The New Shade Garden

Author : Ken Druse
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781613126042

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The New Shade Garden by Ken Druse Pdf

The author of The Natural Shade Garden offers a comprehensive new guide to climate-conscious gardening—beautifully illustrated with 400 photos. There is a new generation of gardeners who are planting gardens not only for their visual beauty but also for their ability to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In The New Shade Garden, Ken Druse provides expert advice on creating a shade garden with an emphasis on the adjustments necessary for our changing climate. Druse examines common problems facing today's gardeners, from addressing the deer situation to watering plants without stressing limited resources. Detailing all aspects of the gardening process, The New Shade Garden covers basic topics such as designing your own garden, pruning trees, preparing soil for planting, and the vast array of flowers and greenery that grow best in the shade. Perfect for new and seasoned gardeners alike, this encyclopedic manual provides all the information you need to start or improve upon your own shade garden.

Author : Larry Hodgson
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1579549667

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Making the Most of Shade by Larry Hodgson Pdf

Celebrate shade! That's author Larry Hodgson's call to gardeners everywhere, no matter if you have a small shady corner or an entire landscape overshadowed by trees. His hands-on "been there, done that" advice will help you tackle planning, planting, and problem-solving, as well as create color, texture, and light-filled areas in the shade. He also shares more than 200 outstanding plants - perennials, annuals, bulbs, ferns, ornamental grasses, and climbing plants - that you can use to create a beautiful garden that will flourish under shady conditions. In fact, after reading Making the Most of Shade, even the gardener with the sunniest yard will want to create a shady nook!--COVER.

Author : Graham Rice
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604691870

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Planting the Dry Shade Garden by Graham Rice Pdf

In this book you'll learn how to prune selectively to admit more light and how to amend soil to increase its moisture retention. You'll also learn about more than 130 plants that accept reduced light and moisture levels-long-blooming woodland gems like epimediums and hellebores, and even lush foliage plants like evergreen ferns and hardy gingers, shrubs, climbers, perennials, ground covers, bulbs, annuals, and perennials- there is an entire palette to help you transform challenging spaces into rich, rewarding gardens.

Author : Frances Tenenbaum
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0395651654

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Taylor's Guide to Shade Gardening by Frances Tenenbaum Pdf

"To grow a successful garden in shade, you need to select the right plants and then grow them according to their special needs. In this book, experts give you all the information you need to turn a common problem into a gardening pleasure." --Cover.

Author : Jenny Rose Carey
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604698060

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Glorious Shade by Jenny Rose Carey Pdf

“A practical guide to maintaining a shade garden with a useful calendar of seasonal tasks, plant directory and inspiring design ideas.” —Gardens Illustrated Shade is one of the most common garden concerns homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. In Glorious Shade, Jenny Rose Carey celebrates the benefits of shade and shows you how to make the most of it. This information-rich, hardworking guide is packed with everything you need to successfully garden in the shadiest corners of a yard. You'll learn how to determine what type of shade you have and how to choose the right plants for the space. The book also shares design and maintenance tips that are key to growing a successful shade garden. Stunning color photographs offer design inspiration and reveal the beauty of shade-loving plants.

Author : Roy Diblik
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604693348

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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden by Roy Diblik Pdf

“A veritable goldmine for gardeners.” —Plant Talk We’ve all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy garden achievable at home. The new, simplified approach is made up of hardy, beautiful plants grown on a 10x14 foot grid. Each of the 62 garden plans combines complementary plants that thrive together and grow as a community. They are designed to make maintenance a snap. The garden plans can be followed explicitly or adjusted to meet individual needs, unlocking rich perennial landscape designs for individualization and creativity.

Author : Nancy J. Ondra
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781603429047

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Five-Plant Gardens by Nancy J. Ondra Pdf

With literally hundreds of choices, it can be overwhelming to decide which perennials to plant in your garden. Nancy J. Ondra takes the stressful guesswork out of perennial garden planning by offering 52 vibrant designs, each made up of only five plants. Ondra tailors each simple design to a specific set of growing conditions, with plenty of tips to help your planting mature. Enjoy gardens full of sun-drenched blooming flowers and shade-loving greenery for years to come.

Author : Margaret Roach
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604699173

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A Way to Garden by Margaret Roach Pdf

“A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.

Author : Ken Druse
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781613123454

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Making More Plants by Ken Druse Pdf

A guide to propagation from the author of The New Shade Garden, with over 500 photographs: “My bible for rejuvenating plants.” —Anne Raver, The New York Times For people who love gardens, propagation—the practice of growing whatever you want, whenever you want—is gardening itself. In Making More Plants, one of America's foremost gardening authorities, presents innovative, practical techniques for expanding any plant collection, along with more than 500 photographs. Based on years of research, this is a practical manual as well as a beautiful garden book, presenting procedures Ken Druse has personally tested and adapted, as well as photographed step by step. “This is a book for all seasons, and will appeal to anyone intrigued by how plants grow.” —Virginia McClain Miller, Fine Gardening

Author : Amy Ziffer
Publisher : Comstock Publishing Associates
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1501760033

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The Shady Lady's Guide to Northeast Shade Gardening by Amy Ziffer Pdf

"A guide to essential knowledge of plants and practices for successful perennial shade gardening in the northeastern US states and adjoining areas of Canada"--

Author : Houghton Mifflin Company,Frances Tenenbaum
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Perennials
ISBN : 0395873312

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Taylor's 50 Best Perennials for Shade by Houghton Mifflin Company,Frances Tenenbaum Pdf

Provides a description of fifty shade perennials and suggests how and where to plant them.

Author : Ken Druse
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781683356721

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The Scentual Garden by Ken Druse Pdf

A complete illustrated survey of fragrant flowers and plants, from a celebrated gardening expert and an award–winning botanical photographer. Popular garden writer Ken Druse offers a complete survey of fragrance in the garden, in a major work filled with new knowledge. He arranges both familiar and unusual garden plants, shrubs, and trees into twelve categories, giving gardeners a vastly expanded palate of scents to explore and enjoy, and he also provides examples of garden designs that offer harmonious scentual delights. Ellen Hoverkamp contributes her artful botanical images of flowers and plants discussed in the text. These are accompanied by Druse’s award-winning garden photographs, to create a book that is as beautiful to look at as it is informative and evocative to read.

Author : Wolfram George Schmid
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0881925497

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An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials by Wolfram George Schmid Pdf

An encyclopedic reference on shade perennials provides information on more than 7,000 species and cultivars in 184 genera, including practical growing tips and chapters on soils, watering, fertilizing, and types of shade.

Author : Anne C. Repnow
Publisher : Davidia Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3982244609

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Some Snowdrops - A Photographic Ramble by Anne C. Repnow Pdf

The joyous appearance of snowdrops during the colder months of the year warms the heart. It seems such a miracle to see these brave little plants blooming in the most dismal weather that people of all ages and backgrounds fall under their spell. "Some Snowdrops" pays homage to the elegance and beauty of snowdrops in all their different forms and demonstrates their worth as wonderful and rewarding garden plants. Nearly 280 poignant photos of 90 different Galanthus cultivars - some of them classics, some of them still rare - focus on their unique character and are complemented by short descriptive texts. In addition, little tables give an indication of price, vigour and blooming time, which spans a period of six months.

Author : George Schenk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Gardening in the shade
ISBN : CORNELL:31924002043085

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The Complete Shade Gardener by George Schenk Pdf