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

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Green Manures for organic soil improvement

Practical guides to growing organically

A green manure is a plant which is grown to benefit the soil. The benefits include major improvements in soil fertility and structure, better drainage and water holding, and weed control. This booklet helps you decide which plants to choose, how, when and where to use them. Thin Booklet

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

Grow your own organic fruit - getting started

Practical guides to growing organically

States what to grow where. HDRA produce a fact sheet GG22 fruit tree and bush suppliers ( or Ken Muir ‚ Grow your Own Fruit sells fruit trees and bushes Tel: 0870 74 79 111) Thin Booklet

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

Growing from seed

Step-by-step guide describing basic details of how seeds grow, then individual methods and varieties and gives tips on how to raise and use some of the more popular flowers and vegetables

0-9512199-0-1

Hemero-callis daylilies

Lists of different types with flower colour details, some with colour photo. Cultivation details. Companion plant good descriptions in lists by colour

0-7134-7065-8

How green is your garden?

A guide to choosing environmentally safe garden products

0-7225-2144-8

How to garden

From design, through construction to maintenance, this superb book provides ideas for style, plants etc and the methods of reducing your work level in a garden to an acceptable level.

1-85626-438-6

How to grow roses

This is one of the Handbooks supplied to new members when they join The Royal National Rose Society. its 58 pages concisely describe the art of growing roses in Britain. There are between 200-300 cases of tetanus each year in Britain. It is sensible to be immune and ones's doctor will see to it.

0-901558-17-6

John Brooke's garden design book

The complete practical guides to planning, styling and planting any garden. Provides good design principles with planting categories of 1) the special, 2) the skeletons, 3) the decoratives, 4) the pretties and 5) infill.

0-86318-638-6

Led by the nose a garden of smells

List 1 is plants and which months they smell in 26 pages. List 2 is months and what you might smell in each. List 3 is plants and what to do when. List 4 is months and what you might be doing in each. List 5 is roses

0-285-63653-7

Making a cottage garden

Essay on cottage gardens. Good description Plant check-list of shrubs, roses, climbing and rambling roses, climbing plants, perennials, bulbs, annuals, biennials and herbs, which are authentic and can be obtained today.

0-7135-2650-5

Making a rose garden

Good rose garden design essay. Garden designs: - cottage, Victorian rose, scented, terrace, garden for all seasons and heritage. 100 old-fashioned rose good descriptions, some with colour photo. Good descriptions of underplanting and companion planting plants

0-297-83117-8

Manual of old-fashioned flowers

Plants used between 1596 and 1914, which are available today. Their good descriptions with requirements, cultivation, uses, and where plants and seeds can be obtained now are in alphabetical order.

0-902280-91-0

Manual of old-fashioned shrubs

Plants used between 1596 and 1914, which are available today. Their good descriptions with requirements, cultivation, uses, and where plants and seeds can be obtained now are in alphabetical order.

0-946609-25-X

Mature tree maintenance

Leaflet No. 8

The figures and text clearly demonstrate how to prune a tree. If a tree has a hole in it, where it is or will rot within the branch or trunk, I recommend filling it with expanding polyurethane foam and then painting that foam with exterior masonry paint to stop further rot Thin Booklet.

Published 1992 by the Arboricultural Association, ampfield house, ampfield, Nr. Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9PA

Mediterra-nean Gardening

How to create a Mediterranean Garden with plant cultivar data. Useful in Southern Britain as climate change is creating the same drought-resistant requirement for plants as in the Mediterranean.

84-273-0749-7

New hedges for the countryside

Tree and shrub species suitable/to be avoided for a hedgerow with good descriptions. Conservation considerations to aid wildlife

0-85236-242-0

Old roses of Special Merit

Highlights some classic roses which make them suitable for todays gardens from Gallica, Damask, Alba, Centifolia, Moss, Speces, China, Portland, Bourbon, Tea, Noisette, Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Musks, Polyantha, Rugosa, with Climbers and Ramblers rose groups with their descriptions. Also has tables showing which of those has decorative hips, attractive foliage, fragrance, suitable for shade and those suitable for small gardens.

