RHS Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations is the essential reference book for anyone wanting to combine plants according to shape, colour, texture, or form. 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 and analyses of what makes a successful combination, the authors show how to recreate combinations shown and invent new combinations of your own. 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.
Provides over one thousand descriptions for colorful plants, suggesting combinations based on mixing and matching color, texture, and visual effects to create a perfect garden.
All gardeners have favorite plants, but they often get stumped when it comes to knowing which plants to put beside those favorites. Confidence in which combinations work can mean...
Tony Lord's planting guide features thousands of individual plants in combination with other plants that create the most imaginative and visually effective displays possible.
From Acaena to Zizia, an A-Z guide to over 5,000 perennials Includes the vast numbers of new perennials made available in the last 10 years Tells you how to choose the right ones for your garden with cultivation, propagation and hardiness ...
In gorgeous, color-drenched photos Andrew Wilson showcases the work of leading garden designers as inspiring examples of the way color is used.
This is also the nurseries ' speciality : the extensive collection is fully described in Paul Picton's excellent book Gardener's Guide to Growing Asters ( 1999 ) . When the Michaelmas daisies are in flower , the banks of colour , graded ...
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 ...
“An inspirational book, with encouraging words and down-to-earth advice for achieving a year-round beautiful garden.” —Michael Marriott, chief rosarian at David Austin Roses In this practical and inspirational guide, Greg Loades ...
This guide to gardening shows you how you can improve the sensory enjoyment of your outside space no matter where you live and plot size.
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.