A Step-by-Step Guide to Planting, Cultivating and Designing with Shrubs.
In this practical, inspirational and all-inclusive guide, leading experts Tripp and Coombes offer detailed advice on how to make the most of this most rewarding group of plants. The book covers all the practicalities connected with shrubs:
- Choosing and buying
- Planting and moving
- Aftercare and pruning
- Propagation and hardiness
- Identifying and controlling pests
- Diseases shrubs are susceptible to
- Styles of planting for effective growing
- Original planting schemes
- Creating special effects: growing shrubs in herb gardens, containers and under glass
Detailed descriptions of over 1,500 shrubs are provided in the comprehensive A-Z Plant Directory, with superb colour portraits of the more important subjects providing an easy reference guide to identification. Whether used as a general source book or as a planting and cultivation manual, the book will capture the imagination and inspire gardeners into using shrubs to create a beautiful and successful garden all year round.
