Product Description

This is a complete guide to choosing and growing the very best bed and border annuals, perennials, bulbs and roses. It contains descriptions and essential cultivation information for over 1,000 common flowering plants. It is arranged alphabetically within plant categories for quick-and-easy reference. It includes essential advice on choosing plants for different soil types and garden locations. This authoritative text, by one of the country's leading plantsmen, offers a highly informative and reader-friendly commentary on over 1,000 plants. Focusing on the key flowering plant categories of annuals, perennials, bulbs and roses, the entries are arranged alphabetically, enabling the reader to go straight to the plant that interests them. As well as describing each plant, and indicating what type of soil type and location it prefers, simple care and maintenance guidelines are given, helping any gardener to choose the very best flowering plants for their garden.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1383030 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-31
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Andrew Mikolajski is an established and highly respected gardening expert. He edited the RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers and the RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening and has contributed articles to virtually every major magazine and specialist journal in the past decade. His published works include The Practical Encyclopedia of Garden Pests and Diseases (Lorenz Books), Garden Plants and Gardening Techniques (Lorenz Books), The Busy Gardener's Guide, Conifers (Southwater), Small Trees (Southwater), Heathers (Southwater) and The Handbook of Gardening (Lorenz Books).