RHS Garden Plants & Flowers by Ian Spence
An essential plant-by-plant guide to what to grow in your garden. This lavishly illustrated A-Z guide is an easy-to-use, inspirational encyclopedia of tried-and-tested ornamental plants for the garden, with expert advice to ensure good results.
There is no more solid authority on choice garden plants and flowers than the Royal Horticultural SocietyThis extravagantly illustrated book is an unputdownable reference for all gardeners, novice, expert, reluctant or enthusiastic, an essential guide to the panoply of plants on offer today. With breeders introducing new varieties faster than they can be sold, working out which cultivar is best to grow in the garden is not an easy task. And with gardens shrinking thanks to overbuilding, the correct choice becomes that much more important with every plant having to earn its keep. Divided into five A-Z sections - trees and shrubs, climbing plants, flowering plants, bamboos and grasses, ferns - author Ian Spence, former Head Gardener at Geoff Hamilton's garden, Barnsdale, gives a short precis of each plant's requirements and cultivation details. He follows these sections up with a comprehensive look at designing your garden, buying plants, planting, pruning and general aftercare. Propagation and pest control are also covered making this a well-rounded reference on the subject suitable for gardeners of all levels. Endless hours of contemplation will be spent amongst its inspiring pages, ensuring yet again that the RHS in conjunction with Dorling Kindersley have produced a book that will become highly prized and highly thumbed. - Lucy Watson
Ian Spence was Geoff Hamilton's right-hand man at Barnsdale through all his Gardener's World years. Living in Oakland, Rutland, he is now established as both a magazine journalist and horticultural author including the RHS Gardening Through the Yearfor DK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751338690 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751338699 |
| Title | RHS Garden Plants & Flowers |
| Author | Ian Spence |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 420 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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