Shade - Softcover

Wiley, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088192895X ISBN 13: 9780881928952

Verlag: Workman Publishing, 2008

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Reveals how to transform the special challenges of a shady landscape into a beautiful and unique garden, discussing how to select the right plants, the characteristics of shade-loving plants, how to combine them to create striking designs, and the practicalities of preparing, planting, and maintaining a shade garden.

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Keith Wiley is a celebrated horticulturist and garden designer who made his name creating "audacious and dazzlingly innovative" planting schemes inspired by natural landscapes. Under his direction as head gardener, The Garden House at Buckland Monachorum in Devon, England, was the setting for what was called "some of the most original gardening taking place in Britain." He is the author of two books, as well as several articles for Gardens Illustrated and the Royal Horticultural Society's journal The Garden. He received a degree in horticulture with honors from London University and now works as a nurseryman and freelance horticultural consultant.

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Every garden has some shade—some gardens are mostly shaded. Unfortunately, most gardeners see shade as a problem. Questions about what to plant in shady parts of the garden are among the most frequent posed in gardeners' magazines, phone-ins, and online discussions. In Shade, award-winning gardening expert Keith Wiley turns all the familiar preconceptions on their heads by presenting garden shade in a positive light, showing how you can create tapestries of color using wild woodland flowers from around the world, as well as modern varieties derived from them.

Keith 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 att 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 the highlights of your garden.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 088192895X
• ISBN 13: 9780881928952
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 175
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar