National Trust, 2017. — 339 p. — ISBN: 978-1-911358-31-2. Some 80% of people who visit National Trust properties do so "to look at the garden". And the glories of NT gardens include their incredible beds and borders — plants that bring color, drama and surprises year round. In this book, a senior NT gardener gives you a foolproof plan to get similar effects in your own garden...
Timber Press, 2010. — 203 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60469-039-2. Climbing plants are a largely untapped resource for today's gardeners. Because their habit of growth is primarily vertical, they can be used to provide privacy, screen eyesores, and draw the eye upward to create the illusion of space. In Armitage's Vines and Climbers, renowned horticulturist Allan Armitage selects and...
3rd edition. — Stipes, 2008. — 1109 p. — ISBN: 978-1-58874-775-4; ISBN: 978-158874-776-1. A reference guide to the identification and culture of over 3500 herbaceous perennial plant species, varieties, and cultivars. Includes bibliography, common name, and scientific indexes.
Chronicle Books, 2017. — 439 p. — ISBN: 978-1452145761. From Erin Benzakein, a leader in the locaflor farm-to-centerpiece movement and owner of internationally renowned Floret Flower Farm, Cut Flower Garden is equal parts instruction and inspiration — a book overflowing with lush photography of magnificent flowers and breathtaking arrangements organized by season. This...
Chronicle Books LLC, 2021. — 920 p. World-renowned flower farmer and floral designer and "Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden" and "Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers" best-selling author Erin Benzakein reveals all the secrets to growing, cultivating, and arranging gorgeous dahlias. In these pages, readers will discover: Expert advice for planting, harvesting, and arranging...
Murdoch Books, 2015. — 242 p. — ISBN: 978-1-74336-321-8. Dr Lisa Cooper's The Flowers gives us the opportunity to peer into the practices and vistas of someone who works with flowers daily as a leading floral designer and artist. Through anecdote, gentle instruction and photographic essays the reader will be taken from Cooper's studio workspace, to the growers' farms the...
Storey Publishing, 2003. — 384 p. — ISBN: 978-1580174626. Create the flower garden of your dreams. This comprehensive guide includes expert advice on everything from choosing an appropriate growing site to maximizing the lifespan of your plants. Charming illustrations and photographs accompany helpful tips on how to improve soil, fight off pests, and make all your flowers bloom...
Storey Publishing, 2003. — 384 p. — ISBN: 978-1580174626. Create the flower garden of your dreams. This comprehensive guide includes expert advice on everything from choosing an appropriate growing site to maximizing the lifespan of your plants. Charming illustrations and photographs accompany helpful tips on how to improve soil, fight off pests, and make all your flowers bloom...
Storey Publishing, 2019. — 154 p. The word “meadow” conjures images of wide expanses of land, but a mini meadow — a kind of informal flower garden started with seed sown directly into the soil — can be any size; plus, it’s fun, easy to grow, and good for the planet. With as little as 50 square feet and for less than $20, gardeners can plant a colorful meadow that demands little...
Dorling Kindersley, 2022. — 256 p. — ISBN: 9780744056815. DK RHS Roses: An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing the Best Roses. Celebrating the very best of roses, including the right varieties to choose and how to grow them. With more than 30,000 different types of roses available to gardeners across the world, how do you find the right one for your garden? A rose is...
Prepared for Distribution By LadyWeb's Virtual Coffee Table Books. — Teresa Thomas Bohannon, 2008. — 160 p. It is with the object of stimulating the cultivation of gardens still more beautiful than those generally to be met with that the present volume has been written. It has not been thought necessary to repeat in each case the times when the seeds of the various flowers and...
Skyhorse Publishing, 2017. — 317 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5107-0963-8. Does this sound like you or someone you know? Give yourself a pat on the back because admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. And lucky for you, you can easily turn your brown thumb into a green one with the help of Plants You Can’t Kill. Seriously — it doesn’t matter how many plants you’ve...
New York: Townsend Mac Coun, 1884. — 424 p. The love of flowers having become so nearly universal, it seems almost superfluous for an author to attempt any explanation in placing a work at all pertaining to the subject before the publfc, as every work, either elaborate or iple, must awaken a response in some heart where nature has placed her shrine. To those endowed with keen...
Timber Press, 2015. — 220 p. — ISBN: 978-1604695342. Tulips steal the show in spring when their bright, finely cut flowers light up the garden. Their incredible color range includes almost every imaginable hue from pure white through pastels, rich reds and purples to near black, while their shapes are equally varied and may be short-stemmed, lily-flowered, or even...
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