How to Make Your Garden Grow: A Beginner's Guide to Popular Garden Plants

by Lisa Buckland (Author), Toby Buckland (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.24

  A visit to the garden centre to buy new plants can be exciting but expensive, so it is essential to know what will thrive in your patch and how to give your new acquisitions a good start. In this practical guide, readers with little previous experience are shown how to create the garden they want by choosing the right plants for the job, as well as how to care and maintain them for years to come. From anemones to peonies, poppies to red-hot-pokers, the most popular garden plants form the basis of the book and are accompanied by special features such as growing flowers for cutting, training roses and establishing a hedge.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.24

  From flowers that bloom year-round to living carpets, the plants highlighted in this book will transform any garden. New gardeners and keen amateurs will find all the information they need in this guide-to visit a nursery, make wise purchases, and protect and maintain their plants for years to come. Each page blooms with beautiful images from a well-known garden photographer-300 photos in all-and every aspect of care receives loving attention, including planting, pruning, and pest control. Explore the glorious possibilities of impact flowers, summer climbers, edgers, softeners, and more. Busy gardeners will especially appreciate the many time-saving tips. A Selection of the Homestyle Book Club.