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How to Plant a Garden: Design tricks, ideas and planting schemes for year-round interest Confused by the bewildering range of plants on offer at your local garden centre? How do you choose, use and create beautiful planting schemes like the professionals? …
Contributed by amazon 18.09. 2016 10:03:13 (14152 readers) |
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A Color Encyclopedia | Horticulturists, students, and dedicated home gardeners will be familiar with Armitage s authority on this topic from his more technical Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials. That volume was singled out as a winner of the Choice Academic Book Award, the American …
Contributed by amazon 04.04. 2007 10:26:19 (15324 readers) |
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In this book Helen Dillon encapsulates, in her inimitable witty and accessible style, her lifetime of gardening know-how, deep love of plants and assured sense of design. Here is illumination for every gardener—from the beginner wondering why nothing will grow in the garden of the new house to the …
Contributed by amazon 04.12. 2007 12:02:13 (11535 readers) |
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A tough garden performer! Bright Bells on Easy, Fast-Growing Plants! Elegant 2-inch bells of richest blue. This gorgeous flower is easy to start, fast to grow, and impossible to resist! The plants reach 8 inches tall and wide, bursting into spring bloom! A tough garden performer, this Anemone makes a …
Contributed by amazon 20.06. 2007 09:29:21 (16817 readers) |
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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 species of Euphorbia, …
Contributed by amazon 08.04. 2007 09:36:32 (12475 readers) |
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Great for the sunny border or for cutting! Big White Balloons on Tall, Ultra-Hardy Plants! 25- to 30-inch plants bloom in summer. Cheery white stars all summer long are gorgeous in the garden or vase! This exceptionally tall variety reaches 25 to 30 inches in the garden, with blooms on long, elegant …
Contributed by amazon 22.06. 2007 10:37:41 (24590 readers) |
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Abundantly illustrated in full color, this guide provides detailed descriptions and methods of cultivation for 350 of Florida s most attractive and easily grown native plants, including ferns, wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, aquatics, and epiphytes (air plants). …
Contributed by amazon 28.03. 2007 21:09:22 (17377 readers) |
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THE COMPOSED GARDEN is the culminating work of one of California s most brilliant garden designers, Harland Hand. Lushly illustrated with photographs of Hand s gardens, this meticulously written guide describes his distinctive design principles, as well as practical strategies for using plants, hardscaping, …
Contributed by amazon 04.08. 2008 12:02:58 (20577 readers) |
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Instant Reference to More Than 250 Plants | Create a vertical garden, whether you have a tiny patio or a larger plot, with this highly practical, richly illustrated reference. If you long for climbing plants to mask unsightly buildings, to mark garden boundaries, or strictly for aesthetic reasons--roses …
Contributed by amazon 31.05. 2007 10:54:55 (11029 readers) |
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Woodland plants add magic to any garden, with lush carpets of color, foliage at the middle level, and majestic height. Contrary to myth, large spaces and special soil are not required. Drawing on her own experience running a thriving woodland nursery, the author provides seasoned advice on the unique …
Contributed by amazon 01.04. 2007 10:20:55 (13056 readers) |
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Ideas and Inspiration for Shady Gardens | Every garden has some shade—some gardens are even completely shaded—and gardeners tend to see shade as a problem. Questions about what to plant in shady parts of the garden are among the most frequest posed in gardening magazines, radio phone-ins, and online …
Contributed by amazon 25.01. 2008 09:38:28 (12428 readers) |
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6 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 …
Contributed by amazon 26.04. 2007 14:15:50 (17948 readers) |
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Over 2,000 species are described and practical information is geven on planting, seasonal flowering, color, propagation and cultivation as well as on the origins of plants. …
Contributed by amazon 20.09. 2007 08:14:45 (9273 readers) Match on Title |
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Stunning flower gardens that bloom through the seasons depend on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs. In this book, Anne Halpin shows you how to grow these plants and gives foolproof design techniques for any landscape. The extensive section on using color in the garden can guide …
Contributed by amazon 02.06. 2007 19:54:53 (17768 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Why create a vertical garden at home? The answers are many and personal. Of course it is fashionable, it s beautiful and spectacular. It is a challenge whose outcome will make the admiration of all, especially if you specify: It was me who did it!. …
Contributed by amazon 03.12. 2016 11:54:29 (11417 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Not just for bouquets--Baby s Breath is stunning in the garden, too! A Cloud of Snowy White! Long-lived and easy to care for, these plants greet summer with thousands of blooms! A permanent, gloriously beautiful source of white blooms for enjoying in the garden and the vase! Each no bigger than a pencil …
Contributed by amazon 20.06. 2007 09:56:57 (59488 readers) Match on Article's text |
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The Right Plants for Every Garden | The Plant Finder will be useful to the many thousands of garden and landscape professionals wanting a comprehensive reference. But it will also be a complete resource for the amateur gardener who makes a big investment in new plants every year, constantly changing …
Contributed by amazon 20.04. 2007 08:41:50 (14216 readers) Match on Article's text |