Right Plant, Right Place : Over 1400 Plants for Every Situation in the Garden
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Book Description
Right Plant, Right Place takes all the guesswork out of selecting the plants that will grow best in your garden.
You will find more than 1,400 plants organized by:
GROWING CONDITIONS
Plants that will grow in:
Acid soil
Heavy clay soil
Polluted atmosphere
Windswept sites
Dry soils in hot, sunny sites
Damp and wet soils
Dry shade
Dense shade
PURPOSE
Plants that can be used as:
Ground cover
Climbers
Hedges
Filler for crevices in paving
Freestanding trees, shrubs
Climbers in containers
APPEARANCE
Plants with:
Variegated leaves
Gray, blue-gray or silver leaves
Red, purple or bronze leaves
Yellow or yellow-green leaves
Colorful autumn foliage
Aromatic leaves
Ornamental fruit
Ornamental bark and twigs
Flowers suitable for cutting
Fragrant flowers
Winter flowers
Each plant is illustrated with a full-color photograph and accompanied by a detailed description of its size, flowering season, needs, care and propagation.
Right plant, Right Place compresses a shelf full of reference books and pile of seed catalogs into a single comprehensive guide to plant selection.
About the Author
Nicola Ferguson was born in 1949 and brought up in Northern Ireland. She has a PhD in psychology, and she has also become an experienced gardener. She now lives with her husband and one daughter in Edinburgh, where they have a north facing, high-walled garden.
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