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.

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, 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.

Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations

Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations
Author: Tony Lord
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2008
Genre: Color in gardening
ISBN: 9781845333263

This visionary planting guide features an A-Z of more than 1,000 great garden plants. Each plant is photographed in glorious partnership with one, two or three ideal companions, creating more than 4,000 of the most imaginative and visually effective combinations possible. With a practical introduction, analyses of what makes a successful combination, the author goes on to show how to recreate combinations shown and invent new combinations. With chapters on bulbs, climbers, perennials, shrubs, trees, roses, and annuals, this book has become the essential reference book for all those who wish to combine plants according to colour, shape, texture, and form in every corner of their gardens.

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.