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Discover the secret to successfully growing and nurturing orchids
that will flourish. Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Orchids
contains everything you need to raise stunning, long-lasting blooms
for your indoor space. Learn how to grow and care for a variety of
orchids with tips on positioning, feeding, watering, and
propagation. A handy troubleshooting guide shows you how to
recognise ailing plants, revive neglected orchids, and spot common
diseases. From hanging baskets and bark rafts to corsages and
bridal bouquets, get inspired and create thriving collections of
orchids for your home. Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how,
this easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to help your
garden Grow.
This title shows you how and when to prune all the key plants in
your garden, with step-by-step photographs. It clearly explains the
different methods of pruning, such as deadheading, shaping,
clipping and trimming. It describes specific pruning techniques for
different types of plants, including roses, shrubs, climbers and
hedges. You can learn how to restrict the size of evergreens, trim
vines, rejuvenate conifers, train apple trees and shorten the
growth on soft fruit bushes to maximize their yield. It includes an
at-a-glance seasonal chart to remind you when to prune, and a list
of plants' common names. Most plants benefit from a prune for
healthy growth and visual appeal, but many gardeners approach the
task with trepidation. This accessible handbook provides a clear,
easy-to-follow guide through the complexities, explaining why we
prune, and giving step-by-step instructions on the different
techniques. There is also advice on selecting and using equipment,
an extensive section on pruning specific types of plants, and two
useful charts showing methods of pruning and seasonal pruning. The
book contains all the information you need to keep your plants
beautifully healthy, flowering and fruiting prolifically, and
looking just as you want them.
Plants make great pets - they're quiet, decorative, housetrained
and (mostly) low-maintenance - and with this helpful guide, you'll
soon be the perfect plant parent! Grow Your Own Pet Plants has all
the information you'll need for green-thumbed success, from
learning which plant to take home to how to help your leafy friend
thrive in all conditions. Andrew Mikolajski provides helpful tips,
from how to nurse and propagate cuttings to choosing a plant which
suits your home and lifestyle. With a simple guide to more than 40
plant personalities and easy care advice, from feeding and grooming
to showing off your new pet to guests, you'll soon be the proud
owner of a new collections of plant pets.
This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care,
with step-by-step instructions and more than 130 beautiful
photographs. Everything you need to know about hostas at a glance
in one handy practical gardening guide. It includes a beautiful
photographic directory of over 40 types, including yellow, green,
blue and variegated hostas. For each variety, full botanical
information is provided on the plant's history, growth, size and
flowering. It offers a step-by-step guidance on choosing, planting,
propagating and caring for hostas, and dealing with pests and
diseases. It features superb planting ideas for growing hostas in
troughs, as ground cover, as edging plants, in mixed borders, in
containers and for flower arrangements. It is the definitive
handbook for one of the most popular and best-loved garden plants.
The versatility and beauty of hostas makes them one of the most
popular and rewarding foliage plants. Whether you use larger hostas
to create a stately summer border or dwarf varieties to enliven a
rocky or aquatic environment, they are reliable, attractive and
relatively low-maintenance. Flourishing even in containers, hostas
are truly plants for every situation. This beautiful book explains
how to use hostas to their best advantage, as well as providing a
fully illustrated directory of over 40 types. With expert advice on
selecting varieties, planting and growing hostas, the book will
help you to create a wonderful display of these popular shrubs.
A international directory and guide to growing and cooking apples,
with recipes and 1500 pictures.
This is a concise calendar of practical tasks, covering all aspects
of flower, kitchen and greenhouse gardening throughout all four
seasons of the year. You can master a range of new gardening
skills, with simple, illustrated step-by-step instructions. It
includes suggestions for creative projects, as well as essential
tasks to keep your garden looking good. It features a useful
glossary of terms, and quick reference charts indicating what to do
when in the garden. This practical handbook takes the guesswork out
of knowing what to do when in the garden, right through the year.
It gives advice on preparing the ground, sowing, planting and
caring for plants, and harvesting fruit and vegetables, from early
spring to late summer and into winter. Basic maintenance tasks are
included, together with brilliant ideas for creative projects such
as planting up a pretty hanging basket, making the most of summer
bulbs in a mixed border, and which plants will extend the season.
