Shade: Planting Solutions for Shady GardensEvery garden has some shade--some gardens are even completely shaded--and gardeners tend to see shade as a problem. Questions about what to plant in shady parts of the garden are among the most frequest posed in gardening magazines, radio phone-ins, and online discussions. In this innovative book, award-winning gardening expert Keith Wiley turns all the familiar preconceptions on their heads by presenting garden shade in a positive light. Wiley first discusses shade--from dappled and partial to full and dense--in different situations and in every size and type of garden. He then considers the characteristics of shade-loving plants, showing how to use them with companions to create striking designs. He also looks at the practicalities of preparing, planting, and maintaining a shade garden. Complete with a directory of shade-loving plants, Shade shows you how to turn shady areas into highlights in your garden. |
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... cultivate , and the garden benefits visually if the number of fern crowns are thinned periodically . Evening inspiration Ideas can be gleaned from nature in some of the most unexpected circumstances , and I was certainly not looking for ...
... cultivation of shade - loving plants below . As with magnolias , once the dogwood has been planted the ground should not be dug to protect the dogwood's roots . There are a number of ways that a shaded site suitable for woodlanders can ...
... cultivation by perhaps another 150 taxa , in a range of colours and forms that would have seemed unbelievable a few years ago . E. x versicolor ' Sulphureum ' ( Zone 5 ) is as indispensable now as it always was . Its bronzed young ...
Contents
Shade In Gardens | 12 |
WILD WOODLAND SHADE | 15 |
COUNTRY GARDENS | 20 |
Copyright | |
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