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

Bloom, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 088192931X ISBN 13: 9780881929317

Publisher: Timber Press, 2010

Synopsis

There are hundreds of perennials and grasses available to gardeners - how can they know whether or not they re making the right choice? In Bloom s Best Perennials and Grasses, Adrian Bloom distills his years of experience as a nurseryman and gardener into 250 reliable choices that are beautiful, easy to maintain, and provide year-round interest. Detailed descriptions feature information on growth, care, and design tips for use in gardens of all sizes. Bloom shows the reader how to design and plant well structured borders that feature perennials and grasses with a mix of other plants playing supporting roles. He also shares his trademark river of plants design style that dramatically features the beauty of a plant throughout its life.

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From the Back Cover

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.

About the Author

Adrian Bloom is a nurseryman, gardener and writer, and president of the famous Blooms of Bressingham nursery in Norfolk, England. In addition to being a knowledgeable nurseryman, Bloom also writes, photographs, and lectures about perennials, grasses, shrubs, and conifers. He has presented TV shows including Gardeners' World and The Victory Garden. In 1995 he was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society, and in 2002 he received the George Robert White Medal of Honor from the Massachussetts Horticulture Society. Bloom travels and lectures widely in the US and Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 088192931X
• ISBN 13: 9780881929317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208