500 Best Garden Plants

by PatrickTaylor (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.25

  From the range of plants available to the gardener, Patrick Taylor selects and describes plants that are the very best of their kind. The book is divided into five main sections - trees, shrubs, climbers, herbaceous perennials, and bulbs. This allows similar plants to be described together and planting solutions to be given for specific gardening problems. Natural species and forms are emphasized and only cultivars that have proved their worth are included. For each plant, there is advice on its best use in the garden and ideas for association plantings, as well as details of cultivation, hardiness, propagation and its origins.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $4.01

  This volume selects and describes over 500 hardy plants, each of which has been chosen for being the best of its kind. The book is divided into sections - trees, shrubs, climbers, herbaceous perennials and bulbs. Natural species and forms have been emphasized, and only those cultivars that have proved their worth over a long period are included. As well as discussing the special qualities of each plant, Patrick Taylor gives advice on its use in the garden and ideas for association plantings. He also provides details of cultivation, hardiness, propagation and place of origin. Other books by Taylor include Planting in Patterns , Period Gardens , The Garden Path and The Gardener's Guide to Britain .