The Mix and Match Planting Guide to Annuals and Perennials

The Mix and Match Planting Guide to Annuals and Perennials
Author: Graham Strong
Publisher:
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2000
Genre: Annuals (Plants)
ISBN: 9781853918650

This planting guide combines Graham Strong's planting experience and photography with Alan Toogood's knowledge of annuals and perennials. It provides advice for all gardeners who want to transform or just improve the colour and appearance of their garden. Fully illustrated project ideas, step-by-step instructions and hints and tips offer inspiration and practical advice.

Taylor's Guide to Annuals

Taylor's Guide to Annuals
Author: Barbara W. Ellis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1999
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780395943526

Several concurrent trends have created the need for a new book on annual plants. One is the increasing popularity of container gardening, for which these plants are particularly suited. Another is the hottest trend in landscaping -- creating a bold, even jungly look through the use of tropical plants and other dramatic specimens, most grown as annuals in temperate zones. To meet the demand, growers have developed hundreds of new plants and improved cultivars of old favorites. In this Taylor's Guide, buyers will find more than five hundred of the latest, trendiest plants and the best cultivars of the beloved old standbys.

The Mix-and-Match Color Guide to Annuals and Perennials

The Mix-and-Match Color Guide to Annuals and Perennials
Author: Graham Strong
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-02
Genre: Annuals (Plants)
ISBN: 9780737006292

This guide tells how to choose plants depending on your soil, site location, and what climate zone you live in. The care needed and even how to arrange your flowers is included.

Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs

Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs
Author: Editors of Creative Homeowner
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 749
Release: 2018-07-25
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1607655292

A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs. This book shows how to grow plants from the “great garden triumvirate” and provides foolproof design techniques for any garden or landscape.

Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Carla Albright
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2007-02-28
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 158979317X

Part how-to guide, part workbook, and part plant encyclopedia, Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: From Northern California to British Columbia is the must-have reference book for both experienced gardeners moving to the coast and novice gardeners currently living near the shore. Along with basic information about soil construction, plant selection, and watering needs, Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest includes a workbook that will help you record the unique elements of the coast-wind, salt spray, and sun exposure-and design the garden of your dreams. Master Gardener Carla Albright provides valuable suggestions for vegetables, roses, trees, shrubs, and perennials hearty enough to thrive on the coast, as well as plants that are best avoided. Tips for choosing plants and controlling disease and insects will help you keep your coastal gardening looking its best. Ready for a break? Put down your trowel and take a trip to some of the coastal public gardens listed in the travel guide. These beautiful gardens will provide you with endless ideas that you can try in your own garden.

The Garden Guide to Midwest Annuals & Perennials

The Garden Guide to Midwest Annuals & Perennials
Author: Linda Naeve
Publisher: Iowa State University Extension
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2006
Genre: Annuals (Plants)
ISBN: 9780970052841

This easy-to-carry guide is designed as a reference for gardeners and visitors to public gardens in the midwest. It includes photos and basic information about growing 300 annual & perennial flowers, roses, ornamental grasses, herbs, vines, and water plants. The book has an index and uses symbols to convey some information, such as annual/perennial, sun/shade requirements, and special uses (containers, butterfly gardens, etc.).

Annuals for Every Garden

Annuals for Every Garden
Author: Scott D. Appell
Publisher: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2003
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781889538570

Hundreds of spectacular annuals, at-a glance growing information by the best experts in the field, inspired plant combinations, and more than 80 dazzling photos: how could any gardener do without this guide? It covers almost every type of annual in an encyclopedic directory, including some less well-known varieties from the Southwestern United States and Mexico: there are plants for drying; edible ones from Asia and Africa to enhance the herb garden and kitchen table; evening bloomers and morning glories; annuals to pick for a perfect bouquet and others that create shade; tropicals and tender plants; and seaside annuals. Every one will blossom beautifully with the advice on propagation and instructions for pinching, disbudding, and deadheading. Or try the tips on caring for and handling fresh cut annuals. Two complete garden plans showcase the infinite array, color, and creative potential of these plants, and reveal why they are called "the gardener's palette."