Bulbs In Containers - Hardcover

Rod Leeds

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 088192735X ISBN 13: 9780881927351

Publisher: Timber Pr, 2005

Synopsis

Fantastic color photographs and excellent writing make this an inspirational and accessible guide for specialty plant collectors, alpine and rock gardeners, and city gardeners, as well as anyone gardening in small spaces. Readers will learn about the ease and practicality of growing bulbs in containers — bringing year-round color and interest to one's home. Popular classic bulbs are included, as well as a range of more unusual varieties such as the delicate-looking but surprisingly unfussy corydalis, and graceful, late-spring-flowering scillas. The book details how to plan and prepare for a year of flowering bulbs — how to store bulbs during the dormant period and get them ready for planting, how to make homemade shelters to protect plants during the growing season before they begin to flower, and how to create simple accessories that show off the final display. Detailed advice on seed propagation provides gardeners an inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and satisfying method of increasing their range of species bulbs.

About this title

About the Author

Rod Leeds began his career in education and worked as a primary school head teacher for 23 years before taking early retirement. He now lives in Suffolk, England, where his half-acre plantsman's garden provides ample opportunity to showcase his unique collection of bulbs. He is the chairman of the RHS Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee and is actively involved with the Alpine Garden Society, where he is Publications Officer. Rod Leeds lectures and writes widely on gardening topics, calling on his practical experiences. He is a regular contributor to The Plantsman and other specialist plant journals and is author of The Plant Finder's Guide to Early Bulbs.

Reviews

Set apart by its wide-ranging approach, Leeds' guide offers irresistible ideas for enhancing the beauty of bulbs in container plantings. Highlighting how to grow and enjoy single specimens, Leeds provides additional examples of complementary effects achieved by combining, for instance, fragrant narcissus and grape hyacinths with the textural leaves of a low-growing cotoneaster. Gardeners are presented with an abundance of choice flowering species to consider as Leeds gives detailed descriptions together with practical advice on growing conditions, tips on soil mixes, and light and temperature requirements. Guidance includes instruction on propagation techniques such as growing bulbs from seed, separating tiny offsets, and the scaling method. Emphasizing year-round displays appropriate for gardens, greenhouses, and the home, Leeds points the way to designing sequential exhibitions in a guide that enlarges upon what is found in basic gardening or design manuals, and that is enhanced greatly by the photographs of Marie O'Hara. Alice Joyce
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Edition details

• Publisher: Timber Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088192735X
• ISBN 13: 9780881927351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224