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Foliage: Dramatic and Subtle Leaves for the Garden

Foliage: Dramatic and Subtle Leaves for the Garden

by David Joyce (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2004

    $3.92

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    Hardcover 2001

    $3.36
Synopsis

Foliage is destined to play a key role in the gardens of the future as gardeners increasingly recognise the astonishing repertoire that foliage offers in terms of shapes, textures and colours, from the dramatic impact of large leaved exotics to the subtle sensuality of bamboos and grasses. Here, David Joyce analyzes the characteristics of leaves, shows why foliage is so valuable ornamentally and looks at the way they are carried on the plant and discusses their contribution to the overall effect of the garden. The book also features a special selection of outstanding foliage plants, cross-referenced with earlier chapters.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Published: 31 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 1903845718
ISBN 13: 9781903845714

Media Reviews
There is more to a colourful garden than flowers. Just pause and look around and you will soon spot greens of every hue, variegation and stripes, mauves, yellows, reds and pinks. Shape and form too from spiky or heart-shaped, palm-like or rosettes, glossy or matt, spiny or furry, all adding interest alongside the prima donnas of the flower world, enhancing these fleeting beauties with a more permanent presence. Foliage is the new colour and backbone to gardens, guaranteed year in, year out unlike floral shrubs or perennials which can occasionally sulk. From deep red Spring shoots to Summer's lush green leaves, colourful foliage abounds in every season, not just in the autumn fanfare of fiery hues but continuing into Winter with evergreen shrubs such as ivy and laurels adding a quiet but stately presence to an otherwise empty garden. Expert horticulturalist and garden writer David Joyce shares his many years of experience to explain, demonstrate and inspire gardeners with the endless source of ideas to be found with foliage: how to group them, grow them, place them, all clearly discussed and accompanied by superb colour photographs. Ending with a directory of selected foliage plants (which would have been enhanced with the inclusion of individual photographs) this is a fascinating and informative look at what is seen as a new trend in gardening but which in reality has always been taken into account by professional growers throughout the centuries. - Lucy Watson