Illustrated with step-by-step techniques and packed with expert
gardening tips, this book is an essential companion for every
garden enthusiast.
This comprehensive introduction contains everything you need to
know about the history, botany and cultivation of apples, from
planting, pruning and propagation to harvesting, storing and
cooking. A stunning identification guide features 800 original
photographs and provides detailed information. It is packed with
over 60 inspirational and scrumptious recipes for a fabulous
selection of breakfasts, appetizers, main courses, salads, side
dishes, sauces, preserves, drinks and desserts.
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Orchids (Hardcover)
Andrew Mikolajski
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R730
R615
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Flamboyant, intriguing, beautiful and exotic, orchids have evolved
to become the largest family of plants in the world. This classic
book, written by two of the world's leading orchid authorities and
now updated, presents everything you need to know to identify,
choose and display these delightful flowers successfully. It
contains guidance on tools and equipment; feeding and watering; and
dealing with pests and diseases. A directory describes and
illustrates a wide range of species and hybrids, providing
information on habitat, size, flowering time and growing
requirements. With over 600 exquisite photographs, this is the
definitive guide to growing these well-loved plants.
The first section of this book offers an insight into the
significance of the apple in history. It then gives a botanical
overview of the fruit and explains how to plant, nurture and
cultivate your own apple harvest. The directory section features a
unique photographic collection of over 400 internationally grown
varieties. Apples are listed alphabetically from Acme to Zoete
Ermgaard. The versatile apple is a popular ingredient in many tasty
recipes, and a collection of classic apple recipes is featured.
Dishes include Curried Apple Soup, Scallops with Apple Mash,
Pumpkin and Apple Risotto, Baked Apples, and Apple Crumble.
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.
This title is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and
care, with step-by-step instructions and over 110 beautiful
photographs. Everything you need to know at a glance in one handy
and beautifully illustrated practical guide. It includes full
photographic directory of more than 40 common and exotic water
plants, from bog plants and marginals to oxygenating plants and
water lilies. For each plant, full botanical information is
provided on history, growth, hue, height, spread and suitability.
It offers step-by-step photographic guidance on buying plants,
propagation, routine maintenance, and pests and diseases. Includes
instructions on how make a pond with a liner, stocking your
finished pool, and adding ornamental fish. A highly accessible
guide to bringing water plants into your garden, whether you have a
large or small space. Water gardens are increasingly popular, not
only for the exciting variety of plant life that can be cultivated,
but also for the diversity of animal species attracted by the
aquatic environment. This clear and accessible book explains how to
use water plants to their best advantage, as well as providing an
illustrated directory of over 40 recommended varieties. It explains
the difference between bog plants and oxygenators, surface floating
plants and deep-water plants, with practical advice on growing and
maintenance. From selecting and caring for water plants to making
your own pond, the book will help you to create a water feature to
enjoy for years to come.
This title helps you discover the versatility of a beautiful
courtyard garden, for entertaining, relaxing and extending your
living space. It offers ideas for paths and paving with bricks,
tiles, cobbles, gravel, railway sleepers and mosaics, and how to
use walls, fences, plants, furniture, lighting and ornaments. It
features a range of sites, including sunny, shady and windy, as
well as structures suitable for children and pets. It includes
suggestions for planting low-growing shrubs, pretty foliage plants,
and flowers for seasonal interest. A well-designed courtyard gives
years of pleasure. This useful handbook is packed with
inspirational advice on creating the most attractive outdoor
spaces. It considers the practical aspects of planning, as well as
restrictions such as lack of light or space. It is full of ideas
for overhauling the basic components of your garden, including
surfaces, fences and plants, and describes how to make the most of
special features such as ornaments and lighting to create the
desired atmosphere. With illustrated examples, clear text and over
100 beautiful photographs, this is an essential guide for anyone
wishing to maximize the potential of their patio or terrace.
Roses are one of the world's best-loved flowers, and their sweet
scent and long-lasting beauty make them indispensable in the
garden. With over 200 varieties described and photographed, this
book helps you to choose the right plant for your situation, from a
free-flowering old rose to a delicate miniature. A Grower's Guide
section shows how to maintain your roses, how to select healthy
specimens, how to plant them, when to prune and how to propagate
new plants. Whether they are grown singly or in conjunction with
other plants, as hedges or ground cover, winding through a tree or
in a container, there is a place for a rose in every garden.
