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With more than 70 essays and articles on the history of Prussian gardens, this volume is sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in landscape architecture. Garden historians from over 20 countries examine themes like Prussian Gardens as Inspiration, Interpretation and Evaluation of Gardens in Europe …
Contributed by amazon 02.04. 2008 14:49:41 (12530 readers) |
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A Traveller s Guide | The most comprehensive and complete travel guide ever published on the gardens of Europe with access hours, location, facilities and contact/website details. …
Contributed by amazon 06.07. 2007 09:36:55 (9201 readers) |
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A Japanese plant with striking white-green-pink foliage. Slender branches are always moving in the breeze. Regular shearing is necessary to maintain leaf variegation. Very popular in Europe and gaining momentum in U.S. Also can be trained into an unusual bonsai specimum. …
Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 08:22:06 (63081 readers) |
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The sheer number of choices among Hydrangea species, hybrids, and cultivated varieties can be overwhelming even for the most advanced gardeners. How to choose from among the hundreds of mopheads, climbers, lacecaps, and oakleafs, to name just a few? And how to care for hydrangeas in American gardens, …
Contributed by amazon 13.04. 2007 08:30:26 (7439 readers) |
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The sheer number of choices among Hydrangea species, hybrids, and cultivated varieties can be overwhelming even for the most advanced gardeners. How to choose from among the hundreds of mopheads, climbers, lacecaps, and oakleafs, to name just a few? And how to care for hydrangeas in American gardens, …
Contributed by amazon 08.06. 2007 07:28:58 (6437 readers) |
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It looks like a rush, even a lighted fiber optics lamp, but it really is a sedge. For a perpetually wet or boggy area, this sedge might do the trick. This is a great grass for mixed containers, giving them movement and interest. Fiber Optic Grass is native to Southern Europe, the British Isles, and Northern …
Contributed by amazon 04.06. 2007 09:26:59 (26537 readers) |
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Dame s rocket is a garden plant that was introduced from Europe in colonial times. It now grows wild across much of the United States. Dame s rocket is sometimes confused with phlox, but note that its flowers have four petals, while phloxes all have five-petalled flowers. …
Contributed by amazon 10.07. 2007 13:54:55 (14169 readers) |
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A Japanese plant with striking white-green-pink foliage. Slender branches are always moving in the breeze. Regular shearing is necessary to maintain leaf variegation. Very popular in Europe and gaining momentum in U.S. Also can be trained into an unusual bonsai specimum. …
Contributed by amazon 14.08. 2007 07:53:49 (52105 readers) |
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6 volume hardback set: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass (European Garden Flora) | The European Garden Flora includes comprehensive keys at the family, genus, and species level, line diagrams to illustrate important diagnostic features of …
Contributed by amazon 26.04. 2007 14:15:50 (17951 readers) |
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The herbaceous Peony has been cultivated in home gardens for over 600 years. Considering the beauty of the flower and the longevity of the plants, it s no wonder why they have long been a perennial favorite. Peony clumps may survive for up to as long as 50 years, so it is advisable to prepare the site …
Contributed by amazon 30.07. 2007 10:11:04 (15301 readers) |
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Clematis viticella - Originating from native to Southern Europe Clematis viticella (Italian Clematis), have finally come up in the world. They thrive both in a hot Mediterranean climate and in the coolness of Northern Europe. Preferring sunny areas they shouldn t be planted in shade or over a north facing …
Contributed by amazon 24.09. 2007 10:09:38 (31523 readers) |
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Species, Cultivars, and New Hybrids | In this fully updated work, Perry Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the waterlilies and lotuses. This book includes more than 130 of the best new hybrids introduced since the landmark Water Gardening: Water …
Contributed by amazon 14.04. 2007 12:05:32 (14321 readers) |
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Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic America | nspired by her own family s immigrant history, Patricia Klindienst traveled the country, gathering stories of urban, suburban, and rural gardens created by people rarely presented in books about American gardens: Native Americans, immigrants …
Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 08:51:44 (11537 readers) |
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Perhaps the most uncommon color among plants, blue echoes the sky and adds a welcome accent to any garden. Greatly sought after by plant breeders, blues from pale lavender to powder blue add depth and tranquility to the gardener s palette. Noting that blue flowers are more common in high-altitude meadows …
Contributed by amazon 03.04. 2007 10:55:27 (17048 readers) |
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Gardens have long been an integral part of Chinese culture, written about by scholars and prized by emperors and priests; think of Chinese scrolls traced with plum blossoms and wood-block prints etched with pine branches or bamboo. The West has not only received a great number of fine plants from China, …
Contributed by amazon 08.04. 2007 09:57:00 (21164 readers) |
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Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture Are you wondering which productive trees to plant in your garden? Or are you planning a forest garden? Perhaps you are planting an orchard but want a greater diversity of useful trees than is typical? Or you’d like to know what unusual fruit trees you can …
Contributed by amazon 27.09. 2016 14:47:16 (13555 readers) |
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