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Title Agapanthus for Gardeners Author Hanneke van Dijk |
ISBN 0-88192-656-6 Condition NEW |
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| Illustrated with 150 color photographs, paintings, and reproductions of stamps, this volume celebrates and catalogs Agapanthus, the exuberantly blooming "flower of love." The guide includes a history of the genus as a container, garden, and cut flower plant; botanical information and a classification of cultivars; and descriptions of species and their South African origins. It also features an A-to-Z listing of the best, most garden-friendly cultivars; a list for choosing the right Agapanthus (blue or white, deciduous or evergreen); information on noteworthy collections and public gardens; and Internet and nursery sources.
ISBN: 9780881926569 |
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Title Alpine Plants of Europe - A Gardener's Guide Author Jim Jermyn |
ISBN 0-88192-734-1 Condition NEW |
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| Plants from the mountain ranges of Europe are gorgeous and—as luck would have it—highly adaptable to our own gardens. Retracing his steps through the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Balkans, and the Carpathians, Jim Jermyn describes alpine plants in the wild and shares his understanding of their cultivation needs at home. In this armchair garden tour, popular alpines rub shoulders with exclusive rarities, including the choicest gentians, the most sweetly scented daphnes, and Dianthus in many shades of pink, from palest pastel to cerise, and Jermyn's information may help gardeners to coax certain reluctant flowers to bloom, while enjoying success with other plants.
ISBN: 9780881927344 |
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Title Annuals and Tender Plants for North American Gardens Author Wayne Winterrowd |
ISBN 0-679-45736-4 Condition NEW |
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| A longtime contributor to Horticulture and the cofounder of Vermont's internationally renowned North Hill garden here answers the question, "Why plant annuals?" In this encyclopedic catalog Wayne Winterrowd covers more than 250 genera and 600 species—marigolds, sunflowers, and zinnias, of course, as well as species that may be new to many gardeners—seen in 250 color photographs.
"Everyone knows Wayne Winterrowd is one of America's most authoritative and imaginative garden writers. What they might not know—but will once they read this book—is what a wonderful writer he is. Between these covers you will find instruction and delight in equal measure."—Michael Pollan
ISBN: 9780679457367 |
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Title Buddlejas Author David D. Stuart |
ISBN 0-88192-688-4 Condition NEW |
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| Highly attractive to butterflies, moths, and other insects, the flowers of buddlejas come in a wide range of shapes and colors, while their tolerance of drought, many soil conditions, and common pests make them ideal garden plants. This book provides valuable clarification of the confusion over the naming of Buddleja species and hybrids (from "African Queen" to "Winter Sun"), details the diversity of the genus, and introduces gardeners to the spectacular qualities of the flowers, as well as illustrating the blossoms and several of their winged visitors in 85 color photographs.
"Providing even the most novice gardening enthusiast with a plethora of information for each of the many featured Buddleja species, [David] Stuart draws upon his more than 14 years of experience with the plants to share his invaluable wisdom."—Bookwatch
ISBN: 9780881926880 |
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Title Calochortus - Mariposa Lilies & Their Relatives Author Mary E. Gerritsen & Ron Parsons |
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| With their graceful stance, brilliant colors, and intricate markings, members of the North American genus Calochortus are among the most dazzling bulbous plants in the world. Yet their mostly undeserved reputation for being difficult to grow has kept them from being known and appreciated by the vast majority of gardeners. By presenting a detailed history, distribution and habitat information, and observations on cultivation for each species, Mary Gerritsen and Ron Parsons aim to bring them into wider horticultural use. More than 100 superb photographs vividly illustrate the remarkable variation within the genus and sometimes even within species.
ISBN: 9780881928440 |
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Title Camellias - A Practical Gardening Guide Author Jim Rolfe. Yvonne Cave |
ISBN 0-88192-577-2 Condition NEW |
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| Beautifully illustrated with color photographs up to 7 x 10 inches, this practical guide surveys the main species of the genus Camellia, as well as the numerous cultivars raised around the world. Jim Rolfe, an accredited camellia judge and the former editor of the New Zealand Camellia Bulletin, offers complete information and suggestions for selecting and cultivating these popular and adaptable plants and for landscaping with them in a wide range of climates and situations. Rolfe also discusses pests and diseases, propagating and hybridizing, and provides an annotated index of species and cultivars.
