Discover how to assess, grow and maintain a shady garden.Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Shade Garden contains everything you need to create a flourishing garden full of colour, texture and scent in a shady space.Learn how to grow and care for a variety of shade-loving plants with tips on selecting the right site and varieties. Once you understand different types of shade and have assessed your space, select the best plants for your garden with the help of handy directories that profile different shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and trees, and provide key growing information. Projects on tree planting, container displays, and creating a fernery also get you started on planting techniques and ideas to make the most of a shaded space.Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to help your garden Grow.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Zia Allaway
EAN: 9780241648773
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 227 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-03-07
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GENRE: GARDENING / Reference, GARDENING / Shade, GARDENING / Techniques
WIDTH: 183 cm
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Book Themes:
Garden design and planning, Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants, Specialised gardening methods
Zia Allaway is a horticulturalist, editor and journalist. She writes a regular column on gardeners for Homes & Gardens magazine, and has written a range of titles for DK, including Grow Small Gardens, Grow Trees, Grow Low-maintenance, Grow Compost, Grow Eco-Gardening, RHS Practical House Plant Book and RHS Practical Cactus & Succulent Book, Indoor Edible Garden, How to Grow Practically Everything, RHS The Complete Gardener's Manual and RHS What Plant Where, and has also contributed to RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers.
