RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening

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However, most people who cultivate a domestic plot also derive satisfaction from involvement in the processes of tending plants. Annotated diagrams and detailed photographs make any task easy to grasp from how to select and equip a greenhouse to laying paving putting up fencing and building a pergola. The gardening experience may involve visiting some of the world’s great gardens at different seasons to see the relation of individual groups of plants, trees, and shrubs to the whole design; to study the positioning of plants in terms of their colour, texture, and weight of leaf or blossom; and to appreciate the use of special features such as ponds or watercourses, pavilions, or rockeries. major articles on horticultural practices, from air-layering to greenhouse management, from mulches to tree surgery. Separate chapters show how climate and soil combine to affect your garden with simple instructions on cultivating and improving the soil.

Elevate your gardening skills from novice to expert with this essential book for both enthusiastic home gardeners and professional landscape designers.The increased public appetite for self-sufficiency in basic skills also encourages people to take up the spade. The chapters include: ornamental trees and shrubs, climbers, the rose garden, perennials, annuals and biennials, the rock garden, the water garden, cacti, the herb and vegetable gardens and fruit. In the chapters on edibles, I particularly liked the way that the listings of plants went beyond the fruit and vegetables normally covered in gardening books.

hardcover: The book is in good readable condition but there may be slight folding, tanning, marks, wear to covers etc.

At its most elemental, but not least valuable, the gardening experience begins with the child’s wonder that a packet of seeds will produce a charming festival of colour. The vegetable section is similarly comprehensive, even covering Ceylon spinach, ice plants, wonderberries, lab lab and lima beans and cocoyams. alternate leaves annual aphids areas Arnold Arboretum Asia autumn color Begonia berries bloom borne bracts branches bright buds bulbs Calif clusters Composite Family corms Cotoneaster daylily deciduous dense disease dwarf early Easily propagated eastern U. This indispensable planting guide is filled with a wealth of information for all your gardening needs complementing its bestselling companion RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Biography: Formerly Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society, Christopher Brickell is an eminent plantsman.