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Sto caricando le informazioni... Gardening with Conifersdi Adrian Bloom
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"Covers virtually every aspect of conifer use and culture in a format accessible to horticultural students and home gardeners alike ... Magnificently highlighted by more than 250 striking color photographs ... Conifers are showcased in their full glory as richly textured, brilliantly colored, and subtly structured plants deserving of a spot in every garden." -- Booklist Fifteen years after this review, we present a revised and expanded edition of this highly acclaimed reference. Among the changes is the addition of a foreword by Michael A. Dirr, author of such classics as Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New content and updates are found in "Why Conifers?", "The Magic of Conifers", "A Closer Look at Conifers" and in the detailed practical section, "Growing Conifers in Your Garden". This edition features the author's comprehensively revised Directory of 600 conifers, so current that it includes Wollemia nobilis, a two million-year-old species only recently found and genetically identified, and available at a select few nurseries. Other new features are "Conifers that Grow on You" and "The Mauergarten Story", which chronicles the author's design of the garden at one of Germany's premiere nurseries. Comprehensive in scope and lavishly illustrated, the book includes a directory of more than 600 conifers and expert advice on: Size and growth rates, Canada/USA hardiness ratings Site and soil preferences Planting, maintenance and propagation Pruning, pests and diseases Dwarf conifers and ground covers Conifers in containers, moving conifers, and more. Gardening with Conifers is a thorough and beautiful guide to coniferous trees and shrubs of the world available to North American gardeners. Stunning color photographs show conifers young and old in a variety of environments, from small gardens to many-acred gardens. It reveals the magic that conifers bring to a garden and how they create structure and balance for year-round visual interest and color. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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This is a beautifully illustrated gardening book for exotic conifers. The first half of the book provided a general overview on conifers, using conifers in your garden, and the story of the conifer collection at the Mauergarten garden in Germany. The last half of the book is a directory that the author labelled as some of the best conifers for gardening. Each entry has the zone for cold and heat tolerance, growth rates, and size categories (miniature, dwarf, intermediate or slow growing and large). A list of garden and specialist supplies, bibliography, and further readings along with an index end the book. Readers will learn how flowers and cones, foliage, buds and shoots, bark and tree form visually impact the garden. Although the author includes nuggets of practicable advice throughout, the novice gardener may be overwhelm by the complexity of arrangement and lack of information on conifers common in their areas.
I was randomly chosen through a Goodreads Giveaway to receive this book free from the publisher. Although encouraged, I was under no obligation to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. ( )