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Architectural plants are plants that make a bold statement in the garden, such as ferns, palms, bamboos and cacti. Usually exotic, they are grown for their strong shape and year-round presence. Gardening with architectural plants is one of the fastest growing areas of horticulture in Britain. The bulk of this guide comprises a comprehensive directory of the most common architectural plants available for growing. Each entry includes: background information on general characteristics, planting and care; a table of plant care with easily accessed advice on soil, site, watering, pruning, general care and pests and diseases; colour-coded icons to indicate hardiness; and expert tip boxes. The book opens with a practical guide to essential gardening techniques, which covers: assessing your plot for soil quality, drainage, sun and shade; where to buy and how to tell if the plant is healthy; advice for planting trees and plants; creative ideas for planting combinations; specialist care for architectural plants throughout the year, including winter protection, brown bitting and pruning; and increasing stock with propagation techniques. The book closes with a section on plant problems, which includes a trouble-shooting chart to identify the problem and a directory of pests and diseases.

Having discovered bamboo while seeking the "suburban necessity" of a privacy screen, this Washington state author distinguishes bamboo from more mundane grasses and discusses its structure and function; culture; propagation; control; uses; legal history in the US; taxonomy; and genera, species and varieties.

The Fully Comprehensive Guide to over 1350 Dark Plants, including 300 colour photographs. A definitive guidebook to selecting and growing dark foliage and purple to black flowering plants.

This comprehensive guide for North American gardeners features: history and folklore of Brugmansia and Datura the latest information on how to distinguish and classify Brugmansia and Datura form and shape of the flowers and plants -covering all aspects of species, hybrids and varieties of hybrid Angel's Trumpets and wild species of Thorn Apples building a Brugmansia collection care and cultivation over-wintering, propagation and breeding diseases and pests index, bibliography and nursery sources over 110 beautiful color photographs and numerous illustrations.

Now out of print but we still have a few copies. Irresistibly compact and bursting with expertise, this is a fresh, modern beginner's guide for today's busy gardener. Presents everything you need to know about conservatory and houseplants in an attractive plant-per-page layout with over 300 illustrations.

Volume 2 includes begonias, lilies, jasmines, orchids, hoyas, palms, ferns, oleanders and other select groups. All these plants grow outdoors in Mediterranean or subtropical climates and most of them need the shelter of a cool greenhouse or conservatory in areas that have frost in winter, a few need heat. All of them can be grown outdoors in the UK summer. There are also introductory chapters on garden and greenhouse cultivation, types of conservatory and on the habitat of species in the wild.

Extravagant waving fronds, outrageously gaudy blossoms, palms hung with fruit-exotic plants have become horticulture's hottest item. They're even coming out of the greenhouse and into the backyard as people see how simple it really is to grow colorful bougainvillea, tree ferns, hibiscus, and more. Every blazingly magnificent photo here-along with unequalled, expert advice from "Exotic & Greenhouse Gardening Magazine-will lure you to the garden or conservatory to begin planting. Get on the "bamboo bandwagon, " go on "flights of fancy" with birds of paradise, and cultivate some "dinosaur food" with the easy-to-care for cycad. Try spiky agaves and yuccas or fuzzy white Cleistocactus straussii, which grow in tall columns. Plant profiles tell you all you need to know, and boxed tips flourish throughout. A Selection of the Doubleday Select Garden Club.

Hawaii is home to some of the most exotic plumerias in the world. Reputed to awaken the senses with their colors, fragrances, shapes and foliage, plumeria blossoms require delicate care and skill. Flora enthusiasts will find a plethora of information here about different types of plumeria, propagation, rooting and media structures, cultivation, pest and weed control hybridization, cross-pollination, collecting and more. For serious gardeners and botanists, the art and scientific techniques involved with hybrids, as well as naming and registration of these new varieties, are discussed in a special section. Presenting over thirty years of botanical experience and personal discovery by author and plumeria expert Jim Little, along with special diagrams and over 200 full-color images, this book is for anyone who is enamored by plumerias.

Hardy gingers are in high demand again as gardeners have rediscovered their intricately constructed flowers, beautiful perfumes and lush foliage. This remarkable new book demonstrates that although most gingers are tropical plants, a substantial number are perfectly suitable in the English garden. Along with reviewing the stunning number of hardy gingers now widely available, the author highlights the decorative potential of these plants. They make dramatic focal points in tropical-style plantings but can look equally impressive in traditional herbaceous borders, woodland settings, rock gardens, water gardens and containers. This book brims with new finds that will tempt newcomers, delight enthusiasts and ensure hardy gingers a place in every garden.

We think this is an excellent book on the subject of Gingers and it has given us a number of ideas for new products next year.

Hibiscuses have entered an era of increasing popularity as garden designers and home gardeners rediscover the fine attributes of these wonderful plants. Here is the only book that covers the species and cultivars of the genus Hibiscus completely and in detail. Barbara Perry Lawton surveys both kinds of hibiscus: the tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate plants whose pure, clean colors are such grand assets to modern gardens and homes, as well as the hardy perennials and shrubs that thrive in spite of snow, ice, drought, flood, or poor soil, bearing bright flowers year after year. These classic flowers have a long and fascinating history. The book chronicles the history and traditions of their use in addition to those of Hibiscus relatives such as hollyhocks, okra, and cotton. With more than 200 species, there is great diversity in the genus Hibiscus. Barbara Perry Lawton introduces all gardeners, expert and novice alike, to the possibilities offered by these plants. A photographic gallery of hibiscuses illustrates the richness of the many species and cultivars from which the gardener may choose.

The president of England's Magnolia Society and curator of the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley presents an expanded and revised edition of a volume introducing the genus Magnolia from its introduction to the West to the present day. Includes 150 fine photographs

Mediterranean Gardening: A Waterwise Approach by Heidi Gildemeister

This is no ordinary book on drought-tolerant plants, but the accumulated wisdom of twenty years spent learning about the Mediterranean climate, and its plants and soils. The learning was not the casual process of one warned by municipal authorities that water is becoming scarce, but the urgent seeking for knowledge of an intelligent gardener entirely dependent on rainfall. . . . The pictures, too, are delightfully different from those we have come to expect in books on waterwise gardening. Maybe we can learn a thing or two from this book with last years summer!