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This book helps you in choosing the perfect plant for every
location in your garden, with 120 photographs. You can understand
the properties of different soils, from acid and alkaline to light
sand and heavy clay. You can make the most of various different
locations within your garden, including moist, shady, dry and
sunny. It includes advice on making the best choices and using the
right planting and growing techniques - from mulching and feeding
to deadheading and pruning - to ensure stunning, healthy plants in
every area of the garden. It includes a quick reference chart of
the most popular garden plants and their individual requirements.
Putting a plant in the right location and soil will ensure that it
has the best possible start and chance of long-term health. This
book explains how to successfully match plants to the conditions in
your garden. It covers the basics of ground preparation, sowing and
planting, as well as offering tips on plant maintenance. All the
different soil types are described and illustrated, showing how
they influence the types of plants that can be grown. A chart of
popular plants provides information on preferred soil types,
position, planting and flowering times, ensuring that you choose
the right varieties for the specific soil and climate conditions in
your garden.
This is an essential guide to growing beautiful plants in your home
throughout the year. It includes advice on houseplant care, as well
as step-by-step techniques for planting, repotting and propagation.
It is an beautifully illustrated A - Z guide to houseplants - from
Acalyphas to Yuccas - provides quick and easy identification,
information and care advice for each type. It includes suggestions
for the best settings, interesting groupings and stunning displays,
to make the most of your houseplants and enhance the style and mood
of a room. It also includes a useful chart indicating foliage or
flower interest, and when blooms should be at their best.
Houseplants can transform any living space with their interesting
foliage and pretty flowers. Choosing the right plants for your home
and how to care for them is clearly explained in this practical,
simple-to-follow book. Advice is given on how to achieve different
effects, attractive displays and groupings, the right setting for
your plants and how to deal with any problems that may occur. An A
- Z guide describes the most popular and some less familiar
houseplants, and a useful quick-reference chart tells you what
plants are at their best throughout the year. Packed with helpful
information, the book will ensure your houseplants give pleasure
for many years.
This book shows you how to create a garden with glorious colour in
every season, with 130 photographs. You can enjoy vibrant beds and
borders throughout the year, with practical advice and ideas for
stunning combinations. It features easy-to-follow instructions for
seasonal gardening tasks - from sowing seeds to overwintering
flowers - and details of when plants are at their best. It features
planting ideas for low-maintenance, seasonal interest using
perennials, bulbs, berries, foliage, stems, evergreen shrubs,
heathers, grasses and conifers. It includes a simple reference
chart giving planting and flowering times for many common garden
plants. As the year progresses, different types of plant come into
their own. Bulbs begin to open in spring, hardy perennials make
stunning statements in summer, foliage turns golden in the fall,
and shrubs provide interest during the winter months. Discovering
which plants are at their best at which times is the secret to
ensuring a continuous display, and this book is full of expert
instructions for providing successional colour all year long.
Season by season, the book suggests plants for colour, as well as
listing the main jobs that need to be done in the garden.
Illustrated with over 130 beautiful photographs, the book
guarantees permanent interest throughout the year.
Creating a beautiful outdoor space in under an hour a week. You can
create a stunning garden that is quick to establish, and can be
maintained in under an hour a week. It includes practical advice on
using time-saving equipment and techniques for maximum effort in
minimum time. It features inspiration for five easy-care gardens to
suit your taste in design. It includes a useful chart of
simple-to-grow plants, showing their individual cultivation
requirements. It is perfect for every weekend gardener who wants to
spend time enjoying their garden rather than working on it.
Sections include easy garden maintenance, easy-care gardens,
low-maintenance landscaping, low-maintenance plants, ideas for
special features, easy-care plants and the common names of plants.
If you long for a beautiful garden but have limited time to create
and care for one, here is a quick and handy guide that will show
you how to create the garden of your dreams with minimum effort.
The book explains how careful planning, design and planting will
ensure trouble-free gardening in the future and gives lots of
useful information on the best equipment and techniques. There are
recommendations for easy plants that require very little aftercare,
as well as inspiration for five garden styles, and shortcuts to
create usually time-consuming special features. With its wealth of
invaluable advice, this is the ideal sourcebook for the
time-pressed garden lover.
How to create stunning window displays to enjoy throughout the
year. Discover the pleasure of decorative and edible plants without
a garden. All you need to know about the basic principles involved
in planting containers and window boxes. Match your window box
design to your decor with ideas for different styles, from country
cottage to modern. It features advice on seasonal plantings and
striking combinations for year-round interest. It offers
easy-to-follow instructions for planting up different types of
containers and useful tips on upkeep. Topics include getting
started, maintenance, seasonal choices, knowing your style,
satisfying the senses, seasonal tasks, best window box plants and
the common names of plants. Imaginatively planted window boxes are
a delight not only to the creator but also to visitors and
passers-by, with uplifting spring boxes of bright tulips, narcissi
and hyacinth, or welcoming cascades of fuchsias, begonias and
lobelia. In this book you will find inspiration for decorative and
edible designs that will give pleasure throughout the year. There
are suggestions for using a variety of containers as well as
different styles and combinations to achieve just the effect you
want. In addition you will find expert advice on planting up
containers and quick reference charts, making this an indispensible
handbook for the creative gardener.
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.
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Secret Girl
Jackie Matthews
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R272
Discovery Miles 2 720
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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"I knew you'd come back " the prince shouted with joy. Then he
pulled back to look at her. She looked so different, especially in
her eyes. She looked wise and confident and peaceful, more
confident and peaceful than he had ever seen her.
When a mysterious visitor arrives at the castle door with an
exciting invitation, the young prince and princess must make a
difficult choice. Will they stay in the Castle of Safe, where they
know everyone and win all the time, or will they accept the
invitation to journey out into the Land of Adventure? What happens
if they leave the castle and then fail? What will their friends
think? Will others stop liking them if they don't always win? This
heartwarming and exciting story, written in parable form, will
inspire people of all ages to face their fear of failure and
challenge themselves to find their true potential. This story
teaches important life lessons, including: sometimes the best
learning comes from our "failures" and it's your life, so don't
worry about what others will think. Life is a gift and a grand
adventure. Let your grand adventure begin
In clear, concise detail this book shows how to look at your plot,
assess it for size, aspect and soil structure and makes the best of
the features it offers.
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