ISBN: 9780881925777 |
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Title The Classic Cattleyas Author A.A. Chadwick & Arthur E. Chadwick |
ISBN 0-88192-764-3 Condition NEW |
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| At first mistaken for parasitic plants because they grow wild on the branches of tropical trees, orchids were once considered nearly impossible to cultivate. But in 1818 William Cattley succeeded in flowering one of the first species of the genus that would bear his name, in his "stove" or heated greenhouse, in England. A.A. Chadwick has grown and studied the classic cattleyas for more than 60 years and in this lushly illustrated volume, he and his son Arthur E. Chadwick share their knowledge and expertise about growing the large-flowered cattleyas and their hybrids. Each species is described in detail, as are the growing requirements, from cultivation through diagnosing and treating problems.
ISBN: 9780881927641 |
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Title Delphiniums Author David & Shirley Bassett |
ISBN 0-88192-800-3 Condition NEW |
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| Best known for their intense blue flowers and key role in traditional perennial borders, delphiniums are classic garden plants. Most of the 300 or so species are perennials, but there are also nearly 60 annual species in this and the related genus Consolida—the true larkspurs. Several are native to the western United States and beloved by wildflower enthusiasts. Illustrated with color photographs and drawings, this book describes the numerous species and cultivars, and discusses planting and cultivation considerations, propagation techniques, breeding programs, pests and diseases, and growing delphiniums in containers. "The authors bring their know-how and zeal to a long-needed publication that describes both wild and cultivated delphiniums."—Garden Compass
ISBN: 9780881928006 |
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Title Dendrobium and Its Relatives Author Bill Lavarack, Wayne Harris & Geoff Stocker |
ISBN 0-88192-805-4 Condition NEW |
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| Dendrobium, popular for its beauty and diversity, is an enormous orchid genus of more than 1000 species native to south Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of Oceania. This study and catalog by three plant scientists presents 411 species, all illustrated with color photographs. Almost all the horticulturally popular species are included, along with some lesser-known but spectacular species recently discovered. "This well-organized and attractive book by three Australian orchid experts discusses classification and nomenclature, distribution and origins, conservation, culture, and artificial hybrids."—Library Journal
ISBN: 9780881928051 |
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Title Designing and Renovating Larger Gardens Author Douglas Coltart |
ISBN 0-88192-824-0 Condition NEW |
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| A landscape architect and large-scale garden designer who has twice been awarded the Royal Horticulture Society Gold Medal, Douglas Coltart here offers practical instruction for designing and renovating spacious gardens, with an eye towards issues unique to those working with at least a third of an acre. Coltart takes examples from his own gardens and others around the world—illustrated with 165 color photos and additional plan views and drawings—to describe how to anchor the garden to the surrounding landscape, make the most of arrival space, create focal points, work with scale and proportion, and cultivate a sense of spatial unity.
ISBN: 9780881928242 |
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Title Dwarf Campanulas: and Associated Genera Author Graham Nicholl |
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| Campanulas have long been among gardeners' favorite alpine plants; in this heavily illustrated guide their lesser-known relatives, the diminutive yet exuberant dwarf campanulas, take center stage. Graham Nicholls, who has won several gold medals at Alpine Garden Society (AGS) shows and is now a national judge for the AGS, describes more than 200 campanulas and more than 100 related plants, discussing their natural habitats and offering cultivation and propagation advice.
ISBN: 9780881928105 |
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Title Exotic Planting for Adventurous Gardeners Author Christopher Lloyd & Friends. Jonathan Buckley, photog. Erica Hunninghe |
ISBN 0-88192-842-9 Condition NEW |
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| For everyone who loves Christopher Lloyd—the author of a string of bestselling garden classics and recipient of the Victoria Medal of Honour from the Royal Horticultural Society—this book is an unexpected gift. It is a charmingly narrated, gorgeously illustrated tour of the exotic garden he built at the half-timbered manor house of Great Dixter, his lifelong home, and his exhortation to "do something outlandish, to splash out, and be freer than ever" in the garden. Lloyd's last and most adventurous work, the book was almost complete at the time of his death in 2006, and a handful of his gardening friends gladly finished the task.
