Planting the Dry Shade Garden: The Best Plants for the Toughest Spot in Your Garden Contributor(s): Rice, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604691875 ISBN-13: 9781604691870 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) OUR PRICE: $21.21 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Shade - Gardening | Techniques - Gardening | Garden Design |
Dewey: 635.954 |
LCCN: 2010053849 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.5" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rice, Graham: - Graham Rice is a award-winning international garden writer. Rice has written for the top gardening magazines including Horticulture, Garden Design, BBC Gardeners' World, Gardens Illustrated, and Country Life. Trained at the prestigious Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, he is editor-in-chief of the American Horticultural Society's Encyclopedia of Perennials, and he runs the Royal Horticultural Society's New Plants blog as well as his own blog at transatlanticgardener.com |