Description
Book SynopsisThe perfect planting guide by RHS experts.
From a clay border in sun to a shady wall, this gardening book will help you create your dream garden with plants for every site! Featuring over 3000 plants, you''ll discover how to get the most out of your gardening space.
This beautiful gardening encyclopedia is perfect for beginner gardeners who need reassurance from the RHS to choose the right plant for their garden. Here''s what you''ll find inside:
- Features RHS award-winning varieties of shrubs, hydrangeas, peonies, perennials, roses and many other popular and widely available garden plants
- Showcases garden plants for every garden style, as well as flowering plants for year-round colour and problem-solving drought-tolerant plants
- Plant focus spreads showcase the range of varieties of favourite garden plants, such as roses
- Introduction with practical how-to gardening advice makes plant care and garden design easy and shows you the be
Trade Review
Whether you're green-fingered or not, you can't help but be impressed with this bumper photographic guide to more than 3,000 plants. Be prepared to achieve your dream garden. * Woman Magazine *
Table of Contents
- 1: INTRODUCTION
- 2: PLANT LOCATIONS
- 1: GARDENS IN THE SUN
- 1: Plants for clay soil
- 2: Plants for sandy soil
- 3: Plants for pond perimeters
- 4: Plants for ponds
- *: PLANT FOCUS: Water lilies
- 5: Plants for boundaries, hedges, and windbreaks
- 6: Plants for beside hedges, walls, and fences
- 7: Plants for walls, fences, and vertical surfaces
- 8: Plants for cracks in walls and paving
- 9: Plants for patios, balconies, and windowsills
- 10: Plants for productive patios
- 11: Plants for herb gardens
- 12: Plants for gravel gardens
- 13: Plants for rock gardens
- 14: Plants for city gardens
- *: PLANT FOCUS: Grasses and sedges
- 15: Plants for roof gardens
- 16: Plants for exposed sites
- 2: GARDENS IN SHADE
- 1: Plants for clay soil
- 2: Plants for sandy soil
- 3: Plants for pond perimeters
- 4: Plants for ponds
- 5: Plants for boundaries, hedges, and windbreaks
- 6: Plants for beside hedges, walls, and fences
- 7: Plants for walls, fences, and vertical surfaces
- 8: Plants for cracks in walls and paving
- 9: Plants for patios, balconies, and windowsills
- 10: Plants for productive patios
- *: PLANT FOCUS: Leafy salads
- 11: Plants for woodland gardens
- *: PLANT FOCUS: Azaleas and rhododendrons
- 12: Plants for rock gardens
- 13: Plants for city gardens
- 14: Plants for exposed sites
- 3: PLANTS FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS
- 1: PLANTS FOR GARDEN STYLES
- 1: Plants for contemporary perennial schemes
- 2: Plants for formal and modern schemes
- 3: Plants for tropical gardens
- 4: Plants for oriental gardens
- 5: Plants for cottage gardens
- 6: Plants for play
- 7: Plants for wildlife gardens
- 2: PLANTS FOR SEASONAL INTEREST
- 1: Plants for spring borders
- 2: Trees for blossom
- 3: Spring flowers for containers
- 4: Plants for summer borders
- 5: Summer flowers for containers
- 6: Plants for autumn borders
- 7: Plants for autumn leaves
- 8: Plants for ornamental fruits
- 9: Autumn and winter flowers for containers
- 10: Plants for winter borders
- 11: Plants for evergreen effects
- 3: PLANTS FOR COLOUR AND SCENT
- 1: Plants for cool colours
- 2: Plants for pastel colours
- 3: Plants for hot and dark colours
- 4: Plants for colourful stems year-round
- 5: Plants for fragrant blooms
- 4: PLANTS FOR SHAPE AND TEXTURE
- 1: Stems for shape and texture
- 2: Plants for textured foliage
- 3: Plants for architectural foliage
- 4: Leaves for containers
- 5: Trees for small gardens
- 6: Plants for focal points and topiary
- 5: PLANTS FOR GARDEN PROBLEMS
- 1: Plants for sunbaked areas
- 2: Plants for waterlogged sites
- 3: Plants for banks and slopes
- 4: Plants for weed-proof ground cover
- 5: Plants for allergy sufferers
- 6: Pest-proof plants: slugs
- 7: Pest-proof plants: rabbits and deer
- 4: Index and acknowledgments