This title helps you create a fragrant paradise to enjoy throughout
the year, shown in 100 stunning photographs. You can make the most
of scent around the garden by planting bulbs, annuals, perennials,
herbs and small trees. You can choose beautiful plants that will
calm, stimulate and uplift the body and spirit, such as butterfly
bushes, honeysuckle, hyacinths, jasmine, lavender, lilac and roses.
It describes scented schemes for many different garden styles,
including cottage, Mediterranean and formal. It features an
at-a-glance reference chart giving plant descriptions and a guide
to their common names. Smell is one of the most powerful of our
senses, and a glorious garden filled with subtle or intoxicating
fragrances can affect our mood and wellbeing. This invaluable
handbook describes the myriad plants that have scented qualities,
whether it is in their flowers, leaves, fruit or bark, and explains
how to use them effectively in different locations and garden
styles. There is guidance on planting and harvesting for maximum
fragrance, as well as advice on how to choose varieties that will
provide interest throughout the year, and from morning until night.
There is also a useful chart listing scented plants with their
growing season and attributes.
This book features over 570 colour photographs, including stunning
plant directories, inspirational plantings, and practical
step-by-step techniques. Providing all the essential gardening
know-how, it shows how to create a fabulous garden with lasting
impact, year-round colour and delicious scent. It teaches how to
use scented bulbs, annuals, shrubs and trees to create a welcoming
and relaxing outdoor environment. Here, is the ultimate
inspirational guide to planning, creating and maintaining bountiful
borders of beautiful blooms all year round. This is a book for the
enthusiastic and practical as well as the aspirational gardener. It
shows how to make best use of a plant's features to create a
particular style of garden, and how to keep your garden looking
good all year round. Packed with essential information, hints and
professional tips, this is the perfect planting guide and practical
handbook.
Andrew Mikolajski's Garden Design offers a complete breakdown of
the process involved in creating a garden, from making an initial
assessment of the site's possibilities to applying design
principles and choosing plants and landscaping materials. It is
aimed at amateurs who have no previous knowledge of garden-making
but will also be of value to professionals entering the trade. Most
books on garden design are either very technical or are
predominantly picture books. This manual is different. A lively and
provocative read, it is full of handy hints and tips for creating
the perfect outdoor environment. Readers are encouraged to explore
and question established ideas about good garden design, and will
be sure to grow in confidence as they learn how to make informed
decisions about every aspect of the garden design process.
This title includes succinct advice on site, aspect, soil, compost,
lawns, fences, pruning, training, propagation, pest control and
more. It is an authoritative guide: helpful solutions to more than
1001 of the most frequently asked questions in one accessible
at-a-glance volume. It answers queries on garden sites, soil,
walls, lawns, fences, patios, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials,
herbs, houseplants, vegetables, container gardening, the water
garden, compost, propagation, weed control, everyday maintenance
and greenhouses. It comes with over 850 photographs, this volume
will help you find a quick solution to every garden question.
Whether you're a novice gardener or have been growing plants for
years, each season can bring new dilemmas that need addressing.
This handy volume asks every typical garden question and provides
invaluable guidance for successful gardening. There are chapters on
planning and assessing the garden site; the hard landscape; lawns;
the ornamental garden; the kitchen garden; the water garden;
propagation; pruning and training; garden problems; growing under
cover; and garden equipment. All provide suggestions, help and
reassurance for the concerns most likely to be encountered, making
this the perfect reference book for every gardener.
Gardening with the expert: helpful solutions to 1001 of the most
frequently asked questions in one accessible at-a-glance guide.
