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Uncommon Climbers for Every Garden - A Hand-picked Selection of Climbing Plants for Containers, Conservatories and the Open... Uncommon Climbers for Every Garden - A Hand-picked Selection of Climbing Plants for Containers, Conservatories and the Open Garden (Hardcover)
Allan M. Armitage
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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.

Ornamental Bedding Plants (Paperback): Allan M. Armitage Ornamental Bedding Plants (Paperback)
Allan M. Armitage
R1,626 Discovery Miles 16 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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."

Of Naked Ladies and Forget-Me-Nots - The stories behind the common names of some of our favorite plants (Paperback): Allan M.... Of Naked Ladies and Forget-Me-Nots - The stories behind the common names of some of our favorite plants (Paperback)
Allan M. Armitage
R582 Discovery Miles 5 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tales of Big Jon and Other Creatures - The Extraordinary Times of an Ordinary Family (Paperback): Allan M. Armitage Tales of Big Jon and Other Creatures - The Extraordinary Times of an Ordinary Family (Paperback)
Allan M. Armitage; Illustrated by Valarie Nichols
R545 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Paperback): Allan M. Armitage Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Paperback)
Allan M. Armitage
R1,030 R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Save R94 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Legends in the Garden - Who in the World Is Nellie Stevens? (Paperback): Linda L Copeland, Allan M. Armitage Legends in the Garden - Who in the World Is Nellie Stevens? (Paperback)
Linda L Copeland, Allan M. Armitage
R493 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

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