The RHS Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations
Published on 5. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-84533-682-0 (ISBN)
Description
RHS Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations is the essential reference book for anyone wanting to combine plants according to shape, colour, texture, or form. This visionary planting guide features an A-Z of more than 1,000 great garden plants. Each plant is photographed in glorious partnership with one, two or three ideal companions, creating more than 4,000 of the most imaginative and visually effective combinations possible. With a practical introduction and analyses of what makes a successful combination, the authors show how to recreate combinations shown and invent new combinations of your own. With chapters on bulbs, climbers, perennials, shrubs, trees, roses, and annuals, this book has become the essential reference book for all those who wish to combine plants according to colour, shape, texture, and form in every corner of their gardens.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84533-682-0 (9781845336820)
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Other editions
Previous edition
W. Anthony Lord
The RHS Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations
Book
04/2008
Mitchell Beazley
€57.14
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Person
Andrew Lawson, photographer, was a major contributor to Highgrove, Portrait of an Estate by HRH The Prince of Wales, and as author and photographer has published Performance Plants, and The Gardener's Book of Colour. In 1999 he was named 'Garden Photographer of the Year' by the Garden Writers' Guild. Andrew Lawson lives in Oxfordshire.
Content
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK HARDINESS ZONES THE ART OF COMBINING PLANTS Assessing the site Choosing plants Scale and size Plant habit Plant form Plant texture The RHS Award of Garden Merit Colour in the garden Timing the season Planting beds and borders Allelopathy Aftercare GREAT PLANTING STYLES About planting styles Bedding Herbaceous borders Great planting designers: Nori and Sandra Pope Mixed borders Woodland planting Great planting designers: Beth Chatto Exotic planting styles Great planting designers: Christopher Lloyd and Fergus Garrett Meadow planting Great planting designers: Dan Pearson Naturalistic gardens Great planting designers: Piet Oudolf Country style Great planting designers: Rosemary Verey Cottage gardens Great planting designers: Penelope Hobhouse Grasses Great planting designers: Oehme and van Sweden Mediterranean style Great planting designers: Tom Stuart-Smith Minimalist styles SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES Rhododendrons CLIMBERS Clematis ROSES Climbing & Rambler roses Old shrub roses Larger species and larger modern Shrub roses Hybrid Teas & Floribundas Smaller species & smaller modern Shrub roses Ground Cover roses PERENNIALS Geraniums Hostas Irises BULBS Tulips ANNUALS Dahlias COMMON PLANT NAMES INDEX AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS