Author: Brian Capon
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: gardeners, botany
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-12-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0881926558
ISBN-13: 9780881926552
Botany for Gardeners offers a clear explanation of how plants grow. > What happens inside a seed after it is planted? > How are plants structured? > How do plants adapt to their environment? > How is water transported from soil to leaves? > Why are minerals, air, and light important for healthy plant growth? > How do plants reproduce? The answers to these and other questions about complex plant processes, written in everyday language, allow gardeners and horticulturists to understand plants "from the plant’s point of view." A best-seller since its debut in 1990, Bot
Author: Christop Bailes
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: gardeners, hollies
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0881927740
ISBN-13: 9780881927740
Richly enshrouded in legend and superstition, hollies are enjoying a peak of popularity as gardeners awaken to their versatility of form, foliage, and fruit. There is a holly for every temperate region in the world, and Christopher Bailes celebrates American, European, Chinese, and Japanese hollies in equal measure, providing detailed planting advice and illustrating his account with vivid photographs.
Author: Mary Pratt
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: gardeners, science, practical
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-07-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 088192718X
ISBN-13: 9780881927184
Authors:John P. Peat, Ted L. Petit,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: gardeners, guide, daylily
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0881926663
ISBN-13: 9780881926668
Few perennials are as tough and versatile as daylilies (genus Hemerocallis), and even fewer offer daylilies’ enormous range of color, shape, and growing characteristics. The ease of hybridizing daylilies is a major attraction for the enthusiast. Any backyard gardener can hybridize daylilies, but this blessing of easy breeding can also be something of a curse to the newcomer. Tens of thousands of new daylilies are bred each year. How to choose and grow daylilies amidst this profusion? John Peat and Ted Petit have come to the rescue in this authoritative overview of all aspects of daylily
Author: Andy McIndoe
Publisher: David & Charles
Keywords: perennials, guides, gardeners, horticulture
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1558707646
ISBN-13: 9781558707641
-From the Gold Medal-winning designer of Hillier Chelsea stand -How to successfully integrate herbaceous perennials in any garden Perennials can form a backbone for any flower garden, no matter what its size or setting. They provide color, form, and texture for much of the year and can be used to great effect in a wide variety of gardens and planting schemes. The Horticulture Gardener’s Guides: Perennials emphasizes the practicalities of using these essential plants, and the advice and direction given will enlighten as well as inspire. Readers will find a wealth of information
Author: Sue Chivers
Publisher: David & Charles
Keywords: color, planting, guides, gardeners, horticulture
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1558707638
ISBN-13: 9781558707634
-Covers the basics of color for successful garden design -Provides options for those who plan their gardens and those who plant spontaneously Planting for Color will show readers how to make the best use of the gardener’s palette in ways that will delight, intrigue, transform, and entertain. Gardener Susan Chivers takes readers through the style of garden they want to create, whether it’s spontaneous or restricted, and how to use color to transform these places instantly. This guide also explores the multitude of ways to put color together, demonstrating how color can c
Author: Andy McIndoe
Publisher: Horticulture Books
Keywords: guides, gardeners, horticulture, shrubs
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1558707484
ISBN-13: 9781558707481
The Horticulture Gardener’s Guide to Shrubs is one of the lead titles in a new series of gardening books published in partnership with Horticulture, America’s most respected gardening magazine. Series Consultant and author of The Horticulture Gardener’s Guide to Shrubs is Andrew McIndoe, who has designed the Chelsea Flower Show stand for renowned UK gardening company Hillier for the last 15 years. Hillier have won an astonishing 59 Gold Medals (the highest award at Chelsea) since 1945. Andrew is Deputy Managing Director of Hillier. The Horticulture Gardener’s Guid