"The ambitious, insouciant, and gloriously extravagant directives of Christopher Lloyd. His last? Here's hoping they find another manuscript tucked away."—Garden Rant
"This is [Lloyd's] valedictory book, almost completed when he died, and designed to give courage to the faint of heart."—Chicago Tribune "Exotic Planting is an inspiring and informational guide that will have you trading cabbage palm for chrysanthemums any day."—Romantic Homes
ISBN: 9780881928426 |
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Title Flowers - The Agile Rabbit Picture Atlas Author pepin Press |
ISBN 90-5768-070-X Condition NEW |
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| Hundreds of vividly colorful, page-filling photographs of bulb flowers are collected in this chunky little volume, from amaryllis to zantedeschia, and of course, scores of tulips. The book also includes a CD-ROM full of digital images from the book; use them to decorate electronic documents and web pages or print them out for crafts and projects.
ISBN: 9789057680700 |
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Title Fragrant Orchids - A Guide to Selecting, Growing, and Enjoying Author Steven A. Frowine |
ISBN 0-88192-739-2 Condition NEW |
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| With some 20,000 fragrant orchids available today, this book offers a much-needed guide to choosing, growing, and showcasing orchids with both the right look and enjoyable scents. More than 450 species and hybrids are listed here by attributes, with detailed descriptions and color photographs of 110 orchids. The profiles include cultivation information and detailed notes on each fragrance, which can range from elegant and sophisticated to downright pungent, from fruity and spicy to medicinal, from light and fresh to heavy and intoxicating.
ISBN: 9780881927399 |
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Title Gardening Week by Week Author Royal Horticultural Society |
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| ... my favourite gardening guide ... compensates for my lack of skills and knowledge by telling me exactly what to do and when (Countryman )
... the book's 'weekly' format provides a structured framework for a huge amount of information ... written by the RHS gardeners at Wisley et al, so the quality of information can't be faulted (Organic Gardening )
... an ideal present for a beginner ... packed with information and explains techniques (Oxford Times )
Organic Gardening, July 2006 "rises to the challenge . . . the book's 'weekly' format provides a structured framework for a huge amount of information."
Based on the regular weekly column in the Daily Telegraph, this little book provides invaluable guidance to all gardeners.
Paperback: 256 pages |
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Title Gardening with Conifers Author Adrian Bloom. Adrian & Richard Bloom |
ISBN 1-55209-635-1 Condition NEW |
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| A regular expert on public television's The Victory Garden, Adrian Bloom has spent 35 years planting and maintaining a famed six-acre garden in Bressingham, England, that employs a startling 500 varieties of conifers, including dwarf and ground cover varieties. Here Bloom reveals the perhaps unexpected beauty that conifers can bring to the garden—particularly in creating structure and balance for year-round visual interest and color—and fully describes 200 varieties available to the North American gardener.
"It would seem that in the realm of garden literature, relatively few books are devoted to conifer gardening; a shame, since few plants rival their variety and versatility. Whether used as companions for other garden plants, massed as privacy screens, or positioned alone for dramatic accent, conifers impart a rich and lustrous element, turning any garden into a veritable tapestry of color and texture.... Bloom concisely analyzes unique features, and offers care tips and critical data on growth dimensions, an important factor in determining proper design and landscape usage. Magnificently highlighted by more than 250 striking color photographs taken by Bloom's son, Richard, including vivid and fascinating close-ups, conifers are showcased in their full glory as richly textured, brilliantly colored, and subtly structured plants deserving of a spot in every garden."—Booklist
ISBN: 9781552096352 |
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Title Gardening with Tulips Author Michael King |
ISBN 0-7112-2539-7 Condition NEW |
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| This important new book presents a fresh vision of how to use tulips in contemporary gardens. A short introduction explores the history of tulips – their origins, how they came to Europe and the current status of the tulip industry. Michael King then moves swiftly into the garden, to give detailed guidance on how tulips can best be combined with other bulbs, perennials, shrubs and trees, in beds, borders and containers. Twenty groups of classic tulips – all available today, all valuable in the garden – are then described in detail, with outlines of their characteristics, origins and potential uses. A separate chapter deals exclusively with colour, making it easy for the reader to choose tulips to create different colour combinations. Full growing and maintenance instructions are also provided. The guide is extensively illustrated throughout with Michael King's photographs. About the Author Michael King is a distinguished garden designer, writer and photographer. He has contributed many articles to magazines for both amateur gardeners and professional landscape architects. Recurring themes are planting design and the role of contemporary gardens in society.