This title includes advice on everyday gardening dilemmas, with an
easy-to-follow directory covering both wide-ranging questions about
larger aspects of gardening as well as specific issues on problem
plants. It includes succinct queries on garden site, aspect, soil,
walls, floors, lawns, trees, conifers, shrubs, annuals, perennials,
herbs, houseplants, vegetables, containers, the water garden,
compost, pruning, training, propagation, weeds, tools, and
greenhouses. With more than 700 informative and attractive colour
photographs to accompany the clear text, this question-and-answer
encyclopedia will help you find a solution to every common garden
problem. This easy-to-read gardening companion will help to
demystify some of the common problems gardeners face, offering
explanations and solutions that are easy to put into practice. From
general queries that require large-scale planning, such as how to
decide where to site a patio, to specific queries, for example,
about how to prune a clematis, this handy volume offers invaluable
guidance and suggestions for successful gardening. Each chapter
looks at a different aspect of gardening, so finding solutions to
particular problems will be straightforward. All terminology is
clearly explained, so whether your question is general or specific,
this comprehensive volume will help you to find a solution.
This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care,
with step-by-step instructions and over 150 beautiful photographs.
It features full photographic directory of over 40 varieties,
including cluster-flowered roses, miniature roses, ground-cover
roses, large-flowered roses and rugosa roses. 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 using roses for
hedging and ground cover, and combining them with other plants. It
is a highly accessible guide to some of the world's best-loved
plants, celebrating their diversity and beauty. It offers
everything you need to know at a glance in one handy and superbly
illustrated practical guide. The rose is the quintessential flower
of the summer, and apart from the beauty of the flowers, many
modern varieties have the twin advantages of a long flowering
season and disease resistance. With hues ranging from delicate
pastels to glowing reds, yellows and oranges, the range has never
been wider, encompassing roses for growing en masse or in
conjunction with other plants, as hedges, ground cover or in
containers. This beautiful book explains how to use modern roses to
their best advantage, and features a directory of over 40
varieties. There are practical instructions for planting,
propagating and pruning roses, ensuring a magnificent display in
all types of garden.
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Conifers (Paperback)
Andrew Mikolajski
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R225
R170
Discovery Miles 1 700
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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 superbly illustrated practical guide. It offers full
photographic directory of over 50 varieties, including large,
medium, small and dwarf conifers. 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 buying conifers, growing them
in containers, transplanting established shrubs and trees, and
creating evergreen conifer hedges. It is a highly accessible guide
to some of the most popular and versatile plants, celebrating their
diversity and beauty. Mainly evergreen, tough and hardy, conifers
give year-round pleasure and interest, providing superb backdrops
to the transient flowers of summer, then coming into their own in
autumn and winter as their firm outlines begin to dominate the
scene. This book explains the place of conifers in the plant
kingdom, suggests ways in which they can be used in the garden, and
illustrates some of the most striking types now in cultivation. A
fully illustrated directory of 50 recommended varieties, together
with expert advice on how and where to plant them to their best
advantage, will help you to create bold shapes, textures and
contours in all types of garden.
This title provides everything you need to know to create and
maintain a stunning garden throughout the year, with 10
inspirational and practical books. Planning and maintaining a
successful garden - one that meets the needs and aspirations of the
owner - is an enjoyable and creative process. The skills required
can be mastered by everyone and are clearly explained in this
beautiful set of books. The tasks involved in creating and
improving a garden are divided into manageable units, to help you
maximize the potential of your site. So if you dream of borders of
colourful and scented blooms, a healthy green lawn, a patio in
which to relax, or even low-maintenance ideas to lessen the
workload, here are the skills to guarantee success. These handy
books also make it easy to devise planting schemes that incorporate
year-round colour, architectural shapes and different plant
textures into the garden. There are plenty of schemes for
colourful, fragrant, and even edible, hanging baskets and window
boxes, as well as ideas for filling space with annuals, and
incorporating perennials and shrubs into your garden design.With
over 1200 colour photographs and accessible and informative text by
respected horticultural experts, this comprehensive set of
gardening guides will give inspiration and practical suggestions to
improve any garden situation.
The secret to creating a glorious, productive garden is year-round
love and attention; it's good-old-fashioned maintenance: remember
to plant tulips and daffodil bulbs in autumn, and your garden will
come alive with bright splashes of colour in early spring; remember
to hoe the flowerbeds in April to prevent weeds choking the new
growth; and, take cuttings of shrubs in August. Keeping track of
what to do when is no simple task, but this straightforward new
book will help you plan your year. It gives you seasonal lists of
jobs to do, which plants to plant and plenty of expert advice and
handy hints on how to improve your garden.
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