World and Asia have ascended to the high thrones of gardens, where their aristocracy remains unchallenged today. Given the huge popularity of dogwoods as garden plants, not ...
Contributed by amazon 10.09. 2007 18:38:59 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Title and Article's textThe Hardy Kiwi, are native to the mountains and hills of southwestern China where they grow wild in trees and on bushes. The Hardy Kiwi was introduced to the United Kingdom, Europe, United States, and New Zealand between 1900 to 1910 from China. Commercial plantings were made in New Zealand about 1930 and have become widespread over the last 20-30 years. ...
Contributed by eurocallis 14.09. 2006 18:07:11 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textIt is not surprising that daylilies have become so popular. They are amongst the most beautiful flowering plants, bloom prolifically over a long period and come in an enormous range of spectacular colours. ...
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