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Whether you love growing, love creating, or just want to liven up your outdoor space, a container garden is just the answer. So many of us nowadays are crammed into our homes and a garden is a luxury that few can afford. But there is always room for a bit of greenery; whether it's herbs and spices to add fresh flavour to your food, or putting a jungle on your windowsill, a container can enable growers to bring nature to the most inhospitable and smallest spaces. Frances Tophill covers the sustai...

Snowdrops are incredibly popular flowers and are even becoming a collector's item. People are prepared to pay high prices for snowdrop bulbs at auctions and on the internet. But among growers and collectors, both professional and amateur, there is a continuing need for reliable information. This book is a must for all snowdrop lovers. It provides an alphabetic overview, including photos, of 500 snowdrop varieties, together with a useful key for identification. Also included are portraits of imp...

Annuals, bulbs and perennials can provide a stunning display of dazzling colours and striking shapes in any garden and in every season. From daffodils and daisies to lilies and lobelia, this inspiring book shows how you can make the most of these popular plants to create a truly glorious garden throughout the year. Practical step-by-step techniques for planting in different sites and soil types are outlined, as well as expert information on preparing the ground, watering, feeding, deadheading, p...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Fill your garden with flowers all-year round with inspiration, planting ideas and expert advice from Sarah Raven. Colour and scent are the hallmarks of Sarah Raven's style - and they are simple luxuries that everyone can bring into their garden. A Year Full of Flowers reveals the hundreds of hardworking varieties that make the garden sing each month, together with the practical tasks that ensure everything is planted, staked and pruned at just the right time...

This book is a thorough and lively account of the genus, covering details of description, classification, cultivation, and distribution. The author explains how the hybrid gladioli have developed from wild species, and advised on how to propagate the various types. An ideal handbook.Published at $12.98 Our last copies available at $6.49

John E. Bryan is the first American ever elected a fellow of the Institute of Horticulture. Now, he draws on his more than 50 years of experience to show how to select, cultivate, and use beautiful bulbs to achieve dramatic results. Complete information is presented for more than 75 types of bulbs.

Learn How to Grow Flowering Plants"Anyone wanting to get started with a flower garden will find plenty of expert guidance here." Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller in Annual Flowers Gardening, Bulb Flower Gardening, and Perennial Gardening. In the mountains of Asheville, NC, Niki Irving's boutique flower farm grows specially cut, mountain-fresh flowers with sustainable, natural practices. Now, she brings her organic gardening techniques to your home, helping you grow, harvest, and arrange lush,...

A definitive guide to the iris and its classifications, as presented by one of the world's leading experts on the flower."Iris: Flower of the Rainbow" is the most comprehensive guide to the flower, containing a spectacular panorama of color plates displaying popular cultivars, as well as startling new ones.Each division and subdivision of the genus is explained in-depth, covering characteristics such as bearded irises, beardless ones, and magnificent crested irises. Named after the Greek goddess...