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Climbing plants constitute a huge, and largely untapped, resource
for today's gardeners. Because their habit of growth is primarily
vertical, they can be used for utilitarian as well as ornamental
purposes: providing privacy, screening eyesores and clothing garden
structures, but also furnishing aesthetically pleasing masses of
flowers or greenery and drawing the eye upward. In this
comprehensive reference, renowned horticulturist Allan Armitage
selects and profiles more than 115 of the most useful and
attractive climbing plants for a wide range of sites and
conditions. Try these climbing plants and add an extra dimension to
your garden-literally.
Traditionally, bedding plants are those plants used to provide
color in summer garden beds. Although some writers include any
herbaceous plant started under controlled environmental conditions
and sold for outdoor use, embracing a number of fruit and vegetable
crops, in this book ornamental bedding plants include tender
herbaceous ornamental annuals and biennials only. As with other
titles in this series, the aim of this book is to present
scientific principles that underlie production practices. The
author discusses traditional and plug methods of production, the
latter having revolutionized mass market production during the last
decade. The principles of propagation and growing on, including the
role of nutrition and media, temperature, light, supplemental
carbon dioxide and growth regulators, are described. Aspects of
postproduction, diseases and pests, and mechanization, are also
considered. There is also an appendix providing production
guidelines for 15 major bedding plant species, including begonia,
impatiens, petunia, marigolds and pansies. Written by one of
America s foremost horticultural scientists and writers, the book
is invaluable for plant producers or growers, as well as for
students of ornamental or amenity horticulture."
Oftentimes, we wonder not "what "our gardens grow, but who our
gardens grow. "Legends in the Garden" is a collection of the
history, places, people, and stories behind the names of some of
America's most well known plants. These anecdotes, researched and
written by authors Linda L. Copeland and Allan M. Armitage, are a
compilation of forty-six of these little known origins of plant
names.
Annuals are experiencing a resurgence as today's gardeners demand a
wider variety of options. No longer confined to monotone bedding
plants, dozens of "unusual" annuals are now available at garden
centers in colors and forms far removed from the classic annual bed
of pink petunias or red geraniums.
In the tradition of his classic "Herbaceous Perennial Plants, "
Allan M. Armitage has compiled descriptions and assessments of 245
genera of true annuals as well as plants that behave like annuals
in USDA zones 1-7. Focusing on identifying the plants, successful
culture, and their primary garden attributes, Armitage discusses
279 species in detail and summarizes the distinguishing features of
hundreds of cultivars, many of which he has tested himself.
Classics like begonias and pelargoniums are juxtaposed with
newcomers from Australia, and all are subject to Armitage's
critical eye. Color photos and line drawings illustrate the text,
and he suggests additional reading in books, articles, and Web
sites for many of the covered genera.
Armitage bases his descriptions on extensive personal experience.
His frank and conversational style keeps potentially dry details
fresh, and each entry is liberally sprinkled with strong and
sometimes amusing opinions. Useful lists in the appendix are
further evidence of his expertise, as he compiles biennials,
half-hardy perennials, winter annuals, shade-tolerant plants,
fragrant plants, climbing plants, and everlastings. These lists
extend the volume's application beyond a necessary tool for
horticulturists and nurserymen to a practical guide for the
dedicated home gardener.
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