Hardcover: 192 pages |
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Title Houseplants A to Z: Buying, Growing, Arranging Author Cecilia Heffernan, T. K. Hill |
ISBN 0-8109-5544-X Condition NEW |
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| Product Description This lavishly illustrated large-format guide to houseplants, a sequel to the very successful "Flowers A to Z", is the perfect gift for indoor gardeners. There are beautiful photographs throughout, which illustrate the author's easy-to-follow directions, and the comprehensive introductory section offers detailed general information about growing plants at home, including advice about purchasing plants; providing appropriate soil, light, water, and food; repotting; propagating new plants; and using plants in decorative arrangements. The main section of the book is the presentation of the different types of plants, from African violets to zebra plants. As in previous books in this series, a quick-reference box for each type provides information about varieties available. Also included for each plant are several instructive photographs illustrating special types of care and ideas for arrangements.
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Hardcover: 176 pages |
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Title An Illustrated Guide to Maples Author Antoine le Hardy de Beaulieu |
ISBN 0-88192-601-9 Condition NEW |
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| A grandly colorful asset to any garden, thanks to their year-round ornamental qualities in leaf and bark, maple trees are the focus of this exquisite guide, which emphasizes the hardiest plants and their most extraordinary features. Large-scale and close-up photos—some 1200 in all—comprise this volume, which features 250 maples primarily found in arboreta and public gardens, while neglected by designers and home gardeners. Antoine le Hardÿ de Beaulieu here includes such information as taxonomy, systematics, and hardiness zone maps.
ISBN: 9780881926019 |
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Title Late Summer Flowers Author Marina Christopher. Steven Wooster, Dan Hinkley, |
ISBN 0-88192-636-1 Condition NEW |
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| The enthusiastic proprietor of Phoenix Plants nursery, whose following of committed gardeners includes such luminaries as Piet Oudolf and Dan Pearson, botanist Marina Christopher specializes in wildflowers and plants that attract wildlife as well as unusual and interesting cultivars and varieties. In this beautifully illustrated guide, with hundreds of color photographs by Steven Wooster, she addresses gardeners who, though they may be happy with their spring and early summer gardens, are not so confident about late plantings. Christopher profiles 1,000 late flowering genera, species, and cultivars, with advice on the best plant families, how to coax plants to flower later, and how to propagate your own.
ISBN: 9780881927566 |
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Title Native Trees and Shrubs for Your Garden Author Duchess of Jill Hamilton, Chris Humphries |
ISBN 0-7112-2215-0 Condition NEW |
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| ... handy gardening guide ... it will assist gardeners to achieve a balance between natural harmony and ornamental beauty (Best of British )
This book will appeal to the amateur gardeners who want to do their bit towards the environment by having an understanding of the roles that native trees and shrubs play in British wildlife (Gardens Illustrated ) Gardens Illustrated, May 2006 'This book will appeal to the amateur gardeners who want to do their bit towards the environment' Cornish Gardens Trust, July, 2007 This is a useful addition to a gardener's reference shelf. Indigenous plants are enjoying a revival in British gardens. This book focuses on the best plants for a wide variety of garden styles and habitats, enabling gardeners to achieve a balance between natural harmony and ornamental beauty. Profiling 65 of the best native shrubs and trees for your garden, it gives all the information you need to choose the most suitable. For each plant there is an entry giving the fullest information, from historical uses to the ecosystem that it will support, from its maximum height to hints for propagation. Jill, Duchess of Hamilton is the spirit behind Flora-for-Fauna, the charity that encourages gardeners to grow native plants to help wildlife. She is a vice-president of Butterfly Conservation and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. She lives in London.
