Comprises two volumes in a slipcase, with hints, tips, advice and techniques on how to tend the garden throughout the year and a record book to archive planting and results.
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A comprehensive step-by-step guide to making the most of a restricted area and creating an environment for leisure and relaxation out of every kind of garden space.
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Hibiscus are the fifth most popular garden plant in cultivation after roses, azaleas, carnations and orchids. This book focuses on growing hibiscus hybrids in the home garden, containers and small spaces. The photography and easy-to-follow advice cover all aspects of cultivation, including selecting and growing hibiscus in cool climates, pruning and propogation.
Your home is where you live and should be the place where you feel most comfortable and relaxed. Find out how to make your garden an extension of your home - an open, green room that you can organize just the way you want, where you can sit in peace and enjoy the interplay of colours and shapes. Here, four garden styles are discussed at length: the minimalist garden, the cottage garden, the classic garden and the eclectic garden. All are described in terms of basic planting schemes, pavings and enclosures, light and colour. The cha... read more
This guide to creating the perfect outdoor space incorporates herbs into garden design, aiming to invigorate the senses and to help create moods. It offers advice on growing herbs and features eight designs for gardens which enhance moods, including an open-air breakfast area and a romantic garden.
A visual dictionary for indoor gardeners, recommending plants that will thrive and offering specialist knowledge to grow them successfully. An extensive range of plant choices for each mini-climate in the house is given; as well as feature plants for interior design and "hobby plants".
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A step-by-step guide to effective patio gardens, this book offers practical advice and design ideas, describing how to plan, construct and plant every type of patio. It provides information on container planting in pots, urns, troughs and tubs, window boxes and hanging baskets, and it also includes pergolas, raised beds and water features.
This is one in a series of books offering practical advice on growing flowers and plants. This book details how best to use grasses in the garden and includes a guide to over 60 varieties giving their botany and classification.
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The grape, Vitis vinifera, is a sun-loving hardy deciduous woody-stemmed climber from Asia Minor and the Caucasus. It does best in a temperate climate with springs free of frost and long, warm summers. It dislikes strong winds and heavy summer rainfall and takes two good consecutive summers to produce a full crop. Yet despite all these difficulties, the grape came to Britain with the Romans and has continued to flourish there ever since. Whether cultivated under glass (best for dessert grapes), or out in the open, given the right c... read more
Well-chosen climbers bring unrivalled colour, exuberance and drama into any garden, transforming the dullest plot. The chapters focus on scented climbers, climbers for foliage, flowering climbers and tender climbers.'
