The Home Gardener: Container Gardens

David Squire, Allan Haschick (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2018
Struik Lifestyle (Verlag)
978-1-4323-0867-4 (ISBN)

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Growing plants in containers is a quick and easy way to enhance gardens, courtyards, patios and terraces, balconies, windows and entrances. This detailed and authoritative book sets out the best container plant combinations and gives you all the step-by-step directions you need for planting, creating and maintaining beautiful container-based displays.

David Squire has a lifetime's experience with plants, both cultivated and native types. Throughout his gardening and journalistic careers, David has written more than 80 books on plants and gardening, including 14 books in the Specialist Guide series. He also has a wide interest in the uses of native plants, whether for eating and survival, or for their historical roles in medicine, folklore and customs. Allan Haschick holds a national diploma in Horticulture from Technikon Natal (now Durban University of Technology). He was assistant manager at Floradale Nursery and Garden Centre in Port Elizabeth for many years, before starting his own landscaping consultancy. Allan started writing for SA Garden in 1999 and, from 2002, joined the magazine’s panel of experts who provide advice to readers. His first book, Coastal Gardening in South Africa, was published by Struik Lifestyle in 2014. He has written columns for the Eastern Cape Herald and Algoa Sun newspapers, contributed articles to the ‘Life is a Garden’ initiative of the SA Nurseryman’s Association, and adapted several UK-published gardening books for South African conditions. In addition, he gives talks and lectures to garden clubs and groups throughout the Eastern Cape.

Getting started (Growing plants in containers; Container styles; Positioning containers; Seasonal displays; Contrast & harmony; Scented patio); Plants for containers (Summer-flowering bedding plants; Biennials & short-lived perennials; Border perennials; Flowering shrubs; Foliage shrubs; Dwarf & slow-growing conifers; Bamboos; Bulbous plants; Bonsai; Culinary herbs; Climbing plants; Plants for covered patios; Vegetables; Fruit); Planting and using containers (Choosing & buying plants; Windowboxes; Hanging-baskets; Baskets in lapas & porches; Wall-baskets & mangers; Old stone & hypertufa sinks; Troughs & planters; Raised beds; Pots, tubs & urns; Water features; Planting pockets & shelves; Wheelbarrows; Barrels & casks); Looking after containers (Caring for container plants; Winter protection; Fixing brackets & hooks; Pests & diseases); Glossary; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	The Home Gardener
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 280 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
ISBN-10	1-4323-0867-X / 143230867X
ISBN-13	978-1-4323-0867-4 / 9781432308674
Zustand	Neuware