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Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In Five-Plant Gardens, Nancy Ondra eliminates the guesswork and the stress [of selecting perennial plants], offering 52 garden plans that each use only five plants! These plans are simple, inexpensive, and sure to look beautiful all season long. They are grouped according to whether they grow best in sun, partial shade, or full shade, and each one includes an illustrated planting plan, a shopping list with brief plant descriptions, information on...
6) Essential perennials for every garden: [selection, care, and profiles to over 110 easy-care plants]
Author
Publisher
i-5 Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bursting with vivid color--like the midsummer garden of your dreams--Essential Perennials for Every Garden will inspire and inform gardeners from coast to coast. This expertly written, eye-catching guide to choosing and maintaining perennials covers a vast array of plants from dainty ground huggers and wafting soft grasses to dramatic skyscrapers with unearthly blooms. Selected by authors and master gardeners Sally Roth and Jane Courtier, over 110...
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Features 80 individual perennial profiles, close to 400 exquisite photographs of plant partnerships, and Ondra's insight into the wide array of plants that make great combinations, including annuals, bulbs, grasses, shrubs, and other perennials.
10) Saving container plants: overwintering techniques for keeping tender plants alive year after year
Author
Series
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Enjoy your favorite container plants year after year! From geraniums to fuschia and beyond, many container plants can be overwintered and enjoyed again the next season.This Storey Basics guideoffers simple techniques for overwintering a variety of common tender perennial plants, based on what kind of dormancy the plants go through in their native environment. You can easily overwinter most plants with few to no pest problems, simply by giving them...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Essential Perennials helps you decide exactly which plants will bring you the beauty you want and will thrive in the conditions you can provide. Trusted garden experts Ruth Rogers Clausen and Thomas Christopher focus on what every gardener needs to know. For each plant you'll find flower color, season of bloom, foliage characteristics, height and width, light requirements, and hardiness and heat sensitivity. You'll also learn cultural tips, the most...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Inspiration for stunning planting for your garden throughout the year - from Anna Pavord, one of today's most inspiring and much-loved garden writers, author of the global bestseller The Tulip. First published in 2004, and now fully revised and updated, in this inspirational book, acclaimed bestselling author Anna Pavord selects 60 'star plants' - from iris to hostas - and pairs each with two perfect partners: shrubs, herbaceous perennials, bulbs,...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy garden achievable at home. The new, simplified approach is made up of hardy, beautiful plants grown on a 10x14 foot grid. Each of the 62 garden plans...
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