Christopher Brickell Livres

Introduction -- Ornamental trees -- Tree fruits -- Ornamental shrubs -- Soft fruits -- Climbing plants -- Roses.

This is a practical guide to planning, developing and nurturing a garden, from the experts at the RHS. It is also an expert guide to growing your dream garden. Choose the plants you want for your garden, without knowing their botanical names, with over 8,000 easy-to-find entries and thousands of photographs you'll have all the guidance you need. Draw on authoritative, expert advice from Britain's leading horticulturists on cultivation and beating pests and diseases. Plus, create outstanding displays with a special section on how to use colour and in-depth features on the most popular plants such as lilies and hostas. This title is a must-have for any gardener. '...you can't do without it. As a reference book it is unsurpassed' - "Guardian".

A practical guide to planning, developing and nurturing a garden, from the experts at the RHS A new edition of this expert guide to growing your dream garden. Choose the plants you want for your garden, without knowing their botanical names. With over 8,000 easy-to-find entries and thousands of photographs you'll have all the guidance you need. Draw on authoritative, expert advice from Britain's leading horticulturists on cultivation and beating pests and diseases. Plus create outstanding displays, with a special section on how to use colour and in-depth features on the most popular plants such as lilies and hostas. A must-have for any gardener.

The ultimate gardening reference: two volumes covering everything you need to know to keep your garden flourishing, from the experts at the RHS Choose the plants you want for your garden and learn to position and care for them properly with the new edition of this perennial favourite. Detailed profiles of 15,500 garden plants: from new and exotic varieties to garden favourites, provide all the guidance you need. Draw on authoritative, expert advice from Britain’s leading horticulturists on cultivation, beating pests and diseases and creating outstanding displays. Includes a special section on how to use colour and in-depth features on the most popular plants such as lilies and hostas.

Drawing on the expertise of 50 gardeners, this encyclopedia aims to be a definitive guide to gardening, with advice on all aspects. Over 3000 photos with step-by-step sequences support the text. This revision features a new chapter on container gardening and sections on contemporary techniques.

The 15,000 plants featured in this encyclopedia have been selected by a team of over 70 consultants. They tried to include exciting new introductions as well as tried and tested favourites, and unusual cultivars and specimens

The essential guide to ornamental garden plants. *Detailed profiles of some 15,000 garden plants , prepared by a panel of leading gardening experts. *Edited by Christopher Brickell and H. Marc Cathey, international authorities on plants of the world. *From the new and exotic to heirlooms and garden favorites there are plants suited to garden of all kinds. *Over 6,000 superb photographs illustrate the diverse forms and colors of a spectacular array of plants. "Staggeringly comprehensive, easy to use, and full of photographs that have been meticulously checked." -- Anna Pavord

An extra eight-page section highlights 200 individual plants selected by the RHS to carry their Award of Garden Merit and marked with a symbol throughout the text.

This revised and updated encyclopedia provides expert RHS advice on various gardening techniques, incorporating new plants, styles, and horticultural developments. The first part, "Creating the Garden," serves as a comprehensive guide to garden planning and plant care, covering topics like pruning and propagation. It begins with design planning, offering practical ideas to help you create an ideal garden suited to your site and lifestyle. Subsequent chapters delve into major plant groups and garden areas, including ornamental trees, perennials, water gardening, and fruit gardens. Each chapter thoroughly addresses soil preparation, planting, effective garden features, and routine plant care. The second part, "Maintaining the Garden," assists in selecting garden equipment and materials, providing practical guidance for building frameworks for plants within their environments. Annotated diagrams and photographs simplify tasks, from greenhouse selection to laying paving, erecting fencing, or constructing a pergola. It covers tools, equipment, and materials needed for various projects. Additionally, separate chapters explore how climate and soil interact to influence your garden, offering advice on soil improvement, frost protection, water conservation, and organic practices.

It's the definitive guide to practical gardening, written by a team of distinguished experts and endorsed by the internationally renowned Royal Horticultural Society. More than 1,500 illustrations and detailed information encompass every aspect of gardening: tools and equipment; pruning (with special techniques for roses, shrubs, and hedges); soil management; and growing flowers, herbs, ornamental trees, and climbers. Here are all the fundamentals of plant propagation, from tip-layering to stem-cutting. Do everyday maintenance the right way, confident in knowing the essentials of good plant care. An entire section devoted to all forms of container gardening will especially delight those with only a balcony or patio. There's advice on producing the very best fruits and vegetables and tables that outline every kind of pest and disease control. With these design fundamentals, you'll see how to shape open spaces, build rock gardens and pools, make pergolas, lay paths, and much more. An incomparable manual for all gardeners