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This guide offers practical information and advice to both the beginner and the busy gardener. It contains full colour images and step-by-step instructions to help the reader get results. Topics covered include: flowering and foliage interest throughout the year; choosing and planting; growing perennials in containers; planning colour combinations; and raising your own plants.

In questa guida si raccomandano oltre 3000 alberi, arbusti, perenni, bulbi, piante coprenti, frutti e ortaggi che hanno ricevuto il Galardone; include oltre 1000 illustrazioni e descrizioni, nonché i nomi comuni delle piante.

Guida fotografica di più di 450 alberi da giardino classificati in base al tipo, alla dimensione, alla stagione e al colore. Una guida naturalistica dettagliata, con taglio sistematico, che permette una classificazione sicura, semplice e diretta. Nel volume si trovano oltre 500 fotografie a colori con didascalie accompagnate da concise descrizioni che forniscono immediate informazioni sul colore, dimensione e condizioni ambientali adatte alle piante. Bella e di facile consultazione, questa guida costituisce un arricchimento della biblioteca naturalistica essenziale per gli appassionati di ogni età.

Guida fotografica a oltre 300 rose classificate in base al tipo, alla dimensione, alla stagione e al colore.

Il manuale presenta oltre tremila specie tra alberi, arbusti, perenni, bulbose, piante da aiuola, alberi da frutto e ortaggi, vincitori del premio AGM per le loro particolari caratteristiche: facili da coltivare, non eccessivamente sensibili agli attacchi parassitari, con buone proprietà ornamentali e produttive. Grazie alla struttura a schede, ciascuna delle quali abbina la foto della pianta a una concisa descrizione botanica con l'aggiunta di dettagli sulla coltivazione e la propagazione, questa guida illustra le piante giuste per ogni stagione dell'anno.

A practical guide to planning, developing and nurturing a garden, from the experts at the RHS A new edition of this expert guide to growing your dream garden. Choose the plants you want for your garden, without knowing their botanical names. With over 8,000 easy-to-find entries and thousands of photographs you'll have all the guidance you need. Draw on authoritative, expert advice from Britain's leading horticulturists on cultivation and beating pests and diseases. Plus create outstanding displays, with a special section on how to use colour and in-depth features on the most popular plants such as lilies and hostas. A must-have for any gardener.

Over 2,000 roses are catalogued with descriptions of their growing habitats, cultivation needs, breeding and name origin in this beautifully presented encyclopedia. Includes practical advice on care and cultivation with the latest simplified techniques. From their fascinating history to articles on rose growers, a rose book by any other name wouldn't smell as sweet!

This beautifully illustrated guide unlocks the mysteries of botanical Latin explaining what plant names mean and the descriptive clues they conceal.

Drawing on the expertise of 50 gardeners, this encyclopedia aims to be a definitive guide to gardening, with advice on all aspects. Over 3000 photos with step-by-step sequences support the text. This revision features a new chapter on container gardening and sections on contemporary techniques.

A lavish pictorial survey of gardening in the 20th century, with a special emphasis on the gardens of Britain, North America, Western Europe, China, and Japan.

To commemorate Chelsea 2000, with its state-of-the art marquee for the next millennium, this is the official book about the most prestigious flower show in the world. It covers Chelsea past, Chelsea present and Chelsea future and tells the story of what you can see and what you don't see.

It's the definitive guide to practical gardening, written by a team of distinguished experts and endorsed by the internationally renowned Royal Horticultural Society. More than 1,500 illustrations and detailed information encompass every aspect of gardening: tools and equipment; pruning (with special techniques for roses, shrubs, and hedges); soil management; and growing flowers, herbs, ornamental trees, and climbers. Here are all the fundamentals of plant propagation, from tip-layering to stem-cutting. Do everyday maintenance the right way, confident in knowing the essentials of good plant care. An entire section devoted to all forms of container gardening will especially delight those with only a balcony or patio. There's advice on producing the very best fruits and vegetables and tables that outline every kind of pest and disease control. With these design fundamentals, you'll see how to shape open spaces, build rock gardens and pools, make pergolas, lay paths, and much more. An incomparable manual for all gardeners

In addition to information on designing, building, planting, stocking and maintaining water gardens, this guide contains many design ideas and an illustrated plant catalogue of 150 aquatic and moisture-loving plants. Photographs and artworks illustrate the horticultural and building techniques needed to create pools, streams, canals and fountains in every style, from a richly planted wildlife pond to the traditional Japanese tsukubai. Recent information on new construction materials, pumps and filters is included.

RHS Recipe Notebook is a notebook for your unique collection of most-loved and most-used recipes.

This work contains full-colour images with step-by-step instructions, which provide concise practical information and advice. It is perfect for the beginner or busy gardener who wants to get results.

Simple steps to getting the most out of your garden with the minimum time and effort, from the experts at the RHSFollow RHS show-how and know-how for a garden that looks great all year round with the minimum time and effort (whatever size it is).Inspirational tips and techniques guarantee success in the from what makes a low maintenance garden, planting recipes for Spring mixes or drought resistant borders, to a directory of the best low maintenance plants available. Get perfect whether you’re a green-fingered guru or a gardening novice.For more step-by-step gardening advice, pick up other titles from this series.

From the esteemed Royal Horticultural Society comes the definitive step-by-step guide to selecting and building a wide range of garden structures. It provides all the key information needed for planning the design and constructing a garden, including a look at the available materials and selecting the sizes, typical quantities, and optimal qualities needed. Best of all, the detailed instructions and illustrations make even quite complex projects straightforward and easy to accomplish. In addition, there’s invaluable coverage of design principles, garden styles, and water and ornamental features.

Durch ihre Vielfalt und Schönheit ist die Rose eine der beliebtesten Pflanzen überhaupt. Von klassisch bis natürlich ist sie für jede Gartenstilrichtung geeignet. Diese Enzyklopädie enthält das komplette Know-how rund um die Rose und setzt in Inhalt und Ausstattung neue Maßstäbe: Alles zu Kauf, Pflanzung, Pflege, Schädlingen, Krankheiten, Vermehrung und Schnitt von über 2000 Arten. Abgerundet wird dieser Prachtband von Porträts bekannter Rosenzüchter und Entstehungsgeschichten der schönsten Sorten. Heausgegeben von der ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, einer der renommiertesten Gartenbaugesellschaften der Welt.

A guide providing practical information on the selection, cultivation and display of roses. This book is one of a series that addresses specific plants or plant groups, garden problems, design and planning solutions, as well as building projects for garden structures and features.