Ramblers, scramblers & twiners : high-performance climbing plants & wall shrubs [Part 1 Planning and planting: challenges and opportunities; space, illusion and plants; walls, fences, screens; pergolas and other structures; support aids; planting and plant association; water, feeding and maintenance. Part 2 The walls: walls and microclimates; the three wall zones; the north-facing wall; the south-facing wall; the east-facing wall; the west-facing wall. Part 3 The plants: self-clinging climbers; twiners; ramblers and scramblers; wall shrubs; wall base plants; annuals; the more tender plants]

Jefferson-Brown, M. J. (Michael James) (1930- ) ; design, Ian Muggeridge; line illustrations, Coral Mula; photos, Clive Nichols, Justyn Willsmore, Linda Burgess, Michael Howes, Steven Wooster, Jacqui Hurst, Noel Kavanagh, J. S. Sira, Philippe Bonduel, John Glover, Jerry Pavia, Howard Rice, Ron Sutherland, Friedrich Strauss, Neil Holmes

ISBN 10: 0715309420 / ISBN 13: 9780715309421

Edité par Newton Abbot, Devon : David & Charles, 1999, 1999

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256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN: 0715309420; 9780715309421 LCCN: 00-362419 ; LC: SB427; Dewey: 635.9/74 ; OCLC: 42213395 ; ".The first book of climbers to provide detailed practical information with a comprehensive directory of high-performance plants. It is an indispensable book for beginner gardeners anxious to avoid the pitfalls of gardening with climbers and for everyone who enjoys the sheer exuberance and romance of rambling, scrambling and twining plants." ; Contents: Part 1 Planning and planting: challenges and opportunities; space, illusion and plants; walls, fences, screens; pergolas and other structures; support aids; planting and plant association; water, feeding and maintenance. Part 2 The walls: walls and microclimates; the three wall zones; the north-facing wall; the south-facing wall; the east-facing wall; the west-facing wall. Part 3 The plants: self-clinging climbers; twiners; ramblers and scramblers; wall shrubs; wall base plants; annuals; the more tender plants.; photos include views of Wollerton Old Hall, Shropshire, Vale End, Surrey, Lower Severalls, Somerset, The Old Rectory, Farnborough, The Anchorage, Kent, Eastgrove Cottage, Worchestershire, Bourton House, Gloucestershire, Gamble Garden Center, Palo ALto, California, Carrog Dyfed, Wales, Dinmore Manor Garden, Worcestershire, Keeyla Meadows, San Francisco, Mottisfort Abbey, Hampshire, Greystone Cottage, Oxfordshire, White Windoes, Hampshire, The Dingle Garden, Wales, Beth Chatto Garden, Essex, etc ; FINE/FINE.

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• Titre: Ramblers, scramblers & twiners : high-performance climbing plants & wall shrubs [Part 1 Planning and planting: challenges and opportunities; space, illusion and plants; walls, fences, screens; pergolas and other structures; support aids; planting and plant association; water, feeding and maintenance. Part 2 The walls: walls and microclimates; the three wall zones; the north-facing wall; the south-facing wall; the east-facing wall; the west-facing wall. Part 3 The plants: self-clinging climbers;...
• Éditeur: Newton Abbot, Devon : David & Charles, 1999
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0715309420
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780715309421
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

A guide to everything the gardener needs to know about climbing plants. The author suggests specific plants for different zones of the wall and takes the reader through the process of vertical planting. He also advises on concealing ugly features and the construction of trellises and pergolas.