Digging Deeper: Understanding How Your Garden Works - Hardcover

Williams, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840912677 ISBN 13: 9781840912678

Publisher: Conran Octopus, 2003

Synopsis

Take the guesswork out of gardening! An expert presents a spectacularly photographed close-up introduction to what's going on under the soil and inside the plants. Here are the answers to such questions as "Why does too much water kill plants?" and "What makes a flower pink instead of blue?" as well as the inside secrets that give professionals their winning edge. Amazing images show the delicate structure of plants, from the moisture-trapping downy hairs on leaves and the intricate tracery of veins to the tangled roots that search deep into the earth. Understand the beautiful mechanics of plant life-how they adapt to inhospitable environments, propagate, and combat disease. Gardeners will draw on this knowledge time and time again.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Williams was trained at Pershore, one of Britain's top gardening colleges and is renowned for his work as Head Gardener at Bourton House in Gloucestershire. He is the author of the successful titles The Garden Colour Book, Creative Containers, and Creative Climbers, also published by Conran Octopus. He now works as a garden designer and consultant.

From Publishers Weekly:

British garden expert Williams believes that a true understanding of what's going on in the garden and within plants themselves can lead to better-and more enjoyable-gardening. In this beautiful book, boasting full-color photos on every page, the author explains why things happen the way they do in flower patches, so the reader will be better equipped to deal with all aspects of cultivating flora. The volume begins with information on plant basics, and goes through everything from how plants reproduce to how to determine what kind of soil you have-because "we are often told that this plant thrives best on a sandy loam or that plant won't tolerate limy clay, but how do you know what soil you have in the garden?" Though this volume is more of a botany class than a practical, plant-specific how-to guide, occasional humor (chapter titles include "Let's Get Physical" and "Floral Sex") saves it from being too textbook-like. For anyone who dreams of cultivating a green thumb, it could be a worthwhile addition to a gardening library.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Conran Octopus
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1840912677
• ISBN 13: 9781840912678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160