Bloom's Best Perennials and Grasses: Expert Plant Choices and Dramatic Combinations for Year-Round Gardens - Rilegato

Bloom, Adrian

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ISBN 10: 088192931X ISBN 13: 9780881929317

Casa editrice: Timber Pr, 2010

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A thoroughly informative reference for gardeners of all abilities

With so many different perennials and grasses available, how can you know if you’re making the right choice? In Bloom’s Best Perennials and Grasses, Adrian Bloom distills his years of experience as a nurseryman and gardener to offer 250 reliable choices that are beautiful and easy to maintain in a year-round garden.

Detailed descriptions feature information on growth, care, and design tips for use in gardens of all sizes. Bloom explains how to design and plant well-structured borders that feature perennials and grasses with a mix of other plants. He also shares his trademark “river of plants” design style that dramatically features the beauty of a plant throughout its life cycle.

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L'autore:

Adrian Bloom is a nurseryman, gardener and writer, and President of the famous Blooms of Bressingham nursery in Norfolk, England. Adrian's father founded the Blooms nursery in 1926. The father and son are internationally known for the unique varieties of perennials that they personally introduced to many American gardeners. Adrian also shares with his father the distinction of holding the Royal Horticultural Society's coveted Victoria Medal of Honour. The Blooms are the only father and son ever to be honored this way at the same time. Adrian was also one of the youngest horticulturists ever to be awarded the medal. For 30 years Adrian has developed the superb Foggy Bottom garden, adjacent to Bressingham Gardens, which exemplifies the art of successful plant associations. The six-acre garden demonstrates the heart of his philosophy, planning and planting for continual change in the garden. This change ensures enduring interest throughout the year, whatever the size of the garden. Foggy Bottom is known for its display of year-round color and for having one of the largest collections of conifers in the United Kingdom. Bloom specialized in conifers early in his career, and uses his expertise to creatively combine conifers with companion plants. Adrian travels all over the world developing the Blooms of Bressingham business and finding and researching suitable new garden plants. He appears on television frequently, and has written several gardening books, including Blooms of Bressingham Garden Plants. He continues to educate the gardening public about plants and their uses in even the smallest gardens.

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Perennials and grasses associate beautifully to create long seasons of interest year after year, but with such a dizzying array of varieties on the market it can be difficult to judge which plants have both style and substance. This book showcases a select palette of hand-picked plants that are proven high performers.
 
With over half a century's experience as a nurseryman and hands-on gardener, Adrian Bloom is celebrated for his award-winning plant selections and striking combinations that display interest all year round. In this book he shows how to recreate his trademark 'rivers' of plants and names his top 12 all-time best-performing perennials and grasses.
 
With descriptions of nearly 400 perennials and grasses, records of the plants' origins and a note of their preferred conditions, this is a thoroughly informative reference for gardeners of all abilities. Exceptional photographs capture the special attributes of the plants and demonstrate their use in the landscape, making this book an unparalleled resource for bringing a distinctive edge to any garden.

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• Editore: Timber Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 088192931X
• ISBN 13: 9780881929317
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208