Offers planting plans and plant descriptions to maximize the effects of color in a perennial garden
Want to bring a touch of freshness to your late-season combinations without adding any new plants? Try giving earlier-blooming perennials a good trim, down to just a few inches above the ground, as soon as they finish flowering.
There is an abundance of inspiration in the 100 combinations featured in this book.
Scott Calhoun provides more than 100 stunning garden designs that are adaptable to a range of climates, budgets, and space considerations.
Here are the basics of garden design, plant selection and care.The lifespan, bloom time, culture and form of perennial plants varies greatly.
Spectacular Plant Combinations: For the Perennial Garden
So useful is its long-lasting display and general ease of culture that I'm happy to recommend R. laciniata 'Goldquelle' as an easy but underused late-flowering perennial with fully double golden-yellow flowers among bright green divided ...
In this book they generously share both their passion and their knowledge about garden design.
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 ...
An illustrated collection of more than 400 of the best plant combinations for landscape summer color.
With more than 300 gorgeous color photographs, illustrations and diagrams, this book is a must for busy gardeners everywhere.