The Border BookA practical sourcebook of stylish planting ideas for any garden. Each design is illustrated with a superb color spread of the planting in full flower, with smaller illustrations of the planting in other seasons. A complete photographic gallery of all trees, shrubs, flowering and foliage plants used is included. 600 full-color photos. 300 illus. |
Contents
CREATIVE PLANTING | 10 |
MIXED BORDERS | 23 |
ISLAND AND OTHER BEDS | 57 |
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Aeonium Aeonium arboreum Alchemilla Alchemilla mollis ALTERING the PLANTING argyranthemums azaleas blooms blue flowers border bright bulbs Campanula Clematis Clematis tangutica clumps color cream CULTIVATION SPRING Plant cut back Cyclamen daisy dark daylilies Deadhead Deciduous Deciduous shrub dieramas early spring early summer Euphorbia Euphorbia characias evergreen Evergreen perennial Evergreen shrub FALL Plant fern flower stems flowerheads flowers in late flowers in summer foliage fragrant fronds garden Geranium Geranium psilostemon golden gray green leaves grow growth H 2ft H 3ft 1m Harry Smith hellebore Hosta hydrangeas Iris Lady's mantle late spring late summer late winter lilies melianthus mulch orange pale pelargoniums pergola phlomis phormium Phormium tenax pink flowers PLANT LIST PLANTING PLAN PLANTING SCHEME pruning purple Rhododendron Rosa Rosa rugosa saxifrages scented season Sedum seed Sempervivum shade shoots shrub soil mix Stachys byzantina subsp Thymus serpyllum tree tulips upright variegated Viburnum Viola white flowers wisterias yellow flowers