The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses
From the fresh green shoots of spring through the dramatic foliage of summer, the lush colors of autumn, and the pale, feathery maturity of winter, grasses add a special touch to the garden in every season. Native species of beautiful ornamental grasses flourish in almost every part …
Amazon.com | 30.03. 2007
The English Roses: Classic Favorites and New Selections The English Roses
Classic Favorites and New Selections | Beloved for their beautiful pastel colors and their appealing fragrance, often enhanced by the hotter and more reliable summers of the U.S., English roses have been garden favorites for years. When he originated English roses, David Austin sought …
Amazon.com | 12.04. 2007
The Essential Garden Maintenance The Essential Garden Maintenance
The Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook takes over where Rosemary Alexander s 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 …
Amazon.com | 09.04. 2007
The Explorer's Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials The Explorer's Garden
If, like so many other gardeners the world over, you re enamored of Dan Hinkley s Heronswood Nursery catalog, you ll love the Explorer s Garden. Heronswood is a wildly successful nursery in Kingston, Washington, that offers many of the most beautiful and unusual plants available anywhere …
Amazon.com | 08.04. 2007
The Garden Lover's Guide to Houston (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History) The Garden Lover's Guide to Houston
W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History | The Houston area offers an abundance of resources and activities for gardeners and garden lovers, if people only know where to look: Love roses? Go to the Garden Center in Hermann Park. Want fresh vegetables? Pay in advance for a weekly supply at …
Amazon.com | 21.01. 2008
The Garden Plants of China The Garden Plants of China
Gardens 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 …
Amazon.com | 08.04. 2007
The Garden Succulents Primer The Garden Succulents Primer
Succulents and rock garden plants have become popular for their ease of cultivation, diversity of form, and striking colors. Their natural drought tolerance makes them especially useful for gardens in arid climates and water-conserving gardens …
Amazon.com | 16.09. 2008
The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas (Gardener's Guide to Growing Series) The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas
Gardener s Guide to Growing Series | The strong forms and eye-catching colors of cannas make them perfect for planting as focal points or to help create a subtropical ambience …
Amazon.com | 18.04. 2007
The Gardener's Guide to Planting and Growing Shrubs, Climbers & Trees The Gardener's Guide to Planting and Growing Shrubs, Climbers & Trees
Choosing, planting and caring for trees, conifers, palms, shrubs and climbers for... Gardener s Guide to Planting and Growing | Shrubs, climbers and trees provide definition to our gardens, softening the hard landscaping with color, texture, and scent. These plants are the mainstay …
Amazon.com | 29.01. 2008
The Gardener's Guide to Planting and Growing Trees The Gardener's Guide to Planting and Growing Trees
Choosing, planting and caring for trees, conifers and palms for every season and situation with over 800 colour photographs | A comprehensive guide to planting trees successfully in any size of garden, whether as single decorative specimens, in small groups and woodland plantings …
Amazon.com | 25.11. 2007
The Gardener's Iris Book The Gardener's Iris Book
Irises bring color and elegance to a garden and are surprisingly easy to grow. In this book designed for the home gardener, William Shear, a 40-year veteran of iris growing, shares his expertise in choosing, planting, growing, and propagating exquisite irises. All of the essentials …
Amazon.com | 26.04. 2007
The Gardener's Palette: A Year of Color in the Flower Garden The Gardener's Palette
A Year of Color in the Flower Garden | Approaching a flower garden as a blank canvas and the gardener as an artist, The Gardener’s Palette demystifies the somewhat daunting task of conceiving, planning, and planting a beautifully executed flower garden …
Amazon.com | 27.05. 2008
The Gardener's Peony The Gardener's Peony
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 …
Amazon.com | 07.04. 2007
The Gardens and Parks at Hampton Court Palace The Gardens and Parks at Hampton Court Palace
This book explores the history of the Hampton Court Palace landscape. Among the many themes it addresses are the role and impact of patrons, designers and estate workers; planting and horticultural techniques; statuary, fountains and other garden ornaments; and maintenance and conservation …
Amazon.com | 20.09. 2007
The Genus Arisaema The Genus Arisaema
Arisaema is a large genus within the Arum family, consisting of about 200 species, subspecies, and varieties distributed widely around the globe. They are remarkable for their exotic-looking inflorescences-which inspired the common name of cobra lily-and for the fact that they can …
Amazon.com | 02.04. 2007
The Genus Lavandula The Genus Lavandula
Long prized by the fragrance industry for its essential oils, the genus Lavandula is steadily increasing in popularity among gardeners and horticulturists worldwide. This is the first full treatment of this important genus to be undertaken since 1937. It treats 40 species and their …
Amazon.com | 09.04. 2007
The Genus Paeonia The Genus Paeonia
Twenty-five species of the genus Paeonia are documented in these pages, including 40 subspecies and varieties. Also included herein is the closely related genus Glaucidium. With only two species, it will be of intense interest to peony fanciers. Waddick provides valuable information …
Amazon.com | 07.04. 2007
The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto
From the Archives of Country Life | The gardens of the great Edwardian landscape designer, captured in all their glory in 200 color and duotone images from the archives of Country Life. Harold Peto (1854–1933) was one of the most celebrated landscape designers of the Edwardian era …
Amazon.com | 06.07. 2007
The Green Gardener The Green Gardener
Working with Nature, Not Against It | Maintaining a colorful and productive garden is easy with the advice on how to change gardening ways and embrace green, organic techniques in this handy little book. This illustrated manual includes easy-to-follow information on such tasks as …
Amazon.com | 11.07. 2007
The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Gardener's Guide) The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs
This book has sold over 200,000 copies and this latest edition features nearly 1000 new plant entries, as well as a complete update of Royal Horticultural Society Awards of Garden Merit. It is an erudite source of information as well as a handy look-up companion for every gardener …
Amazon.com | 21.01. 2008
The Himalayan Garden: Growing Plants from the Roof of the World The Himalayan Garden
In this unique resource, Jim Jermyn offers not the usual botanical travelogue but instead a horticultural handbook that allows gardeners at far-lower-than-Himalayan elevations to successfully grow those plants that are native to the high Himalaya mountains. The highlights include …
Amazon.com | 08.04. 2007
The Home Orchard The Home Orchard
Developed especially for use by backyard orchardists, rare fruit growers, and small-scale growers, The Home Orchard offers a comprehensive look at standard growing methods, as well as some innovative practices that enthusiasts have developed in recent years, some of which are uniquely …
Amazon.com | 18.09. 2007