Synopsis
This manual explores the vertical dimension to gardening, and provides practical information for growing climbers and making and decorating supports. There are eight projects for growing climbers, each illustrated with photographs showing support construction and planting techniques. Also featured is a directory of the range of climbing plants available - including annuals, architectural shrubs, and climbing fruits and vegetables - that explains the characteristics of eachm, climbing methods, and the best species for each season.
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Williams, head gardener at Bourton House in Gloucestershire, England, begins his helpful guide to growing climbing plants with a chapter on garden design, stressing the importance of color, shapes, patterns, and scent. He discusses the use of climbing vegetables and fruit, climbers as ground cover, and those grown in pots, greenhouses, and sunrooms. Other chapters deal with growing plants on walls, fences, pergolas, arbors, tunnels, arches, pyramids, and obelisks, as well as on trees, shrubs, and hedges. There are instructions on building a trellis and fans, a balcony partition, a secluded arbor, a scarecrow, and a willow screen. Also included is a comprehensive plant directory and 120 color photographs. George Cohen
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