Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,90 MB
Release : 2001-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780737006360
Step-by-step instructions and detailed diagrams and drawings guide readers to understanding color and texture relationships between different plants in order to create the exact ambience desired year-round. Photos.
Author : Steve Asbell
Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1591865492
DIVIn Plant by Numbers, author Steve Asbell takes interior container gardening to a much prettier level with 50 original planting projects presented through a fun, witty, recipe-style layout with full-color photos and custom planting diagrams. /div
Author : Jessica Walliser
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1635861330
Companion planting has a long history of use by gardeners, but the explanation of why it works has been filled with folklore and conjecture. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for this ever-popular growing technique, offering dozens of ways you can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit your whole garden. Through an enhanced understanding of how plants interact with and influence each other, this guide suggests specific plant combinations that improve soil health and weed control, decrease pest damage, and increase biodiversity, resulting in real and measurable impacts in the garden.
Author : Philip M. McDonald
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Forest landscape design
ISBN :
Author : Nancy Lawson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 14,70 MB
Release : 2017-04-18
Category :
ISBN : 1616896175
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Author : Piet Oudolf
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1604697318
“Indispensable.” —The New York Times Book Review Piet Oudolf’s gardens—unique combinations of long-lived perennials and woody plants that are rich in texture and sophisticated in color—are breathtaking and have deep emotional resonance. With Planting, designers and home gardeners can recreate these plant-rich, beautiful gardens that support biodiversity and nourish the human spirit. An intimate knowledge of plants is essential to the success of modern landscape design, and Planting shares Oudolf’s considerable understanding of plant ecology, explaining how plants behave in different situations, what goes on underground, and which species make good neighbors. Extensive plant charts and planting plans will help you choose plants for their structure, color, and texture. A detailed directory shares details like each plant’s life expectancy, the persistence of its seedheads, and its propensity to self-seed.
Author : Josie Jeffery
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,32 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Companion planting
ISBN : 9781607746331
Includes a directory of companion plants presented in a split-page format.
Author : Karen Chapman
Publisher : St. Lynn's Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,98 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780985562229
Foliage comes in a mind-boggling variety of color, shape and growth habit. But which ones complement each other and work best for the many garden situations people have? Fine Foliage gives the home gardener 60+ examples of plant combinations that work for every purpose, whether in sun or shade, path or meadow, porch or poolside. Each plant combination is introduced with an on-site photograph and "Why This Works" text, accompanied by individual close-up photos and quick-tip info about care, site, soil, zone and season - a complete "recipe" that even a beginner gardener can follow. Fine Foliage brings elegant, expert design and style to the garden and patio. Full color photographs throughout. Includes an index. Fine Foliage was named one of Amazon's "Best of the Year" garden books for 2013. The Garden Writers Association has recognized Fine Foliage with a 2014 Silver Award of Achievement The Garden Writers Association has also recognized Fine Foliage with a 2014 Gold Award of Achievement
Author : United States. Bureau of Plant Industry
Publisher :
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Rainer
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1604697202
“As practical as it is poetic. . . . an optimistic call to action.” —Chicago Tribune Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that look and function more like they do in the wild: robust, diverse, and visually harmonious. Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is an inspiring call to action dedicated to the idea of a new nature—a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated—that can flourish in our cities and suburbs. This is both a post-wild manifesto and practical guide that describes how to incorporate and layer plants into plant communities to create an environment that is reflective of natural systems and thrives within our built world.
