The Conservatory Gardener

by Anne Swithinbank (Author), Anne Swithinbank (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  1993

  $3.25

  This illustrated catalogue contains 1500 of the best greenhouse plants, selected by the author from first-hand experience. She groups her plant selection according to their most useful function - as specimen plants for impact, climbers for background and shade, trailing plants, foliage plants, flowering and fruiting plants for attractive seasonal effects, and aquatic plants.;The book gives advice and information on providing the best conditions for growing plants in a conservatory, including ways of regulating light, temperature and humidity. There are also ideas for interior landscaping. Cultivation of plants is described in Plant Care which tells all that is needed to know to achieve success in growing exotic plants in a conservatory.;The author is a regular presenter of BBC TV's Gardener's World and a panellist on BBC Radio's Gardener's Question Time and has been in charge of the glasshouses at the Royal Horticultural Society garden at Wisley. Other books she has written include A Handbook of Greehouse and Conservatory Plants , The Gardeners' World Book of House Plants and The Gardeners' World Book of Container Gardening .

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  The Conservatory Gardener, by popular writer and broadcaster Anne Swithinbank, is the best book on the market about gardening under glass. Its core is an encyclopaedic guide to the best conservatory plants. More than 1,000 plants, selected for their attractiveness and usefulness, are arranged according to use - for dramatic impact or as background, for seasonal interest or temporary display. They are cross-referenced according to temperature needs. A practical section gives advice on feeding and watering, ways of regulating light, temperature and humidity, dealing with pests and on step-by-step propagation.