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Books > Gardening > Gardening: plants > Flowers
'I absolutely adore Clare Nolan's approaches to garden planning and
creative use of color in her designs. This gem is sure to delight
any flower lover.' - Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm Planting
cut flowers brings that 'grow-your-own' excitement to a whole new
level - being able to step out of the back door and pick a single
stem for beside the bed or pull together a posy for a friend is a
joy. In this beautifully designed book, brimming with inspirational
photographs, Clare Nolan reveals her secrets for growing a
bountiful harvest as well as styling spectacular homegrown displays
that will fill your home with colour and the gorgeous scent of the
garden year-round. She takes the mystique out of what to grow and
guides you through the entire process - from choosing the plants to
suit both your garden and home decor and laying out your cutting
patch, to planning ahead so you get your perfect palette of colour,
texture and shape to play with at the right time. A whole chapter
on arranging will inspire you to create spectacular arrangements
for your home without the need for complicated floristry
techniques.
Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique!
Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden, but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers will walk you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate.
With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive--and beautify your garden in the process.
This title is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and
care, with step-by-step instructions and over 160 beautiful
photographs. Everything you need to know at a glance in one handy
and stunningly illustrated practical guide. It offers full
photographic directory of over 50 of the most common varieties of
heather from the three genuses of Calluna, Doboecia and Erica. For
each variety, full botanical information is provided on history,
growth, hue, height, spread and suitability. It offers step-by-step
guidance on planting, propagation and pruning, and how to deal with
common pests and diseases. It includes instructions on growing
heather in outdoor borders, raised beds, containers, hanging
baskets and indoors. It is a highly accessible guide to some of the
most popular flowering plants, celebrating their year-round beauty.
Heathers are not only able to survive and flourish in even the most
severe climates, but they also provide bright flowers throughout
the year, with many that also boast attractive year-round foliage.
This combination of hardiness and beauty, along with relative ease
of cultivation and care, makes heathers a wonderfully versatile
feature in any garden. This book explains how to use heathers to
their best advantage, from achieving seasonal interest to combining
with other plants. A fully illustrated directory of 50 recommended
varieties, together with professional advice on where to plant
them, will help you to create pretty displays in beds, borders,
containers and indoors.
Flowers can talk. Red roses say I love you , white lilies offer condolence and poppies invite us to remember.
For thousands of years, humans have used flowers as a language, a short-hand for emotions and meanings. In her new book, Sally Coulthard, takes a fascinating look at floriography and shows how we still use this secret language across the world. She delves into the meanings of flowers and where they came from, whether it's ancient mythology or hedgerow folklore.
Covering 50 well-loved flowers and plants, from peonies to sweetpeas, ivy to irises, Floriography is a beautifully illustrated guide that will take the reader on an intriguing journey through the history, legend, anthropology and literature of flowers, showing how modern-day society still relies on the meaning of flowers. From the Chinese lotus flower to the Celtic bluebell, the myth, magic and language of flowers is still blossoming today.
This practical guide to orchid growing is based on scientific
research and is written in a down-to-earth style that makes it easy
to understand.
This complete guide gives all the information you need to choose,
grow, and appreciate the beardless iris-from basic planting
information to help beginners, to the essential hybridizing details
that horticulturists need. Beardless irises are cousins of the more
familiar bearded irises, but are much more variable, with plants
ranging from four-inch-tall dwarfs with tiny flowers to five-foot
stalks with dinner-plate-size flowers. In addition, beardless
irises of at least one type will grow in virtually every gardening
situation from dry shade to standing water in full sun. No other
group of perennials offers such versatility. Here, all five major
groups are covered in detail: Siberian, Japanese, Pacific Coast
Native, spuria, and Louisiana. The garden uses, development of the
modern hybrids, and recommended cultures are given for each of the
diverse groups of beardless irises. In addition, a separate chapter
covers the techniques for creating your own beardless hybrids.
This title helps you brighten up your garden with vibrant flowers
and foliage, with 120 beautiful photographs. You can discover the
versatility and range of annual plants for every place in your
garden, from beds to window boxes. You can make the most of
continuously beautiful blooms, leaves and stems throughout every
season of the year. You can enjoy stunning, healthy plants - from
asters and geraniums to poppies and sunflowers - with advice on
making the best choices, planting and maintenance. It features an
at-a-glance reference chart giving plant descriptions and a guide
to annuals' common names. The wonderful benefit of annuals is their
ability to transform the garden almost immediately after planting.
This handy book is an instant guide to the wide variety of annuals,
biennials and tender perennials that have vibrant flowers and
foliage, with suggestions suitable for every season and garden
location. There is also advice on using different shades and tones
to achieve eye-catching effects, from stunning reds and oranges to
cool blues and creams. Packed with invaluable practical
information, from sowing your own seeds to maintaining plants, and
illustrated with 120 wonderful photographs, this is the perfect
handbook for gardeners who want reliable results.
A unique illustrated book about growing native orchids giving a
step by step guide to every planting situation. Learn how to
cherish these remarkable flowers and help them flourish in their
natural habitat: * Which species of orchids will work in their
garden and what companion plants to grow next to them * How to grow
orchids from seed or in a container * How to start an orchid meadow
or add orchids to an orchard & preserving and promoting local
ecosystems
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