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Gardening for All Seasons shows both the novice and the experienced gardener how to design, grow, and maintain beautiful gardens throughout the year. The basics are all here, including garden design, color selection, working the soil, and growing houseplants. But Gardening for all Seasons also shows …
Contributed by amazon 25.01. 2008 10:06:24 (17889 readers) |
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Annuals, Bulbs, Herbs, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetables, Fruits and Nuts | Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants provides a combination of observations, expertise and master photographs. This new book is a resource that gardeners will use again and again for its thoroughness, accessibility and reliability. …
Contributed by amazon 20.04. 2007 08:37:06 (15131 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Rodale s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has been the go-to resource for gardeners for more than 50 years—and the best tool novices can buy to start applying organic methods to their fruit and vegetable crops, herbs, trees and shrubs, perennials, annuals, and lawns. This thoroughly revised …
Contributed by amazon 01.02. 2010 14:32:06 (34045 readers) Match on Article's text |
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How to Garden in a Changing Climate | Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society is the authoritative source for gardening expertise, and their new guide to contemporary gardening gives gardeners, from first-timers to professionals, a definitive resource for horticultural advice. …
Contributed by amazon 28.11. 2007 10:39:31 (14390 readers) Match on Article's text |
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The nation s oldest and most popular gardening program, The Victory Garden, is proud to present The Victory Garden Companion, an indispensable guide that offers the best in gardening expertise in a straightforward and friendly manner, inviting gardeners of all levels to dig in and get their hands in …
Contributed by amazon 13.10. 2007 10:46:11 (18479 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Gardeners, plant collectors, horticulturists, and landscape designers will find a valuable resource in this carefully selected plant directory of best performing winter-flowering shrubs. Readers will find daphnes, viburnums, witch hazels, and camellias to suit every taste and garden situation, as well …
Contributed by amazon 12.04. 2007 10:26:46 (22599 readers) Match on Article's text |
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The definitive guide to a popular hardy perennial. The growing popularity of hostas can be credited to their colorful beauty, longevity and ability to grow successfully just about anywhere. Hosta foliage comes in astonishing variations. From blue, green, yellow to multicolored, the leaves appear in all …
Contributed by amazon 28.03. 2007 19:10:38 (15802 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Tried-And-True Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables for a New Generation | Heirloom seeds are more than the promise of next summer s crookneck squash or jewel-colored zinnias. They re living antiques handed down from one generation to the next, a rich inheritance of flavor and beauty from long ago and, often, …
Contributed by amazon 11.08. 2007 08:49:28 (15975 readers) Match on Article's text |
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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 …
Contributed by amazon 12.04. 2007 10:38:01 (9518 readers) Match on Article's text |
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In just a few years, green roofs have gone from a horticultural curiosity to a booming growth industry-primarily because the environmental benefits of extensively planted roofs are now beyond dispute, whether for industrial or governmental complexes or for private homes in urban or suburban settings. …
Contributed by amazon 30.03. 2007 11:23:14 (12298 readers) Match on Article's text |
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A Practical Guide to Having a Healthy Garden | Every spring, plant lovers around the world are faced with life-or-death questions such as: Will it be petunias or pansies? Marigolds or morning glories? Do I dare plant azaleas in the shade? Although most of us still rely on friends or dumb luck to figure …
Contributed by amazon 02.08. 2007 10:50:09 (15866 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Award-winning landscape designer Douglas Coltart offers practical instructions for designing and renovating spacious gardens, with an eye towards issues unique to those working with at least a third of an acre of land. This book will enable gardeners to make a range of positive changes, such as anchoring …
Contributed by amazon 02.07. 2007 22:10:43 (11512 readers) Match on Article's text |
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A Guide to Identification and Cultivation | This book bridges a long-standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardener s need for an accurate, practical guide with clear photographs. Incorporating the latest advances in plant taxonomy from the definitive text of Dr. Walter Judd, …
Contributed by amazon 13.04. 2007 08:58:11 (16342 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Pathways around your home can be the most striking outdoor element, providing a visual and physical guide through your surroundings. Instead of settling for boring straight-line sidewalks, why not create your own geography with paths that add art to necessity! Let this lush visual resource for gardeners …
Contributed by amazon 11.10. 2007 09:11:53 (18500 readers) Match on Article's text |
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In The Secret Techniques of Bonsai, the author of the groundbreaking Bonsai with American Trees teams up with his son to offer not only the basics of creating perfect bonsai, but also secret techniques they ve developed over years of careful work and observation. …
Contributed by amazon 20.04. 2007 08:12:03 (14748 readers) Match on Article's text |
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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 …
Contributed by amazon 14.04. 2007 12:05:32 (14320 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Famed for their durability, beauty, and diversity, hydrangeas are enjoying a renaissance in today s 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, …
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