The Art of Planting [Colour, shape and texture - Bulbs - Herbacsous borders - Mixed borders - Ground cover and low-maintenance plants - Tubs and containers - Index]

1st North American ed ; 1st printing ; 168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm ; ISBN 9780316899765, 0316899763 ; OCLC 22723138 ; LC No SB473 .V47 1990 ; Dewey 716 ; Includes index.; purple cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; "By the author of The American Woman's Garden and The Flower Arranger's Garden, this book takes up the topic of companion planting to achieve effective plant associations and, season by season, discusses plants that work together both chromatically and texturally." - Source: Publisher; Rosemary Verey, OBE, VMH was an English garden designer, lecturer and garden writer who designed the notable garden at Barnsley House, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England. -- Wikipedia; Contents: Colour, shape and texture - Bulbs - Herbacsous borders - Mixed borders - Ground cover and low-maintenance plants - Tubs and containers - Index ; slight crease to tips on bottom corners of a few last pages, spine sunned, else FINE/FINE.