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Conifers for Gardens: An Illustrated Encyclopedia מאת Richard L. Bitner Conifers for Gardens is intended to take away the element of uncertainty when you're choosing a plant that may alter your yard for years to come. Profusely illustrated with more than 1,500 crisp photographs and brimming with concise descriptions of both species and their numerous cultivars, this met...

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Merry Hall (Beverley Nichols Trilogy Book 1) מאת Beverley Nichols No more delightful garden-related books have ever been written than Nichols's accounts of the rescue and renovation of Merry Hall, a rundown Georgian mansion and its garden. No wittier, and sometimes wickedly satirical, writer than the urbane Mr. Nichols has ever observed the world of house and gard...

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Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts and Other Miniatures מאת George H. Schenk This handsome guide, written by an ever-practical expert on shade gardening, "tells almost as much about the mechanics of moss gardening as the Kama Sutra does about dancing."...

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The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders with Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, and Bulbs מאת Tracy Disabato-Aust The Well-Designed Mixed Garden is a design book with a difference. Written for gardeners who are passionate about plants of all kinds (hence the "mixed garden" of the title), it reflects decades of professional experience and artistic innovation. As with her bestselling book The Well-Tended Perennia...

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Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia מאת Michael A. Dirr Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Michael A. Dirr This bestselling encyclopedia, illustrated with brilliant photographs, describes the best woody plants adapted to cooler climates, showing both habit and details of more than 500 species, and including some 700 additio...

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Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape מאת Nigel Dunnett Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. Using the innovative and attractive approaches described here, it is possible to enhance outdoor spaces and minimize the damaging effects of droug...

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The Complete Shade Gardener מאת George Schenk This classic and indispensable reference for shade gardening is now back in print. Long considered required reading for those with difficult low-light areas, it covers the basics literally from the ground up, leading the gardener through the creation of his or her own shady retreat. Part One concern...

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Medicinal Plants of the World מאת Ben-Erik van Wyk Medicinal Plants of the World is a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants, including those of special commercial or historical interest. The book aims to conceptualise this rapidly expanding field of study and includes: --Descript...

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Timber Press Pocket Guide to Clematis (Timber Press Pocket Guides) מאת Mary K. Toomey The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Clematis profiles 300 stunning plants, from long-time favorites to the newest hybrids. A valuable component to the author's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Clematis, this compact reference is ideal for taking to the nursery or the garden center. It includes cultiv...

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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques מאת Tracy DiSabato-Aust With more than 130,000 copies sold since the original publication, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden has proven itself to be one of the most useful tools a gardener can have. In this expanded edition more than 200 color photographs have been added, showing perennials in various border situatio...

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Lavender: The Grower's Guide מאת Virginia McNaughton With their heady perfume and stunning visual appeal, lavenders have been prized by gardeners since ancient times. Lavender is a truly comprehensive study that enables the reader to research and identify more than 200 lavender species and varieties. With chapters on cultivation, propagation, pests an...

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Designing the New Kitchen Garden: An American Potager Handbook מאת Jennifer Bartley Most gardeners know how rewarding it is to harvest ripe, sun-warmed tomatoes or pungent herbs straight from the garden. But those pleasures can be multiplied a hundredfold by creating a garden that is not only productive, but also a beautiful, well-integrated part of the home landscape. In this hand...

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Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation מאת Kirsten Albrecht Llamas This book bridges a long-standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardener's need for an accurate, practical guide with clear photographs. Incorporating the latest advances in plant taxonomy from the definitive text of Dr. Walter Judd, the book is a rare work of scrupulous ...

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Meadows מאת Christopher Lloyd To see an unimproved meadow in bloom is a great delight – the community of flowers and grasses is rich and colourful as are the butterflies, moths and other fauna that go with it. No wonder, then, with the biodiversity of our countryside fast disappearing, that meadow gardening has become fashiona...

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Miniature Orchids מאת Steven A. Frowine Some of the most intriguing orchids are those classified as miniatures - plants that range from just an inch or two in height to a maximum of 12 inches. Steven Frowine profiles more than 300 of these gems, including representatives of some of the most popular genera. Entries include information on t...

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Dyes from American Native Plants: A Practical Guide מאת Lynne Richards The dyeing of textiles and other materials is a rewarding and delightful way to bring the colors of nature to daily living. In our technological age, dyes from plants offer subtle and diverse hues unavailable from synthetic dyestuffs. They connect practitioners to the environment as well as to the c...

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An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials מאת W. George Schmid This encyclopedia provides information on more than 7000 species and cultivars in 184 genera, from Acanthus to Woodwardia—some new to horticulture, others unjustly overlooked, but all beautifully suited to the shade garden. Schmid has half a century of gardening experience behind him; reader...

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Buried Treasures: Finding and Growing the World's Choicest Bulbs מאת Janis Rukscaron;ans Take a few chapters from a John le Carré spy thriller, add a hefty dose of exotic travelogue, blend with one of the best books on bulb growing ever written, and you've got Buried Treasures. For decades, Rukans has been scouring remote and dangerous regions of Europe and Asia to bring back the botan...

