This guide is the essential well informed companion for expert and novice gardeners alike helping them to choose perfect plants for every situation with confidence.
Whether you want to cultivate the classic English rose or grow a crop of climbing French ... more
beans, this work recommends over 3,000 trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, bedding plants, fruits and vegetables for every garden situation. It features over 1,500 colour photographs and descriptions of AGM plants.
Advantages: Plenty to interest me all year. Disadvantages: Too popular, so crowded, at peak times.
I am a member of the RoyalHorticulturalSociety, and as I live near RHS Hyde Hall in Essex, I have seen it in all seasons.
I am a member because I like gardens, not because I am an expert, but you don't have to be an expert to enjoy it.
*** History of the Estate ***
For centuries this estate was a working farm, so the 18th century Hall was a farmhouse, but the area around it had been used for dumping rubbish. Then in the 1950s, Helen and Dick Robinson started to tidy it up.
The clay soil on this cold and windy site on the top of a hill was gradually improved, with the help of the pigs by adding manure, and compost. Then flowers, a vegetable patch and young trees were planted near to their home.
The estate was donated to the RHS in 1993, which has continued to develop and improve the area.
Of the 320 acres ...
Advantages: See plants before buying Disadvantages: Size and weight!
I don?t claim to be an expert gardener ? far from it - but I can recognise a fair number of plants and name them and I can make a reasonable job of looking after a quite large garden. I know what I like and recently, I have been quite successful at growing what I like. When I have a problem I look it up in one of my many gardening books.
When it comes to gardening books, my favourite is The RoyalHorticulturalSociety Gardeners? Encyclopaedia of Plants & Flowers. It is to this book in particular that I turn when I find a space waiting for a special plant. What should I choose to plant here? For the main part it is very easy to find something from this book as there are some 4000 photos to view and details of over 8000 plants.
The book is produced by Dorling Kindersley and can be treated as a work of reference, which ...
Advantages: excellent reference guide Disadvantages: too big for even the biggest pocket
The RoyalHorticulturalSociety's Gardeners Encyclopedia of plants and flowers is an excellent book for both new and experienced gardeners.
It is crammed with photographs, and an easy to follow way of displaying different groups of plants. Each plant has a description, and a simle guide tells you how hardy a plant is,how much light it requires, how big it will grow etc.
Needless to say, it is a must for all plantoholics out there.
A great book to take in the car ( too big to carry around otherwise) when visiting a garden centre. Saves you spending on plants that will not overwinter etc. I would give this book at least 10 out of 10. ...
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EAN
9781405300681
Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
Lifestyle
Subgenre
Home & Garden
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Title
RHS Good Plant Guide
Author
Royal Horticultural Society
ISBN
140530068X
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This guide is the essential well informed companion for expert and novice gardeners alike helping them to choose perfect plants for every situation with confidence.
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