Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, FernsChristopher Lloyd knows perennials as well as anyone else alive. Now available in paperback, this book represents the fruit of Lloyd's lifetime study of perennials. Genus by genus, he sets down everything he has learned, thought, seen, tried, liked, or regretted about them, individually or in combination. He is formidably knowledgeable, iconoclastic, opinionated, and always entertaining. Here, meticulously recorded, are his expert opinions about numerous varieties of flowering garden plants, from Acanthus to Zigadenus, accompanied by spectacular photographs from Jonathan Buckley and others. Any gardener will find themselves opening this book time and again with pleasure and the frequent thought, "I MUST grow this one, too." |
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Page 117
... blue with a white eye . ' Mighty Atom ' ( 2m / 6ft ) has a well - furnished , lavender blue spike and looks good , in my border , behind the pale yellow platforms of an achillea . ' Joan Edwards ' ( 2.4m / 8ft ) is pure , strong blue ...
... blue with a white eye . ' Mighty Atom ' ( 2m / 6ft ) has a well - furnished , lavender blue spike and looks good , in my border , behind the pale yellow platforms of an achillea . ' Joan Edwards ' ( 2.4m / 8ft ) is pure , strong blue ...
Page 316
... Blue Enigma ' ( 2m / 6ft ) , with rich blue racemes from August , sometimes earlier . Be sure to get this clone ; there are other , less good cultivars . ' Argentine Skies ' makes a change , how- ever . Its pale blue colouring contrasts ...
... Blue Enigma ' ( 2m / 6ft ) , with rich blue racemes from August , sometimes earlier . Be sure to get this clone ; there are other , less good cultivars . ' Argentine Skies ' makes a change , how- ever . Its pale blue colouring contrasts ...
Page 354
... blue flowers in spring . It quickly spreads across lawns and into borders and is hard to eradicate . V. peduncularis ' Georgia Blue ' ( 15cm / 6in ) ( from the Caucasus ) makes loose mats and is covered with deep flowers in April - May ...
... blue flowers in spring . It quickly spreads across lawns and into borders and is hard to eradicate . V. peduncularis ' Georgia Blue ' ( 15cm / 6in ) ( from the Caucasus ) makes loose mats and is covered with deep flowers in April - May ...
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Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns Christopher Lloyd No preview available - 2000 |
Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns Christopher Lloyd No preview available - 2001 |
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Alba ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE autumn bedding bergenias blooms blossom blue border bracts bright buds bulbs centre clone clumps colony colour cranesbill Crocosmia crocus cultivars daffodils dahlias daisies dark deciduous deep dense double early summer easily evergreen fern flowering season flowering stems flowers foliage plant fronds garden plant genus gladioli glaucous grass green grow grown growth habit handsome hardy herbaceous hostas hybrids inflorescence IRIDACEAE July June Kniphofia leaf leaves lilies look lupins magenta margins mauve meadow native naturalised nice orange Osteospermum overwinter pale yellow panicles peonies perennial petals phlox pink pinnate popular propagated purple racemes raised from seed RANUNCULACEAE replanting rhizomatous rhizomes rich roots rootstock rosettes scent Scotland seed strains seedlings self-sows shade showy shrubs snowdrops soil sowing species spikes sprays spring stamens subsp tall tubers tulips umbels upright variegated weed white flowers winter Wisley woodland yellow flowers young shoots