RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening New Edition

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All your gardening questions are answered in this updated classic guide to planning, planting, and caring for your outside space. Annual - a plant that completes its life cycle (germination, flowering, seeding, dying) in one growing season

The appeal of gardening is thus multifaceted and wide in range. The garden is often the only place where someone without special training can exercise creative impulses as designer, artist, technician, and scientific observer. In addition, many find it a relaxing and therapeutic pursuit. It is not surprising that the garden, accorded respect as a part of nature and a place of contemplation, holds a special place in the spiritual life of many. The inclusion of expert knowledge and advice ensure all your gardening ideas are achievable. This indispensable planting guide is filled with a wealth of information for all your gardening needs complementing its bestselling companion RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. The RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening has a full and comprehensive glossary of gardening terms. Buy a copy of this essential guide to gardening and have a full and informative reference guide to all things horticultural.

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Includes step-by-step guidance on everything from planting to pruning and propagation, and new photographs show the latest ideas in garden design

Deciduous - describes plants that shed leaves at the end of the growing season and renew them at the beginning of the next Tilth - a fine crumbly surface layer of soil produced by cultivation Want to unearth more gardening terms? Authoritative information endorsed by the RHS, the world's premier horticultural organisation and the UK's leading gardening charity Updated information for key topics including, environment, wildlife, edibles, pests and diseases, peat free/organic, and pruning and growing techniques.Gardening in its ornamental sense needs a certain level of civilization before it can flourish. Wherever that level has been attained, in all parts of the world and at all periods, people have made efforts to shape their environment into an attractive display. The instinct and even enthusiasm for gardening thus appear to arise from some primitive response to nature, engendering a wish to produce growth and harmony in a creative partnership with it. First published in 1987, and providing a snapshot of British garden plants and trends for more than 30 years, the RHS Plant Finder is a horticultural bible. See the horticultural classification of genera with large numbers of cultivars (for example, which tulips are Fringed, Lily-flowered, Triumph or Parrot cultivars)

Create and maintain your perfect garden with the world's finest and most authoritative source of gardening tips and advice from the experts at the RHS, now fully revised and updated to encompass the eco-conscious gardener of today. Marking 30 years since its first publication, this revised edition of the RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening provides dependable, essential gardening advice while expanding on key topics that are important to the next generation of gardeners, such as wildlife gardening and sustainability. Rootball - the roots and accompanying soil when a plant is removed from a container or lifted from the ground For garden designers, RHS Plant Finder offers an indispensable list of ingredients, while horticultural writers use it for reference.”

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Originally compiled by Chris Philip and his partner Denys Gueroult, who were looking for interesting plants to grow in their garden and recording what nursery was selling what selection, the original Plant Finder listed 22,000 plants. Since then, the book has grown in terms of the plant groups it covers, its comprehensiveness and the number of genera, species and cultivars that are included. Cultivation - Hardiness - Regions - Garden environment - Outdoor cultivation - Care under glass - Pruning - Pruning groups - Propagation - Plant problems - Organic issues and native plants Fully revised and updated new concepts and techniques that have evolved from ongoing horticultural research Germination - the physical and chemical changes that take place as a seed starts to grow and develop into a plant This delightful gardening guide introduces a fresher, more contemporary design with over 400 new images and new topics reflecting current trends such as planting to encourage pollinators, and the growing popularity of living roofs and walls. It includes new features on how to grow fruit and vegetables in containers.