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...
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.
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...
Storey Publishing, 2009. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60342-438-7. Peter Schneider challenges the notorious myth that roses are difficult to grow, arguing that it’s all about choosing the right petals for the right place! Providing in-depth profiles of hundreds of varieties, Schneider helps you decide which roses will work best in your flower bed or along an eye-catching garden...
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...
Skyhorse, 2015. — 160 p. In Practical Rose Gardening, author Inger Palmstierna shares two of her special interests with us: modern roses, where the assortment is ever changing, and how one can use roses in a garden together with other plants. These are two fascinating areas she covers from top to bottom, so you can create a beautiful garden brimming with roses. Palmstierna...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sasquatch Books, 2017. — 313 p. — ISBN: 978-1632170491. Many gardeners dream of filling their garden with lush, healthy roses — but growing roses can be tricky, especially under the Northwest’s moody skies. Luckily this definitive guide will help you build your garden sanctuary without the use of pesticides or chemicals. Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest guides you through...
Sasquatch Books. — 230 p. — ISBN: 9781632170507. Many gardeners dream of filling their garden with lush, healthy roses — but growing roses can be tricky, especially under the Northwest’s moody skies. Luckily this definitive guide will help you build your garden sanctuary without the use of pesticides or chemicals. Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest guides you through every...
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...
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...