The Plant Care Manual: The Essential Guide to Caring for and Rejuvenating Over 300 Garden PlantsFully illustrated with plant portraits and step-by-step explanatory artwork, The Plant Care Manual gives broad-based advice on all aspects of caring for more than 300 permanent garden plants. The book not only presents the information gardeners need, but it provides an understanding of how and why certain techniques result in a thriving garden. The book's flexible wipe-clean binding makes it easy to use in the garden. Full-color photographs. |
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Page 30
... attain their maximum size cies attain 1 x 1ft./30 x 30cm . and optimum appearance after about five or six years , and most are best replaced after eight or nine years . There are a few dwarf forms , such as ' Pygmaca ' , which barely attain ...
... attain their maximum size cies attain 1 x 1ft./30 x 30cm . and optimum appearance after about five or six years , and most are best replaced after eight or nine years . There are a few dwarf forms , such as ' Pygmaca ' , which barely attain ...
Page 133
... attain 4 x 4ft./1.2 x 1.2m . in the same time . Pulmonaria LUNGWORT A lovely group of deciduous or semi - evergreen , ground - covering plants , grown for their bright blue , red , or white spring flowers and variegated leaves ...
... attain 4 x 4ft./1.2 x 1.2m . in the same time . Pulmonaria LUNGWORT A lovely group of deciduous or semi - evergreen , ground - covering plants , grown for their bright blue , red , or white spring flowers and variegated leaves ...
Page 206
... attain about 50 x 26ft./ 15 x 8m . or more after twenty - five years . Eucalyptus The species of Eucalyptus , the gum trees of Australia , are not hardy in northern climates , and even those that will survive never attain the huge size ...
... attain about 50 x 26ft./ 15 x 8m . or more after twenty - five years . Eucalyptus The species of Eucalyptus , the gum trees of Australia , are not hardy in northern climates , and even those that will survive never attain the huge size ...
Contents
Introduction 68 | 6 |
Troubleshooting | 19 |
Principles of care | 82 |
Copyright | |
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The Plant Care Manual: The Essential Guide to the Aftercare of Over 300 ... Stefan Buczacki No preview available - 1992 |
The Plant Care Manual: The Essential Guide to the Aftercare of Over 300 ... Stefan Buczacki No preview available - 1997 |
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acid alkaline aphids attain back to soil balanced rose buds Calluna cold winds COMMON PROBLEMS corms cultivars cuttings in summer damage dead flower deciduous Division in fall Division in spring dress with bonemeal early spring established mulch evergreen fall and spring fall or spring FEEDING Mulch fertilizer in early fertilizer in mid-spring Fireblight five foliage forms free draining fruit Gardentone general-purpose fertilizer genus grown growth hardwood cuttings hardy hedge herbaceous hybrids late summer leaf leaves level in spring light shade lightly main stem MANAGEMENT Cut midsummer moderate shade moist Mulch in fall normally necessary perennials PROPAGATION Division PROPAGATION Semi-ripe cuttings pruning reach require rock garden roots rootstock rose or similar seed shelter from cold shoots shrubs side-shoots similar potash-rich fertilizer SITUATION Full sun SOIL AND PLANTING soil level SOIL Tolerates species staking sun to light Top dress trees TROUBLESHOOTING None normally TROUBLESHOOTING Old varieties vigorous water-logged WATERING AND FEEDING Zones