
The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Shrubs
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Shrubs are the perfect plant - they are low-maintenance, there is a variety for nearly every need and they are widely available.
This guide is a perfect mix of practical and giftable gardening reference for the entry level enthusiast who wants to find out more about shrubs and wants to grow them successfully.
Combining the authority and expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with beautiful artworks and practical advice, this is a giftable hardback for enthusiasts and beginners. Packed with information and inspiration, it covers a range of plants as well as vital information on soil, light and maintenance. Every plant's needs are revealed so readers can succeed with 50 specimens and 12 easy to follow projects.
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- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction to Growing Shrubs
- Plants
- Abelia
- Japanese laurel
- Barberry
- Brachyglottis 'Sunshine'
- Project 1: Rejuvenating a Butterfly Bush
- Butterfly bush
- Common box
- Beauty berry
- Japanese camellia
- Project 2: Building a Butterfly House
- Californian lilac 'Puget Blue'
- Japanese quince 'Pink Lady'
- Mexican orange blossom
- Cretan rock rose
- Looking-glass plant 'Pacific Dawn'
- Dogwood 'Midwinter Fire'
- Project 3: Creating a Decorative Edge with Dogwood Stems
- Cobnut
- Smoke bush 'Royal Purple'
- Cotoneaster
- Winter daphne
- Beautiful deutzia
- Paperbush
- Project 4: Making Organic Nettle-Tea Fertilizer
- Oleaster 'Quicksilver'
- Escallonia 'Apple Blossom'
- Spindle 'Red Cascade'
- Evergreen bittersweet 'Emerald Gaiety'
- Spindle 'Bravo'
- Pearl bush 'The Bride'
- Project 5: Creating a Jungle Garden
- Japanese aralia
- Forsythia
- Fuchsia 'Genii'
- New Zealand broadleaf
- Witch hazel 'Pallida'
- Curry plant
- Smooth hydrangea
- Big-leaf hydrangea
- Project 6: Drying Hydrangea Blooms for Flower Arrangements
- Paniculate hydrangea
- Rose of Sharon
- Japanese holly
- Double-flowered Japanese rose
- Project 7: Dried Lavender Flower Bag
- English lavender
- Tea tree
- Garden privet
- Wilson's honeysuckle
- Loropetalum
- Star magnolia
- Project 8: Growing a Shrub in a Container
- Oregon grape
- Tree mallow 'Rosea'
- Great honey flower
- Common myrtle
- Heavenly bamboo
- Burkwood osmanthus
- Project 9: Planting a Pot-Grown Shrub in The Ground
- Mock orange 'Belle Étoile'
- Christmas berry 'Red Robin'
- Pieris 'Forest Flame'
- Tawhiwhi
- Firethorn Saphyr Orange
- Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'
- Project 10: Making Rosemary And Lavender Soap
- Flowering currant
- Russian sage 'Blue Spire'
- Rosemary
- Elder
- Project 11: Home-Made Elderflower Cordial
- Cotton lavender
- Sweet box
- Japanese skimmia
- Japanese spiraea
- Common lilac
- Rakai hebe
- Project 12: Planting a Hedge
- Laurustinus
- Weigela
- Troubleshooting
- What to do when
- Index
- Photographic acknowledgments
- Author's acknolwedgments
- Copyright
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