Ortho's All about Azaleas, Camellias & Rhododendrons


Book Description

Introduces you to three of the most popular shrubs on earth. You will get to know the latest cultivators as well as all-time favourites, plus you will learn growing techniques that ensure success. Written by the president of the International Rhododendron Society, this book offers clear advice and helpful tips for landscaping with these radiant beauties. Add spectacular colour to your landscape; Tips to help you select and grow beautiful plants; 400 of the best Varieties.




All about Azaleas, Camellias & Rhododendrons


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-- Includes the finest varieties with information on how to grow them. -- Helps readers select the best plants for their site and gives hints for ways to use them.







Rhododendrons & Azaleas


Book Description

Rhododendrons & Azaleas profiles over 4,000 varieties of this highly popular and striking plant. Illustrated with 1,100 color photographs, each entry includes a description of the plant and flower col∨ notes on hardiness, height and spread, and flowering time; advice on cultivation and proven performers; and the name of the parent plants, the raiser, and similar varieties. Practical advice is also given on rhododendrons in the landscape, maintenance and husbandry, pests, diseases, problems and disorders, propagation, and buying and collecting rhododendrons, along with a brief history and a guide to their classification.




Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and Camellias


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Covers such topics as propagation, planting, pruning, cultivation techniques, soil preparation, pest control, and fertilizers.




Ortho Home Gardener's Problem Solver


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The new home edition of this practical gardening reference provides gardeners of all stripes with Ortho's exhaustive resource guide to solving problems in the garden, employing both chemical and nonchemical means to fix common gardening problems. Original. 25,000 first printing.




Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Camellias


Book Description

Clear how-to information on soil preparation for each plant, plus detailed directions for planting and care.




Success with Rhododendrons and Azaleas


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This new edition of Success with Rhododendrons and Azaleas offers in one handy volume all the information gardeners need to grow these delightful plants. Reiley advises on selecting the best rhododendron cultivars for any site based on cold hardiness and heat tolerance and shares modern methods for transplanting containerized plants. The text has been fully updated for this revised edition, and presents the latest cutting-edge research. The indispensable "good-doer" lists have been refined, and a new chapter on North American native azaleas added. Reiley has included more than 100 color photographs illustrating these lavishly blooming shrubs. This improved version of an already popular reference is an invaluable tool for azalea and rhododendron fans.--COVER.