Ivydene Gardens Companion Planting:
Companion Planting Library: A-G

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Flora the gardener's bible / tony lord

12000 plant photos

20,000 good descriptions of garden plants, some 12,000 with colour photographs. There is also an interactive CD with it which has all 20,000 plants on it. The plant chooser part of the CD can break up the list into plant groups, uses, hardiness zones, height, position (sun, half-sun, shade), flower colour and flowering season (spring, summer, autumn or winter). Extremely useful for getting plant lists with plant pictures.

0-304 36435-5

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21st century Organic Gardening

Practical guides to growing organically

This booklet introduces you to the principles and practices of organic gardening:- looking after the soil - recycling and reusing 'waste' materials - encouraging and protecting wildlife - creating and maintaining diversity - avoiding the use of pesticides and herbicides - avoiding the waste of natural resources. Thin Booklet

HDRA Publishing, Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry. CV8 3LG

Adas Colour Atlas of Weed Seedlings

How to Identify Weed Seedlings

0-7234-0929-3

a-z of companion planting

Essays on companions of each plant described with scientific findings, folklore, herbal remedies and recipes; plants in alphabetical order

0-304-34324-2

bob flowerdew the no-work garden

getting the most out of your garden for the least amount of work

Bob flowerdew has designed and maintained dozens of gardens and he reckons its easy to cut back the labour required with some jobs if you do other jobs better. For example, a good mulch properly applied reduces weeding and watering requirements significantly; prompt pruning in summer and winter prevents the spread and build up of pests and diseases, saving much effort later.’ Having designed, constructed and maintained private gardens for 14 years, I totally agree with that. This book contains very useful labour saving ideas.

1-85626-451-3

Brogdale plant portfolio

Brogdale now has 2300 varieties of apple, 550 pear, 350 plums, 220 cherry, 320 varieties of bush fruits, and nuts and vines. Gives list of fruit with good flavour, details of soil analysis service, fruit variety source and description, with fruit tree order form. Thin Booklet

Catalogue produced by Brogdale Horticultural Trust, Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent. ME13 8XZ

Bugs, slugs & other thugs

Controlling garden pests organically

Very useful essay on organic pest control of bad birds, rodent warriors, big game, friends and neighbours, lowlifes, what bugs you, and acquiring and managing beneficials

0-88266-664-9

Building green

A guide to using plants on roofs, walls and pavements

Guide for architects, landscape designers and developers wishing to take a more ecological approach to urban design. Includes sections on courtyards, balcony gardens, green walls, building for birds and bats, green roofs. Lists of trees for urban situations, plants for containers on balcony or terrace, walls, and extensive green roofs

1-871045-18-5

Classic plant combinations

Photos of classic plant combinations for 1) climbers and wall plants, 2) woodland and water, 3) kitchen gardens, 4) wildflower meadows, 5) cottage borders, and 6) plantsmen's borders

1-85029-994-3

Companion gardening

Using plant companions in the ornamental and productive gardens

1-85626-054-2

Companion planting

how to choose and use plants that thrive together

Plant list deters pests, plant list is host to insects, and plant list controls pests, tables of vegetables/herbs/fruit with good companions and poor companions. List of red/orange/yellow flower plants.

0-7472-0207-9

Companion plants and how to use them

Bio-Dynamic method of farming and gardening is based on the mutual influences of living organisms. Contains the companionate alphabet showing what can help plants.

The Devon Adair Company, Old Greenwich, Conn. (USA) 1991

Composting for all

Informs you on everything you need to know for successful home composting or get recycled organic garden compost from Eco-organics site, Cleanaway Ltd, Rainham, Essex on 01708 632 204

1-903998-23-9

Creating a low-allergen garden

Describes allergic reactions to plants. How to design and plant a low-allergen garden with plant lists and good descriptions with colour photo

1-85732-454-4

Creating small habitats for wildlife in your garden

Since intensive farming began in the 1940s, Britain has lost: 95% of its wildflower meadows, 72% of its lowland heaths, 50% of its remaining woodland, 50% of its lowland marshes, tens of 1000s of miles of hedgerows and most country ponds. Creation of woodland, wetland, grassland, rockland and container habitats for wildlife are explained and detailed.

1-86108-188-X

Creating your own back garden nature reserve

Wildlife requires four things from your garden - food, water, shelter and places to breed. The aim of this book is to suggest a few methods, offer a few tips and ignite your enthusiasm and ingenuity for the wildlife you could attract.

