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Award-winning landscape designer Douglas Coltart offers practical instructions for designing and renovating spacious gardens, with an eye towards issues unique to those working with at least a third of an acre of land. This book will enable gardeners to make a range of positive changes, such as anchoring …
Contributed by amazon 02.07. 2007 22:10:43 (11463 readers) Match on Article's text |
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A comprehensive manual covering all aspects of the creative use of shrubs and climbers in the garden, from multi-season interest, to special effects, working with scent, and choosing colour schemes. …
Contributed by amazon 25.10. 2007 10:10:30 (10606 readers) Match on Article's text |
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An exhaustive exposition of propagating methods, from growing from seed to cuttings, grafting, layering, and tissue culture. It is based on the actual working methods of successful propagators worldwide and presents detailed explanations and illustrations of the procedures used. …
Contributed by amazon 01.04. 2007 18:57:56 (16279 readers) Match on Article's text |
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From Northern California to British Columbia | Although the climate of the Pacific Northwest can best be described as temperate, providing for a lengthy growing season, gardeners face the challenge of working in an environment that is dominated by salt, wind, and sand. Carla Albright discusses how to …
Contributed by amazon 08.07. 2007 10:32:26 (12042 readers) Match on Article's text |
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The Essential Guide to Caring for Shrubs, Trees, Climbers, Hedges, Conifers, Roses and Fruit Trees (Specialist Series) | Beautifully illustrated and encyclopedic in scope, this is the only guide you’ll ever need to become a pruning expert. It includes a vast wealth of information on trimming all types …
Contributed by amazon 14.05. 2007 08:54:19 (14418 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Botanical Latin is accepted by horticulturists and botanists everywhere as the medium for naming new plants, and botanical research is almost impossible without reference to the vast number of first descriptions in Latin — much information is available in no other language. For gardeners, too, a working …
Contributed by amazon 06.04. 2007 10:21:40 (11135 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Gardening for All Seasons shows both the novice and the experienced gardener how to design, grow, and maintain beautiful gardens throughout the year. The basics are all here, including garden design, color selection, working the soil, and growing houseplants. But Gardening for all Seasons also shows …
Contributed by amazon 25.01. 2008 10:06:24 (17800 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Working with Nature, Not Against It | Maintaining a colorful and productive garden is easy with the advice on how to change gardening ways and embrace green, organic techniques in this handy little book. This illustrated manual includes easy-to-follow information on such tasks as improving the soil, …
Contributed by amazon 11.07. 2007 12:23:55 (13002 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Stonescaping is one of today s most popular outdoor landscaping design trends. Now homeowners can find a landscape design and project book combined in one with Landscaping with Stone. …
Contributed by amazon 31.03. 2007 19:54:28 (13696 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Husqvarna s lightest trimmer! Only 8.8 lb. while providing 24.5cc of power. Extensive reach and angled front loop handle prove a more effective and comfortable working position. …
Contributed by amazon 06.08. 2007 10:35:32 (13042 readers) Match on Article's text |
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In Garden or Container, this Dwarf is Early, Colorful, and Fully Hardy! Just 5 inches tall, it sports big 1 1/2-inch blooms in shades of white, blue, and pink. This dwarf blooms earlier than most Columbines, opening huge 1 1/2-inch blooms in abundance atop compact, vigorous plants just 5 inches tall! …
Contributed by amazon 07.07. 2007 11:18:27 (22417 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Working from the belief that a vegetable garden, whatever its size, can be as beautiful as a conventional garden of flowers and shrubs, this colorful guide shows how to apply the principles of good design to a kitchen plot. Find out how to use the vibrant texture, colors, and forms of vegetables, herbs, …
Contributed by amazon 27.05. 2008 11:14:12 (14458 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Home gardeners with a keen interest in design, as well as professional landscape designers, will find invaluable advice in this new approach. The book focuses on the general principles behind creating successful and beautiful plant combinations in both time and space-working with perennials in the context …
Contributed by amazon 09.04. 2007 19:55:21 (10840 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Encouraging gardeners to reassess their favorite flowers and how they are planted, the focus here is on working with natural light to get the best out of any garden. Readers are led through the color spectrum and given advice on which plants to choose and how to handle them in northern and southern hemisphere …
Contributed by amazon 25.11. 2007 11:53:37 (12859 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Filled with plant suggestions and hints for successfully incorporating foliage into your garden, this book explains basic leaf shapes and tonal palettes, and how to pleasingly balance them in your garden. …
Contributed by amazon 10.04. 2007 10:30:43 (10674 readers) Match on Article's text |
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This book, organised in an extremely-user friendly manner, equips the landscape architect with all of the required knowledge in business and law. It is of great value to Landscape architects throughout their academic and professional life. …
Contributed by amazon 11.08. 2007 08:40:46 (12896 readers) Match on Article's text |
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