Foliage

Foliage
Author: Harold Feinstein
Publisher: Bulfinch Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780821227398

The author's sparkling follow-up to One Hundred Flowers features one hundred spectacular full-color photographs of foliage from around the globe. 15,000 first printing.

Foliage

Foliage
Author: Nancy J. Ondra
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 1040
Release: 2007-05-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 160342685X

Framing the edges of a peaceful garden retreat or serving as a background color to make your flowers stand out, foliage is an important part of any well-thought-out planting. In this fun and informative guide, Nancy J. Ondra shows you how to use foliage plants to add drama and structure to your landscape. Ondra’s approachable and easy-to-follow advice, along with Rob Cardillo’s stunning photography, will inspire you to employ foliage to transform your outdoor world into a dazzling mixture of colors, shapes, and textures.

Fine Foliage

Fine Foliage
Author: Karen Chapman
Publisher: St. Lynn's Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780985562229

Foliage comes in a mind-boggling variety of color, shape and growth habit. But which ones complement each other and work best for the many garden situations people have? Fine Foliage gives the home gardener 60+ examples of plant combinations that work for every purpose, whether in sun or shade, path or meadow, porch or poolside. Each plant combination is introduced with an on-site photograph and "Why This Works" text, accompanied by individual close-up photos and quick-tip info about care, site, soil, zone and season - a complete "recipe" that even a beginner gardener can follow. Fine Foliage brings elegant, expert design and style to the garden and patio. Full color photographs throughout. Includes an index. Fine Foliage was named one of Amazon's "Best of the Year" garden books for 2013. The Garden Writers Association has recognized Fine Foliage with a 2014 Silver Award of Achievement The Garden Writers Association has also recognized Fine Foliage with a 2014 Gold Award of Achievement

Foliage

Foliage
Author: Nancy J. Ondra
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2007-04-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1580176488

Framing the edges of a peaceful garden retreat or serving as a background color to make your flowers stand out, foliage is an important part of any well-thought-out planting. In this fun and informative guide, Nancy J. Ondra shows you how to use foliage plants to add drama and structure to your landscape. Ondra’s approachable and easy-to-follow advice, along with Rob Cardillo’s stunning photography, will inspire you to employ foliage to transform your outdoor world into a dazzling mixture of colors, shapes, and textures.

Coleus

Coleus
Author:
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0881928658

An encyclopedic reference guide to more than 225 varieties of coleus features an array of these colorful foliage plants for both landscape design and container gardening, offering detailed descriptions of each variety, practical plant selection and garden design suggestions, tips on care and maintenance, and more.

Gardening with Foliage First

Gardening with Foliage First
Author: Karen Chapman
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2017-01-25
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604696648

Create a foliage-driven garden that dazzles! Although seductive, flowers, by their fleeting nature, are a fickle base to provide long-lasting gardens with year-round interest. Tackle this problem with the advice in Gardening with Foliage First. Learn how to first build a framework of foliage and then layer in flowers and other artistic elements as the finishing touches. This simple, recipe-style approach to garden design features 127 combinations for both sunny and shady gardens that work for a variety of climates and garden challenges.

Tropical Foliage Plants

Tropical Foliage Plants
Author: Lynn P. Griffith
Publisher: Ball Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Foliage plants
ISBN: 9781883052515

Previously illustrated with black and white photographs, this reference now provides professionals with a colorful guide to the production of commercial foliage crops. Featuring updated and expanded information, including cultural changes, new technological advances, and eight new foliage crops, the guide now covers more than 70 species of foliage appropriate to commercial environments--anthuriums, bromeliads, ferns, bamboos, birds-of-paradise, and African violets. In addition to exploring each plant's natural habitat, varieties, and propagation, this reference also counsels growers on uses, nutrition, pests, disorders, interior care, and the most common problems affecting these types of foliage. Tables also list leaf analysis rating standards for nutrients for many of the crops discussed.