Paperback: 256 pages |
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Title On the Wild Side - Experiments in the New Naturalism Author Keith Wiley |
ISBN 0-88192-636-1 Condition NEW |
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| "Natural" gardens are nothing new; the English landscape style has emulated scenes from nature since the early 1700s. Wiley's "new naturalism" takes the concept further, seeking "to capture only the spirit of wild plantings and never attempt to replicate exactly any landscape or combination of plants." Gardeners can achieve effects with form, color and placement by closely observing scenes as disparate as South African savannas, the Colorado Rockies, Swiss alpine meadows and New England roadsides. Wiley eschews overly intensive soil management in favor of "working with what you have got" to produce not a prize specimen but "a community of plants forming a harmonious picture." He encourages self-seeding and delights in serendipitous, if temporary, successes. Wiley chooses plants for their power to evoke the spirit of a natural scene, and he devotes the majority of the book to plants and plant associations grouped accordingly. (Most American readers will have to substitute hardier plants for many of those Wiley suggests; USDA hardiness zones are conspicuously absent.) As head gardener at The Garden House in Devon, England, Wiley practiced "Wild West, seat-of-your-pants, pioneering gardening" for 25 years, creating one of England's most distinctive gardens. His experience is reflected in ample practical advice, but he is not confined by it; he also offers many imaginative ideas for gardens he has yet to create. Over 200 color photographs provide additional inspiration. Wiley's aim is "freeing your own creative inner spirit from the straitjacket of horticultural tradition," and in that, he succeeds brilliantly.
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Review
"Beautifully illustrated ideas about how to create distinctive looks."
—Science News, September 16, 2004 (Science News )
"Gardens gone wild. The concept is daring, even unsettling ... Keith Wiley proposes a radical change in landscape design: that gardens offer ephemeral surges that ebb and flow with the seasons."
—Lili Singer, Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2004 (Los Angeles Times )
"Inspirational."
—San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, October 2004 (San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles )
Beautifully illustrated ideas about how to create distinctive looks. Science News, September 16, 2004 (Science News )
Gardens gone wild. The concept is daring, even unsettling ... Keith Wiley proposes a radical change in landscape design: that gardens offer ephemeral surges that ebb and flow with the seasons. Lili Singer, Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2004 (Los Angeles Times )
Inspirational. San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, October 2004 (San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles )
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Title Orchids of Asia, New and Expanded 3rd Edition Author Teoh Eng Soon |
ISBN 9812610154 Condition NEW |
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| In this revised and expanded edition of his sumptuously illustrated 1980 classic Asian Orchids, Teoh Eng Soon reintroduces the many aspects of orchid cultivation in Asia, with important updates, a new chapter on orchid mutation, and more than 300 additional color photographs. For the grower, there are several chapters that discuss the requirements and practical aspects of orchid growing, including the eradication of diseases and pests. There are chapters on hybridization and a new chapter on orchid mutation, and a well-illustrated chapter on the appreciation of orchid flowers for student judges, offering insight into what constitutes an award-worthy orchid.
ISBN: 9789812610157 |
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Title Perennial Ground Covers Author David S. MacKenzie |
ISBN 0-88192-557-8 Condition NEW |
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| Ground covers take on new personality in this encyclopedic resource, illustrated with 316 color plates. David MacKenzie has been hybridizing, photographing, researching, and lecturing on ground covers since 1983. Here he shows how hostas, stonecrops, smaller rhododendrons, prayer plants, pyracanthas, box huckleberry, hellebores, daylilies, grasses, alpine willows, and even unsupported climbing vines can make attractive covers.
"[Ideal for] finding original groundcovers for large areas with contrast in leaf shape and sizes that go along with companion planting.... Excellent for the amateur or the experienced gardener."—National Gardener
ISBN: 9780881925579 |
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Title Perennials: The Definitive Reference Author Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix |
ISBN 1-55209-639-4 Condition NEW |
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| Compiled by globe-trotting botanist Martyn Rix and photographer Roger Phillips (also the host of The Quest for the Rose and The 3,000 Mile Garden on British television), Perennials includes complete descriptions and color photographs for over 2500 types of perennials. The book includes growing tips and propagation, origins of plants and their varieties, plant combinations and flowering times for every phase of the growing season, natural planting associations, and combinations for borders, island beds, and meadow gardens, as well as sources and gardens to visit around the world.
