Alpines - Couverture rigide

Grey-Wilson, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754805042 ISBN 13 : 9780754805045

Editeur : Lorenz Books, 2000

Synopsis

The beauty and hardiness of this diverse group of plants makes them a popular choice for any garden. This guide teaches you the background and history of the plants and includes information on how to allow them to flourish. The introduction shows you how to use alpines to their best advantage, with suggestions for displaying them in different garden situations. Following this, a plant catalogue offers an illustrated guide to more than 60 varieties of alpine with hints and tips on cultivation and garden use. Finally, the grower's guide contains advice on general maintenance, how to buy and select alpines and construct your own rock garden, as well as providing a propagation calendar.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and over 175 inspiring photographs. It offers expert advice on selecting and buying alpines, and how to use them in the open garden, in beds and containers. It includes a photographic directory of over 60 varieties, including Armeria, Campanula, Erigeron, Gentiana, Penstemon, Phlox, Saxifraga and Sempervivum. It offers step-by-step photographic guidance on propagating and growing alpines, with ideas for constructing rock gardens and planting alpines in troughs and pots. The beauty and hardiness of alpines makes them a popular and rewarding choice for any garden. Whether you use them to provide low-maintenance ground cover, or to bring delicate touches of light to a rock garden, alpines are an important resource. This beautiful handbook provides practical advice on choosing and caring for alpines, from selecting the right stones for your rock garden to deciding which dwarf shrubs to plant with your alpines. An plant directory illustrates 60 of the best varieties, from Achillea to Viola. With their ability to flourish in the most unlikely of flower beds and climates, alpines are plants that all gardeners should try.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Christopher Grey-Wilson is an acknowledged authority on alpine plants. Formerly a principal scientific officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, his studies and plant-hunting expeditions have taken him from the mountains of East Africa to Iran and Afghanistan. He writes regularly for gardening magazines.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lorenz Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754805042
• ISBN 13: 9780754805045
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible