An invaluable source of ideas for shrubs and trees to try in your garden. This book offers detailed information on how to successfully select, plant and care for many of the most rewarding shrubs and trees. It includes a section on antique and miniature roses. There are profiles of 18 popular shrubs and trees, including lilacs, roses, magnolias and oaks. Each description gives in-depth advice on how to get started, as well as expert tips on how to continue caring for the plants once they have been established.

Shrubs & Trees (Best of Fine Gardening)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Fine Gardening

Gardening & Landscape Design

Taunton Press

Compiled by the editors of "Fine Gardening" magazine, this book contains a collection of articles which describe and illustrate 18 different gardens, with lessons for both the beginner and experienced gardener to put to use in their own gardens. Illustrated in colour throughout, the book includes an in-depth profile of each garden and the way in which professional gardeners develop their own properties. Tips and techniques are given on planning, site-preparation and selecting the right plants to bring out the best in each landscape. The gardens featured in the book can all be adapted to suit any garden, including a cottage garden, a collector's garden, a formal garden, a hillside refuge, a rocky mountain garden, a woodland garden, a suburban garden, an ornamental garden, a Japanese-inspired garden, and a garden with no lawn.

Great Gardens (Best of Fine Gardening)

This is a collection of 22 garden and landscape projects from "Fine Gardening" magazine. Projects include how to: add a fence; build a garden wall, from dry stone to rammed earth; create a garden oasis; and make housing for garden plants. Home gardeners, horticulturists and landscapers give first-hand accounts of common projects readers can build for their own landscapes. Also, practical, in-depth descriptions, together with full colour photographs and step-by-step illustrations, give clear directions on what needs to be done and how to go about doing it.
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Garden Projects (Best of Fine Gardening)

Teske, Robert T.

Compiled by the editors of "Fine Gardening" magazine, this is a practical collection of articles about the fundamentals of horticulture that help readers develop their own "green thumbs". Plant care techniques and innovative gardening solutions are given, as well as advice on seeds, cuttings, transplanting and what to look for when shopping for healthy plants. Guidance is given on how to prune, shape and train plants as well as advice on how to divide overgrown clusters of perennials and shrubs.

Plant Care (Best of Fine Gardening)

A guide to soil management for gardeners and horticulturists, this work contains step-by-step instructions for developing, improving and maintaining soil and provides new ways to compost. It discusses problems such as infertile soil and tree roots, and examines regional concerns.

Healthy Soil (Best of Fine Gardening)

Selected articles by seasoned home gardeners and master gardeners show readers how to choose and use plants that fit the form and function of landscape design. Grouped in galleries are spring ephemerals, graceful grasses, bright bold yellows, long-blooming perennials and more. Readers get a place to start when deciding which plants to choose and where to place them. 120 photos.

Galleries of Garden Plants (Best of Fine Gardening)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

This handy text presents more than 150 suggestions for growing healthy and beautiful plants. It covers healthy soil, propagation, plant care, watering and pest control, offering ways to make your thumb greener.

Proven Garden Tips from Fine Gardening

A collection of the most popular design ideas, planting solutions, and quick front- and backyard fixes that the editors of Fine Gardening have to offer. Fine Gardening Beds and Borders offers easy planting solutions for creating gardens that add color and texture, help zone a property, and offer maximum impact for minimum investment of time and money. Whether the goal is as ambitious as a front yard makeover or as simple as a little spruce-up around the mailbox, Beds and Borders is packed with eye-catching garden designs, advice on choosing the best plants, and strategies for keeping plants healthy and lush all season long.

Fine Gardening Beds & Borders: design ideas for gardens large and small

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