"The decidedly British tone and references to the Royal Horticultural Society in no way alter the universal scope or content of the title, which features small type and large, clear photographic layouts. That this book is geared for the more sophisticated gardener is evidenced by the practice of listing all plants by their Latin scientific names (genus and habitat) with occasional use of common names.... Experienced horticulturalists will welcome this volume."—Booklist
ISBN: 9781552096390 |
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Title Rose Author Clyde Phillip Wachsberger & Theodore James, Jr. Harry Haralambou |
ISBN 0-8109-5007-3 Condition NEW |
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| "This pretty, appealing book, with 52 full color photographs by Harry Haralambou (who teamed with [Theodore] James on such books as Iris, Tulip and Seaside Gardening), provides a thorough discussion of the myriad varieties of roses. While this volume is rich in information, it is a far cry from text-dense gardening manuals; the photos are soothing and beautiful, with close-ups of roses and peeks inside rambling, intricate rose gardens of the English countryside and the North Fork of Long Island. Landscape designer [Clyde Phillip] Wachsberger (Of Leaf and Flower) imparts an understanding not just of the flower and how it should be grown and cared for, but also of how it lends itself to the creation of an impressive landscape or a charming garden."—Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9780810950078 |
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Title Rose: A Colourful Inheritance Author Peter Harkness, Graham Stuart Thomas |
ISBN 1-902686-29-2 Condition NEW |
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| Roses are treasured for many reasons, as flowers of captivating beauty, for their sweet fragrance, their fascinating history, their value as the most versatile of garden plants and as symbols of trust, nationhood, and love. The quest to create roses, and the flowers that have resulted, are the subjects of this splendid book. It charts rose culture from its ancient origins through the horticulture of the nineteenth-century to hybrid breeding in modern times. The Rose explores the links that tie the simple wild roses of nature to the earliest roses of civilization, exploding a few myths along the way, and tells how the dedication of skilled horticulturalists from many nations have brought into being the full petalled beauties of today. In addition, this beautiful volume presents some of the most sublime rose specimens ever created, drawn and painted by renowned botanical artists such as Pierre Joseph Redoute, Henry Andrews and John Lindley.
Hardcover: 336 pages |
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Title Seedheads in the Garden Author Noel Kingsbury. Jo Whitworth |
ISBN 0-88192-796-1 Condition NEW |
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| Superbly photographed in large color images up to 18 inches across, this is both a beautiful and useful guide to the autumnal garden, incorporating the widely varied, almost sculptural forms of seedheads to create striking visual textures.
"Winter gardens have been all the rage; now [Noël] Kingsbury accords the autumn season equal attention in his discussion of the ornamental cycle of grasses, flowers, and herbaceous perennials.... Kingbury's richly descriptive writing draws readers into a fascinating botanical realm where pods, papery seedcases, awns, and burrs dance on the wind, find their way to terra firma, and ultimately germinate, continuing the circle of life.... With tips on cultivation and a comprehensive plant directory, Kingbury's latest should prove exciting for gardeners open to new ideas."—Booklist
ISBN: 9780881927962 |
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Title The Self-Sustaining Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Matrix Planting Author Peter Thompson |
ISBN 0-88192-837-2 Condition NEW |
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| Matrix planting matches plants and places, and combines appropriate plants in communities to create a low-maintenance, naturalistic garden.
This book explores the theme that the plants themselves can do much of the hard work gardeners believe is an essential part of gardening. The Self-Sustaining Garden advocates using plants as partners in self-sustaining communities to create low maintenance gardens rather than being a slave to spades and hoes. In a series of compelling case studies, Peter Thompson shows how to transform a conventional garden into a self-sustaining garden. Updated from the original edition (published in 1997), The Self-Sustaining Garden brings together an explanation of the universal principles of matrix planting with specific applications and informative chapters on soil health and biological controls, and shows how to pull all the ingredients together into a strong, self-sustaining design.
Hardcover: 192 pages |
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Title Succession Planting for Year-Round Pleasure Author Christopher Lloyd. Jonathan Buckley |
ISBN 0-88192-713-9 Condition NEW |
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| The exuberant gardens that Christopher Lloyd maintains in Sussex, England have become a year-round tourist attraction. Lloyd and his head gardener pattern their plantings so that the garden changes throughout the growing season. In this book, which features vivid color photographs on almost every page, Lloyd finally reveals some of his trade secrets, including practical information on dozens of flowers, in addition to explaining how to best plant perennials, annuals, biennials, and anchor plants to create to create lively displays of color in your garden.