1-85605-846-8

Creative gardening for busy people

The educating gardeners section is very important in making sure that you have a thoroughly prepared plan, that the construction is strong enough for the purpose, that the resulting garden will decrease the amount of time required to maintain it rather than increase it. There is a plant directory of the top 100 perennials, 100 shrubs, 12 bulbs, 20 trees, 20 conifers and 50 climbers and wall shrubs. A well thought out book to reduce work load and give you a good garden.

0-233-99452-1

Creative sustainable gardening

Offers advice on techniques for chemical-free gardening from soil conditioning to composting, mulching and creating a home worm farm. Has companion planting charts for vegetables and herbs and quick reference guides to easycare plants for every situation.

1-89804-923-8

Design and plant a mixed border

How to design a mixed border using shape, texture, colour and the seasons with plant lists

0-7063-7367-7

English plants for your garden

Profiles of 200 native plants in herbaceous and trees, shrubs and climber sections. Directory of all English native plants with their Latin names with common names

0-7112-1435-2

Feeding plants the organic way

A very practical book for the gardener with an average garden, detailing exactly how to make the compost on 10% of your growing area. Then you use it as a mulch. Comfrey, green manures, worm compost, animal manures and straw, shredders, organic fertilizers and soil conditioners with home-made foliar feeds are also explained. A very good practical book for any organic gardener.

0-7063-7029-5

Feeding the Soil

Organic gardeners feed their soil, to feed the microscopic bacteria and fungi that have recycled minerals and organic matter into the natural diet of plants ever since life on earth began. Explains use of natural minerals, organic manures, green manures, leafmould and peat, organic fertilisers, foliar feeding and making garden compost. Thin Booklet.

0-905343-10-7

Flower bulbs among the green

Combinations for borders of other perennials with bulbs. Perennial bulb genus data of habitat, soil requirements, moist, application, spreading, flowering months, and planting density table. Thin Booklet

International Flower Bulb Centre (I.F.C.), Parklaan 5, P.O.Box 172, 2180 AD Hillegom, Holland.

Flower of the Moment

Each chapter presents 6-15 plants as the best flowering plants for that month, because of their beauty, hardiness and ease of care as chosen by the Gardener's World production team. In addition there is a monthly calendar of 1000 flowering plants arranged in flower colour order. Very useful in putting together colour combinations in planting design!

1-55366-266-0

Garden Basics Companion Planting

This book is about how plants relate to plants. Contains companion plant tables, companion planting as a cottage garden tradition, crop rotation, green manures, successional planting to achieve a maximum of colour and interest in the garden for as much of the year as possible. A useful "green gardening" book.

1-86160-802-0

Garden for Birds

Plants and garden plans suitable for garden birds with feeding and nest boxes

1-85116-805-2

Garden plants valuable to bees

Good descriptions in tables for - herbaceous, rock garden, herbs, bulbs, annual and biennial, wild garden, climbers, trees and shrubs. Good lists for hayfever sufferers. Thin Booklet

0-8609-8104-5

Gardening for butterflies

Lists of plants suitable for butterflies with plant plans for the garden. Thin Booklet

0-9512452-1-X

Gardening for fragrance

Essay on fragrant plant associations. Plant description tables - trees with fragrant flowers, trees with aromatic bark, wood or leaves, shrubs with fragrant flowers, shrubs with aromatic foliage, climbers with fragrant flowers, herbaceous plants with fragrant flowers, herbaceous plants with aromatic foliage, annuals and biennials with fragrant flowers, bulbs with fragrant flowers.

0-7063-6744-8

Gardening in shade

Good essay on rhododendron woodland with companion plants as well as all the other shade areas

0-460-86020-8

Gardening with dwarf trees and shrubs

Dwarf rhododendrons with their companion plants. Encyclopedias of good descriptions of dwarf deciduous trees and shrubs and another for conifers. This discusses how these dwarf plants can be optimally incorporated into small gardens

0-917304-93-4

Gardening with grasses

Essay on use of grasses in garden. Companion plants for grass borders with lists. Good descriptions of grasses and bamboos with lists

0-7112-1202-3

Gardening with old roses

Companion plants for old roses essay. How to use roses in different situations as essay

0-304-34354-4

Gardening with the Enemy. A guide to Rabbit-proof Gardening

Rabbit-proof plants list with description. Thin book

0-9530013 0 X

Go organic

Successful organic gardening in 5 steps: improve your soil, make your own compost, avoid chemicals, choose the right plants and fifthly encourage wildlife. Short concise and very informative

0-600-60566-3

Good planting

Explains the principles of harmonious association of colour shape and texture, discusses the plants that make good neighbours and shows how to put good companions together to create satisfying all-year-round plant pictures.

0-7112-0606-6