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Everyone loves flowers. We grow them with a passion and crave
helpful advice on nurturing them in our gardens. A great, friendly,
indispensable book, THE FLOWER GARDENER'S BIBLE is written with wit
and authority by Lewis and Nancy Hill, who share both their joy in
growing flowers and more than 75 years of combined experience. In
the same format as the very successful The Vegetable Gardener's
Bible, this new primer is both painstakingly thorough and
stunningly photographed. It covers every facet of growing
perennials, annuals, bulbs, wildflowers, small trees, vines, and
shrubs for season-long colour and beauty. It is organized in three
sections, and the first focuses on the basics - choosing the right
varieties for your zone and type of garden, and planning and
planting for maximum impact. The second section presents plans for
25 distinctively themed gardens. And finally, a photographic
encyclopaedia of more than 400 species includes detailed
descriptions of each plant - garden uses, susceptibility to pests
and diseases, propagation methods, and more.
A detailed look at early American flowers and herbs, with expert
advice on creating a garden with historically accurate plants
Hounds-tongue. Ragged robin. Costmary. Pennyroyal. All-heal. These
plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the
great variety of flowers and herbs grown in America's colonial and
early Federal gardens. In this sumptuously illustrated book, a
leading historic plant expert brings this botanical heritage back
to life. Drawing on years of archival research and field trials in
Colonial Williamsburg's gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, Lawrence
Griffith documents fifty-six species of flowers and herbs and
provides details on how they were cultivated and used. For each
plant, an elegant period hand-colored engraving, watercolor, or
woodcut is presented along with glorious new photographs by Barbara
Temple Lombardi. This book is a dazzling treat for armchair
gardeners and for those who have visited and admired the famous
gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. It is also an invaluable
companion for twenty-first-century gardeners who will appreciate
the specific advice of a master gardener on how to plan, choose
appropriate species for, and maintain a beautiful, historic flower
and herb garden. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a
not-for-profit educational institution that operates the world's
largest living history museum. Published in association with the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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