Creating Cottage Gardens

Davis, Mary

ISBN 10: 0207177791 / ISBN 13: 9780207177798

Published by Angus & Robertson Pub., 1993

About this Item

Copyright Date: 1993 Sm Quarto, 1993, PP.194, Landscape Design.

Seller Inventory # 10698D26e

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Cottage Gardens
• Publisher: Angus & Robertson Pub.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0207177791
• ISBN 13: 9780207177798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Color Photos
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cottage Gardening
  • Landscape Design

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Synopsis

Sm Quarto, 1993, PP.194, Landscape Design

Reviews

One of the advantages of the English cottage garden is a certain leeway allowed in designing: the gardens can (and maybe should) look not just profuse but robustly shaggy, saturated in themselves, burgeoning and blooming. Davis, a veteran of the cottage genre, here sets out to "explode some myths." "Cottage gardens do not have to be small or lawnless," she declares. But she also stays true to the fragrant, decorative clamber of the genre. Much of the book is devoted to making very specific recommendations: the best gray foliage plants to incorporate in a garden; small bush roses to consider using; which evergreens will be suitable. She also advises on mulching, watering, pruning, spraying; surveys some English, Australian and New Zealandish gardens; and attends to color schemes, as always a focus of concern and discussion. "There is no such thing as the perfectly tidy tree," she cautions. Some photographs expose the shape of various gardens, while others are deluged with foxgloves and other blossoms. Similarly, her book should tame the challenges of gardening without narrowing its possibilities.
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Australian Davis brings a new perspective to this popular garden style with examples mainly from her native country and New Zealand, plus a few from England. The first chapters are devoted to design principles for both new and existing gardens and to various planting schemes. Included are examples that complement modern-style homes as well as thatched cottages. The last two-thirds of the volume provides lists of plants: trees, roses, perennials, groundcovers, annuals, and bulbs. Some, especially the trees and shrubs, will be unfamiliar or unobtainable to American gardeners; the perennials and annuals are better known here, but the bloom times may differ from those listed. Since the climates of the countries featured range from Mediterranean to subtropical, this volume will probably be most useful to gardeners in the Deep South or on the West Coast.
- Molly Newling, Piscataway P.L., N.J.
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