The Ultimate Flower Gardeners Guide

Author : Jenny Rose Carey
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1643260383
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide written by Jenny Rose Carey and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide gives home gardeners the confidence they need to create the flower-filled garden of their dreams. Jenny Rose Carey proposes a holistic approach to flower gardening with a refreshing twist. Instead of concentrating primarily on color, it brings flower shape and texture to the fore, helping homeowners make plant choices that come together in an aesthetically pleasing way. The featured plants include both perennials and annuals, and all have been chosen for their ease of care, attractiveness to pollinators, and environmental friendliness. Carey also shares information on planning for year-round color and design strategies for a range of spaces. The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide is a complete road map to a successful and satisfying flower-focused garden.

Author : Jenny Rose Carey
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1604698063
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glorious Shade written by Jenny Rose Carey and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A practical guide to maintaining a shade garden with a useful calendar of seasonal tasks, plant directory and inspiring design ideas.” —Gardens Illustrated Shade is one of the most common garden concerns homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. In Glorious Shade, Jenny Rose Carey celebrates the benefits of shade and shows you how to make the most of it. This information-rich, hardworking guide is packed with everything you need to successfully garden in the shadiest corners of a yard. You'll learn how to determine what type of shade you have and how to choose the right plants for the space. The book also shares design and maintenance tips that are key to growing a successful shade garden. Stunning color photographs offer design inspiration and reveal the beauty of shade-loving plants.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756689422
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Gardener's Guide written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Gardener's Guide is a new, one-stop manual for both beginner and more experienced gardeners, containing all the practical techniques, inspirational ideas, and problem-solving advice you need to make and maintain a garden of any size. This bright new manual focuses on the skills you need as your garden develops, from basic techniques and simple tools to get started, to planning and design to help you create the garden you want. Beautiful photographs illustrate attractive, achievable planting designs and effects for outdoor spaces of every shape and size.

Author : Susan A. Roth
Publisher : Better Homes and Gardens Books
ISBN 13 : 9780696208522
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Guide to Flower Gardening written by Susan A. Roth and published by Better Homes and Gardens Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on planning, designing, planting, and caring for flower gardens; contains plans for gardens in a variety of styles; features an encyclopedia of over 450 perennials, annuals, bulbs, roses, ornamental grasses, and ferns; and includes advice from gardeners across the country.

Author : Matt Mattus
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
ISBN 13 : 0760366284
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening written by Matt Mattus and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get garden-tested guidance for beautiful blooms with this comprehensive, practical, and gorgeously illustrated study of the art of growing flowers. In Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening, author Matt Mattus offers expert tips on growing both annuals and biennials (including native and heirloom species) based on his decades of first-hand experience in his own garden and greenhouse, made popular on his blog Growing with Plants. Accompanied by lush photography, every variety or species presented includes detailed information and tips that go beyond the very basic information typically available on the seed packet or a nursery tag. You’ll discover: Basic growing methods, including how to start seeds, soil, sowing, hardening off, transplanting, and growing on. Advice for growing a wide range of different flowers, organized by blooming season, including annuals from seed, summer bulbs, vines such as wisteria, and even blooming shrubs like lilacs. In-depth profiles for a selection of flowers that include more-detailed growing techniques along with their histories and varieties. Pro tips, including how to grow challenging annual poppies and biennials from seed and forcing flowers for winter blooms. Just a small selection of the flowers covered: heirloom and exhibition chrysanthemums, larkspurs and annual poppies, delphiniums, peonies, lilacs, and wisteria. Bulbs include spring and summer bulbs such as anemone, ranunculus, tulips, lilies, gladiolus, and cut flower dahlias, while winter indoor bulbs cover every aspect of forcing bulbs indoors like narcissus, amaryllis, South African bulbs—and even how to force Lily of the Valley. Whether you’re interested in raising a small cut-flower garden, enhancing your flower border or containers, or just admiring the beauty of flowers, Mattus has it covered.

Author : Scott Calhoun
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604692006
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Guide to Cactus written by Scott Calhoun and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to garden plants, cacti are anything but standard issue. The bulk of home gardens contain exactly zero species of cactus,Êand the thought of growing them makes gardeners think, ÒOuch!Ó InÊThe GardenerÕs Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes, Scott CalhounÊis out to change that perception, and bring the beauty and ease of cactus home.ÊItÕs high time that cacti took their place alongside the trendyÊsucculent.

Author : Lisa Jo Amstutz
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1623707420
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Gardening written by Lisa Jo Amstutz and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether inside or outside, decorative or edible, this book is full of gardening projects large and small. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions are accompanied by photographs guide the aspiring gardening through planting all kinds of gardens.

Author : The Editors of Sunset
Publisher : Sunset
ISBN 13 : 9780376039217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Sunset Western Garden Book written by The Editors of Sunset and published by Sunset. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As surely as gardens change with the seasons, gardening is ever changing. New plants, techniques, materials, and lifestyles are constantly broadening the choices you have and reshaping the way you garden in the West. In response to this natural evolution, the editors of Sunset-the West's most trusted source of gardening information for more than 80 years-have completely redesigned and updated The Western Garden Book in this new 2012 Ninth Edition. Following the best-selling success of the previous editions of The Western Garden Book, this edition includes a fresh new look, thousands of color photographs, fresh illustrations, and an easy-to-follow format. Written by experts for gardeners in the West, this book is an indispensable reference for beginning and expert gardeners alike. The New Western Garden Book features include: A photo gallery shows the West's most innovative gardens, from all-edibles front yards to stylish water-wise and fire-wise gardens to living walls and green roofs-all with ideas you can use. Climate Zone Maps and growing-season graphs for all regions of the West including Alaska and Hawaii. A new "Plant Finder" section helps you choose plants for their garden's problem areas or for special effects. "A to Z Plant Encyclopedia" lists some 8,000 plants that thrive in the West, including more than 500 new ones. Gorgeous color photographs illustrate all plant entries-for the first time ever in The Western Garden Book. "Gardening From Start to Finish" is a new visual guide that leads readers through all steps of making a garden, from soil prep through planting, growing and care, with special sections on natives, veggies, grasses and more.

Author : Monty Don
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744047714
Total Pages : 859 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Gardener written by Monty Don and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with passion and packed with practical information, Monty Don's The Complete Gardener is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn how to garden. Here, gardening legend Monty Don reveals the secrets of growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs while respecting the needs of the environment by gardening organically. Grounded in his own experience, Monty's straightforward gardening advice is paired with extraordinarily beautiful photographs taken over the course of a year in his own garden, taking you on a tour of his flower garden, herb garden, kitchen garden, and more.

Author : The Editors of Southern Living
Publisher : Southern Living
ISBN 13 : 9780848742980
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Southern Living Garden Book written by The Editors of Southern Living and published by Southern Living. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new revised and updated edition, The New Southern Living Garden Book is THE definitive source on gardening from the brand Southern gardeners have turned to for nearly 50 years. Completely redesigned and updated for the first time in 10 years, the new edition features over 1,700 beautiful color photographs and over 7,000 featured plants. Enhanced features include a monthly garden checklist, a Q&A section to tackle everyday problems, and garden design solutions, plus industry experts provide the hottest trends and tips combined with old-fashioned wisdom. From the new homeowner just starting out in gardening to the Master Class gardener, this book will be an essential resource.