How to Grow Annuals and Perennials: How to Grow Flowers Through the Year, with a Practical Guide to Gardening Skills for Every Type of Situation, Climate and Style of Garden

How to Grow Annuals and Perennials: How to Grow Flowers Through the Year, with a Practical Guide to Gardening Skills for Every Type of Situation, Climate and Style of Garden

by RichardBird (Author)

Synopsis

This book shows how to use annuals and perennials to conjure up gardens with a special accent: fragrant gardens, colour gardens, water gardens, specialist flower gardens and container gardens. It offers all the skills and routines you need to keep your garden looking lovely all year round, shown in step-by-step photographs with clearly written text. It provides exciting ways to create a host of different gardens: pretty cottage and wildflower gardens, grand formal plans and more informal schemes. It includes inside information on the best plants to use for ground cover, climbing, foliage and shape. The first part of the book includes in-depth studies that show how to achieve the perfect planting for a wide selection of different garden types - from a cottage garden to a formal scheme. The best plants and techniques for different conditions - including dry, damp, shady, large and small spaces, and family gardens - are then explored. The second half of the book includes a series of comprehensive guides to all the techniques you need to keep your outdoor space in top condition, from preparing the soil and sowing to feeding, and coping with pests and diseases. With more than 250 stunning colour photographs, stepped routines, and handy reference lists of recommended plants for all situations, this is the book that no aspiring or experienced gardener can afford to be without.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Southwater
Published: 21 Jul 2006

ISBN 10: 184476298X
ISBN 13: 9781844762989

Author Bio
Richard Bird has been gardening since childhood and currently maintains a large garden, where his abiding passion for plants is very evident. He has contributed to numerous publications and has been magazine editor for Focus on Plants, The Hardy Plant, Alpine Gardening and the Alpine Garden Society's magazine Bulletin. He is also a full-time author on the subject of gardens and plants and has written nearly 30 books on subjects as diverse as alpines and rock gardens, lilies, perennials, organic gardening and window boxes. He is the author of Beautiful Shrubs and Great Climbers, and The Green-Fingered Gardener: Kitchen Gardens (both by Southwater).