Create a glorious garden! This essential reference book is packed with ideas, advice, and planting information to guarantee a flourishing, colorful display for any garden. You’ll discover:
-Practical hints and tips on planting beds, borders, and containers
-Fully illustrated projects with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions
-Inspirational ideas for imaginative planting combinations
-Comprehensive plant profiles
-And more!
With a unique mix-and-match page format, this practical garden guide will help you achieve your very own horticultural masterpiece!
The secret behind any successful garden is good planning and preparation, which is why The Mix & Match Color Guide, with it's revolutionary tiered flip card format, is such a valuable addition to every gardener's library. The book offers millions of potential planting combinations of annuals, biennials, and perennials, with attention not only to color but to height, growing conditions, shape, and flowering period as well. Such practical gardening advice, plus information on buying, planting and caring for each plant, ensures that you can devise the perfect display for your container, bed, or border. And 16 inspirational projects will ensure that you can enjoy your garden color from early spring through autumn.
*Unique tiered flip card format provides endless planting possibilities
*16 Fresh and original projects demonstrate how to use some of the latest varieties of plants such as miniature sunflowers, unusual ideas for plantings including a poppy basket, an everlasting border, and petunia pavement
*Written for novice and experienced gardeners alike
*Can be used when choosing and buying plants
*Includes a directory of seed supplies, gardens to visit, and U.S. zonal maps