A professional horticulturist provides tips for maintaining a healthy, happy perennial garden, including how to prepare the soil, control pests and diseases, and choose plants, plus sage directions for dead-heading, pinching back, and pruning. An encyclopedia of perennials is also included, along with a calendar showing when to do what. ...
"Perennial Combinations" features plant medleys that bring colour, texture, and excitement to the garden in every season. The book features 130 of the best perennial combinations with photographs of each grouping, along with a numbered photo key and plant list. Each grouping features just two to six plants; gardeners can plant the combinations as ...
This trustworthy guide and tour through the jungle of perennials that are available from nurseries, garden centers, and mail-order sources describes the 150 greatest, most beautiful, longest-flowering, easiest to care for "all star" perennials. A Perennials Plant Finder helps readers pinpoint the perfect plants for each specific site in a garden. ...
Every gardener loves perennials. Buy them and plant them, and most will flourish and even expand year after year. But in addition to reliability, perennials offer gardeners a wonderful opportunity to make a stunning visual statement in their home landscapes - if you know how to combine and arrange them. In THE PERENNIAL GARDENER'S DEISGN PRIMER, ...
A hands-on guide to growing perennials with an easy-to-use chart of details on culture, bloom color, and use for over 300 plants. Includes keys for successful perennial gardening, creating a garden that blooms in all seasons, turning any property into a living work of art, and more. 81 color photographs; 58 illustrations.
At last, a perennial encyclopedia that gardeners can really use--not just look at. It presents 161 major perennial entries, plus hundreds of species and cultivars, all described in detail in the encyclopedia section with complete growing and landscaping information. Charts and tables provide current information on every aspect of perennial ...
The color explosions that punctuate the seasons are captured in this pretty, alphabetical reference. Over 2,500 photographs categorize 2,000 plants for all sites, seasons, and soil conditions. Beneath the book's beauty is extensive selection and positioning information, bed and border ideas, and a handy special purpose list with hints on fragrant, ...
A practical guide for the dedicated home gardener with descriptions and assessments of 245 genera of true annuals as well as plants that behave like annuals in USDA zones 1-7.
Al Rogers has been growing peonies since childhood, and this book represents more than 60 years' experience. The species are discussed, and from the thousand-odd listed cultivars of both tree and herbaceous peonies, Rogers singles out the truly superior for recommendation, along with some introductions that show great promise.
From acanthus to zigadenus, veteran gardener Christopher Lloyd (of Great Dixter, with its legendary garden, in East Sussex], provides vital information about virtually every flowering plant. A New York Times choice for one of the best gardening books of 2000.
Longtime gardener and gardening writer Patrick Lima offers a seasonal guide to three seasons worth of perennials. Lima guides the reader through the stages of planning, preparing the soil and choosing plants. With its captivating text and stunning color photographs, this book is your key to a beautiful garden, filled with eye-catching color ...
The core of this encyclopedia is a fully illustrated collection of the world's finest hostas, with a full description and color photo for each of 750 plants.
This all-new guide contains 220 species that did not appear in previous editions of this guide, along with newly improved and available cultivars. Includes a new trim size, a modern typeface, new text, and 400 new color photographs.
Every gardener wants to create breathtaking designs with color, form, and texture. But perennial combinations present challenges: How do I know all plants will bloom at the same time? How do I pick plants that have interest in each season? Most perplexing - which plants look good together in the first place? "Perennial Companions" takes away the ...
This volume features 500 plant profiles - grouped by characteristics that really matter to gardeners, such as shade tolerance, attractiveness to bees, butterflies and birds, and adaptability to challenging climates. Each entry highlights a "top performing plant", with recommendations for others.
Revealing more than 1,000 surprising gardening secrets, this innovative book shows how to grow big, bright, blooming beauties using common household products. 125 line drawings.
An encyclopedic book, designed for the wide range of American climatic and cultural conditions. Includes 400 classes and 3000 species of cultivated varieties and hybrids. 360 full-color photos.
This guide to cannas provides information on aspects of cultivation, propagation and controlling pests and diseases. It also includes an insight into the botany and history of cannas, and advice on the best use of the plants in garden setting.
Daniel J. Hinkley has scoured the world for unusual and exotic plants, then brought them home to see how they fare in his own garden, Heronswood, located on the Kitsap Peninsula, north of Seattle. Here he recounts his adventures and shares his gardening techniques.
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