ISBN: 9780881927139 |
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Title Tempting Tropicals: 175 Irresistible Indoor Plants Author Ellen Zachos |
ISBN 0-88192-732-5 Condition NEW |
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| "Gardeners living in the country's warmest regions can grow and enjoy tropical plants as they please, but in most areas, they are only grown seasonally. [Ellen] Zachos, a zealous collector with an encompassing knowledge [also a degreed horticulturalist and the proprietor of Acme Plant Stuff], provides a comprehensive growers' guide that shows the way to cultivating tropicals indoors so that one can enjoy the delightful fragrances and exotic beauty year-round. A well-rounded reference, the book conveys all the necessary practical information relating to feeding, care, growth cycles, and light and moisture requirements along with troubleshooting for pesky insects and vexing diseases.... Accompanied by [210] color photographs, entries include something for every taste, from oddly alluring species to dramatic, architectural selections and beguiling flowers."—Booklist
ISBN: 9780881927320 |
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Title Timber Press Pocket Guide to Clematis Author Mary Toomey |
ISBN 0-88192-814-3 Condition NEW |
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| For this abundantly illustrated color guide, Mary Toomey (the editor of The Clematis, the journal of the British Clematis Society) is joined by fellow clematis experts Everett Leeds and Charles Chesshire to profile 300 plants from an international selection of garden-worthy species and hybrids. The book is illustrated with 320 photos and features long-time favorites and sought-after new cultivars coming out of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Japan, all readily available at clematis nurseries. Specific cultivation information is given for each plant, including hardiness zones, light and temperature needs, and time of flowering.
ISBN: 9780881928143 |
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Title Trouble Free Clematis: The Viticellas Author John Howells |
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| The hardy viticella is simple to grow and easy to maintain, posits John Howells. The many varieties of viticella appear in dozens of color photographs, with all the specifics needed to implement them in your own garden.
ISBN: 9781870673242 |
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Title Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses: Gardening with California Monocots Author Nora Harlow & Kristin Jakob |
ISBN 0-520-23849-4 Condition NEW |
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| California boasts one of the richest assemblages of native plant species in the world, and among the state's most beautiful flowering plants are its monocotyledons—the large and varied group including lilies, irises, grasses, orchids, agaves, and palms. Created under the auspices of the California Native Plant Society and illustrated with color photographs and delicate naturalist drawings, this book tells how to grow California monocots in the garden, with information on which species are best adapted to garden conditions, how to grow them, and where to obtain them from nurseries and mail-order suppliers.
"With clarity and a deep knowing that could only come from firsthand experiences, the authors share their horticultural wisdom and obvious affection for California's garden-worthy monocots. From Agave to Zigadenus, over 250 species of native grasses, irises, geophytes, and their botanical brethren are described in this long-awaited, beautifully illustrated book."—Carol Bornstein
ISBN: 9780520238497 |
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Title Wild Orchids of the Northeastern United States: A Field Guide Author Paul Martin Brown. Stan Folsom |
ISBN 0-8014-8341-7 Condition NEW |
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| This reference guide alphabetically lists all the orchids you'll find from Maine to Pennsylvania, with a drawing of each, along with data on 50 hybrids. Each entry contains a detailed description of the orchid, its habitat, blooming dates, measurements, and abundance, plus a map showing where the species can be found. There are 192 color photographs, 94 black and white drawings by Stan Folsom, a state-by-state checklist, and a glossary.
ISBN: 9780801483417 |
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Title The Writer in the Garden (5-Disc Special Expanded Edition): A Literary Anthology of Garden Writing Author Jane Garmey |
ISBN 1-59887-082-3 Condition NEW |
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| Edith Wharton, under the spell of evergreen foliage and stone, celebrates the magic of Italian gardens. Charles Kuralt waits on the bloom of a single daffodil like an expectant father. Gertrude Jekyll, after a month-long drought, praises the coming rain. Allen Tracy rails against hydrangeas. In these 75 selections (read by Lisa Banes, Boyd Gaines, Deborah Hazlett, Simon Jones, J.D. McClatchy, Pamela Salem, and Elizabeth Smith), Jane Garmey presents the words of 62 gardening writers and writing gardeners, reveling in their likes and dislikes, confessing their shortcomings, and sharing their successes and failures.
"No gardener should miss this audio program. It can welcome spring, relax a weary back, brighten a dreary day and inspire plenty of garden projects—both real and imagined."—AudioFile
ISBN: 9781598870824 |
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