Gardening with Perennials

Gardening with Perennials
Author: Fern Marshall Bradley
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1996
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Discover hundreds of easy, practical, & exciting ways to solve landscape problems & beautify your yard with perennials.

Five-Plant Gardens

Five-Plant Gardens
Author: Nancy J. Ondra
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1612120040

With literally hundreds of choices, it can be overwhelming to decide which perennials to plant in your garden. Nancy J. Ondra takes the stressful guesswork out of perennial garden planning by offering 52 vibrant designs, each made up of only five plants. Ondra tailors each simple design to a specific set of growing conditions, with plenty of tips to help your planting mature. Enjoy gardens full of sun-drenched blooming flowers and shade-loving greenery for years to come.

The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden
Author: Roy Diblik
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604693347

“A veritable goldmine for gardeners.” —Plant Talk We’ve all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy garden achievable at home. The new, simplified approach is made up of hardy, beautiful plants grown on a 10x14 foot grid. Each of the 62 garden plans combines complementary plants that thrive together and grow as a community. They are designed to make maintenance a snap. The garden plans can be followed explicitly or adjusted to meet individual needs, unlocking rich perennial landscape designs for individualization and creativity.

Perennial Combinations

Perennial Combinations
Author: C. Colston Burrell
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1999-01-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780875968063

Offers planting plans and plant descriptions to maximize the effects of color in a perennial garden

A Year at Brandywine Cottage

A Year at Brandywine Cottage
Author: David L. Culp
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 160469856X

“If you've been looking to be inspired by nature and everything your garden gives you, you'll be enriched by the tips and wisdom presented in this book.” —Garden Design Magazine There has never been a better time to dedicate yourself to a life enriched by nature. In A Year at Brandywine Cottage, David Culp inspires you to find that connection in the comfort of your own backyard. Organized seasonally, A Year at Brandywine Cottage is filled with fresh ideas and trusted advice on flower gardening, growing vegetables and herbs, creating simple floral arrangements, and cooking seasonally with home-grown produce. You’ll find suggested tasks for each month, including advice on when to plant and harvest, how to weed and water, and what to plant for year-round beauty. Packed with glorious photography by Rob Cardillo and brimming with practical tips, A Year at Brandywine Cottage is your guide to living your best life in—and out—of the garden.

Hellstrip Gardening

Hellstrip Gardening
Author: Evelyn Hadden
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604693320

Presents a guide to creating a garden in such unused spaces as land beside a driveway, next to steps, or between the sidewalk and the street curb, discussing how to prepare the soil and listing the varieties of plants suitable for these conditions.

Making a Garden of Perennials

Making a Garden of Perennials
Author: W.C. Egan
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734061970

Reproduction of the original: Making a Garden of Perennials by W.C. Egan

Roses Without Chemicals

Roses Without Chemicals
Author: Peter E. Kukielski
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2015-02-28
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604693541

A former curator at the New York Botanical Garden describes 150 different varieties of roses that can be grown without the use of pesticides, fungicides or fertilizers and provides information on planting, pruning and caring for these gorgeous blooms. Original.

Claire Austin's Book of Perennials

Claire Austin's Book of Perennials
Author: Claire Austin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-12
Genre: Perennials
ISBN: 9780993164705

A personal selection of reliable hardy perennials for every gardener - the expert as well as the beginner. Descriptions of over 800 reliable perennials with close-up photographs and full cultivation information.

Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces

Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces
Author: Jan Johnsen
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1682683974

“Gardentopia is that rare marriage of the art of landscaping and the technical knowledge of how to compose a landscape—boiled down to readily understood and easily executed actions. This book puts you in the driver’s seat and shows you how to chart the course to your own personal garden utopia.” - Margie Grace, Grace Design Associates Any backyard has the potential to refresh and inspire if you know what to do. Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, will delight all garden lovers with over 130 lushly illustrated landscape design and planting suggestions. Ms. Johnsen is an admired designer and popular speaker whose hands-on approach to “co-creating with nature” will have you saying, “I can do that!’ This info-packed, sumptuous book offers individual tips for enhancing any size landscape using ‘real world’ solutions. The suggestions are grouped into five categories that include Garden Design and Artful Accents, Walls, Patios, and Steps and Plants and Planting, among others. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a landscaping novice, Gardentopia will inspire you with tips such as ‘Soften a Corner”, “Paint it Black”, and “Hide and Reveal”.