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Food Plants of the World: An Illustrated Guide מאת Ben-Erik van Wyk A comprehensive survey of the plants that provide food, beverages, spices, and flavorings, this book will serve as an invaluable reference to gardeners, ethnobotanists, nutritionists, culinary professionals, dieticians, and food enthusiasts. This scientifically accurate guide will allow them to iden...

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An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms מאת Robert Lee Riffle Co-written by the author of the award-winning The Tropical Look, An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms offers a definitive account of palms that may be grown in the garden and landscape. Because palms are often underutilized as a result of their unfamiliarity---even to tropical gardeners---Robert Lee ...

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Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses (Timber Press Pocket Guides) מאת Rick Darke Ornamental grasses surpass all other garden plants in their luminous qualities. Their colors are softly sophisticated, varied, and subtle. They include a striking array of textures, forms, sizes, and flowering times and have appeal in the garden throughout the year. Grasses’ ethereal quality, soun...

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Hydrangeas: A Gardener's Guide מאת Toni Lawson-Hall Beautifully illustrated with over 130 color photographs, this new, revised edition of the classic text on hydrangeas shows the enormous possibilities offered by the plants, describing 20 new cultivars not in the original edition. The first section provides information on natural history, cultivation...

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Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting מאת Ray Rogers No longer a technique just for apartment dwellers or novice gardeners, the use of ornamental containers on decks, patios, terraces, and in the garden itself can save time, space, and money, while offering experienced home gardeners unique creative challenges, site flexibility, and experimental fun. ...

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The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes מאת Rick Darke In this new book noted grass expert and advocate Rick Darke addresses both the aesthetic qualities of grasses in private gardens and the opportunities and challenges of using them in wild and constructed public landscapes. All the true grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, and cattails that possess orna...

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The Self-Sustaining Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Matrix Planting מאת Peter Thompson This book explores the theme that the plants themselves can do much of the hard work gardeners believe is an essential part of gardening. The Self-Sustaining Garden advocates using plants as partners in self-sustaining communities to create low maintenance gardens rather than being a slave to spades...

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Timber Press Pocket Guide to Japanese Maples (Timber Press Pocket Guides) מאת J. D. Vertrees The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Japanese Maples describes and illustrates 300 of the most widely available Japanese maples in North America and Europe. Along with basic information on cultivation and maintenance, it provides lists of trees for specific landscape uses, enabling gardeners to select t...

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Timber Press Pocket Guide to Ground Covers (Timber Press Pocket Guides) מאת David S. MacKenzie More than 1000 readily available ground covers are profiled in this guide, accompanied by 320 photos. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order and include extensive cultural notes, suggested uses in the landscape, and a brief summary of the plant's main ornamental features. Hardiness zones, gr...

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Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens מאת Allan M. Armitage The popularity of native North American plants has soared in recent years, for many good reasons. Whatever draws you to native plants, you’ll find no better or more authoritative guide than Allan Armitage. Widely acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost horticulturists, Armitage describes mor...

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Designing with Succulents מאת Debra Lee Baldwin Succulent plants offer dazzling possibilities for garden design and require only minimal maintenance to remain lush and alluring year round. Featuring the work of more than 50 professional garden designers and creative homeowners, this complete design compendium is as practical as it is inspirationa...

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Gardening with Woodland Plants מאת Karan Junker Woodland plants add magic to any garden, with lush carpets of color, foliage at the middle level, and majestic height. Contrary to myth, large spaces and special soil are not required. Drawing on her own experience running a thriving woodland nursery, the author provides seasoned advice on the uniqu...

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Parsleys, Fennels, and Queen Anne's Lace: Herbs and Ornamentals from the Umbel Family מאת Barbara Perry Lawton Parsleys, Fennels, and Queen Anne's Lace is the gardener's introduction to the characteristics, cultivation, and history of one of the most distinctive families of the plant kingdom. These plants were well known to the Greeks and Romans - it was the juice of a member of the umbel family that Socrate...

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The Gardener's Peony מאת Martin Page Peonies are virtually unrivalled in a their ability to bring impact and drama to a garden. Once established they flourish for decades, bringing large quantities of flamboyant blooms in a magical range of hues and outstanding, often finely cut foliage. This informative guide highlights the best peoni...

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Berry Grower's Companion מאת Barbara L. Bowling Now available in a convenient paperback format, this berry growing reference is an essential guide for anyone growing them for pleasure or for profit. Berry fruits have long been used and appreciated in the kitchen, but the aesthetic appeal and practical benefits they bring to the garden landscape a...

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Irises: A Gardener's Encyclopedia מאת Claire Austin The most comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia of irises available. Irises are beloved by enthusiasts who garden in a wide variety of zones, including hot and dry, temperate, and even cold northern climates. Irises bloom in every imaginable color—revealed here in more than 1100 captivating pho...

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So You Want to Start a Nursery מאת Tony Avent When Tony Avent announced that he was quitting his job to build a specialty nursery, his former horticulture professor begged his student to reconsider, telling him he couldn't possibly make a profit "without doing something illegal." More than ten years and 20 nursery catalogs later, Avent owns...