The Historic Roses Group. May 1999

Older Climbing Roses

This booklet offers a selection of the best for British Gardens from 1500 different species. The descriptions are sorted into:- Early-Flowering climbers & Ramblers; Pillar; Profusely flowering, small-flowered ramblers; repeat-flowering ramblers; large-flowered ramblers (once-flowering); large-flowered, repeat-flowering climbers; climbing sports; and Species & nearly-wild climbers.

The Historic Roses Group. May 2003

Organic by design - creating an organic garden

Practical guides to growing organically

If you are creating a new organic garden from scratch, or are redesigning an existing one, it pays to think organic from the start. This booklet is designed to help you do just that. Thin Booklet

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

Organic grounds maintenance manual

This aims to encourage the use of organic methods in schools grounds. It is aimed at schools of all types. It has been produced by HDRA as part of a DETR sponsored project - Go organic in school grounds.

0-905343-24-7

Organic Pest & Disease Management

Practical guides to growing organically

Describes cultural methods of control -biological pest control – barriers, traps and deterrents- along with commercial products suitable for organic gardens Thin Booklet

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

Organic, Biodynamic and Conventional Cropping Systems: A long Term Comparison

Investigation into the effect of fertilisation of agricultural annual rotation of summer wheat, clover/grass mix, potatoes and beets over a 20 year period from 1958 on a clay soil in Sweden concluded that organic fertilisation with the addition of biodynamic preparations produced more improvement to the soil and subsoil than inorganic.

0-960-3554-0-5

Perennials and their garden habitats

How to use perennials in parks and gardens on ecological rather than aesthetic grounds leading to low maintenance. Based on parks in Germany

0-521-35194-4

Phosyn Product handbook. Deficiencies and analytical services guide

Phosyn specialise in the formulation and production of micro-nutrients for a wide range of crops from cereals and potatoes to every kind of fruit and for animals at grass.

Phosyn plc, Manor Place, Wellington Road, The Industrial Estate, Pocklington, York. YO42 1DN. Published 1/1/00

picture perfect

mowing techniques for lawns, landscapes and sports

This details how to create patterns of mown grass. A single grass plant has 387 miles of root. Turfgrass sod is a superior form of erosion control, with tests documenting: -

A dense lawn is 6 times more effective than a wheat field and 4 times better than a hayfield at absorbing rainfall.
Sediment losses from sodded areas will be 8 to 15 times less than for tested man-made erosion control materials and 10 times less than for a straw covered area.
Runoff from a sodded area will take 28 to 46 times longer than from 5 popular erosion control materials.
A 50 by 50 foot lawn releases enough oxygen for a family of 4, whilst absorbing carbon dioxide and hydrogen fluoride.

1-57504-151-0

Planting Companions

How to combine plants in the garden

1-900518-23-6

Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls

Provides techniques for constructing green roofs and walls with planting directories for each

0-88192-640-X

Planting the country way

Using native plants and the planting guide lists, then plants can be put in the right place and they will grow naturally with no need for intensive cultivation

0-563-36799-7

Plants for ground-cover

Lists of plants for - requiring lime-free soils, thrive in limy soils, tolerate clay, dry shady places, moist soils, shady positions, hot sunny places on dry soils, maritime districts, which create barriers, for town gardens, covering rose-beds. Good descriptions in alphabetically ordered tables of ground cover shrubs, climbing plants, conifers, herbaceous, grasses and rushes, and ferns. Good essays on how to use these plants in private gardens

0-460-12609-1

Raised bed gardening the organic way

Intensive Raised Bed vegetable gardening. Thin Booklet

0-905343-09-3

Reader's Digest 1001 Hints and Tips for the Garden

An A to Z of gardening hints and tips, a guide to plant disorders, the gardener's year in monthly order and a guide to Gardening Terms

0-276-42231-7

Reader's digest gardener's guide to growing roses

Good descriptions of roses with colour photo split into 19 categories of use

0-276-42245-7

Reader's digest guide to creative gardening

A guide to the best plants and how to use them - annuals and biennials, perennials, bulbs, climbing plants, rock garden plants, roses, shrubs, trees, water garden plants. Index and plant selection chart of all these plants. Plant lists for special purposes. Some plant associations are given in photographic/essay form.

Edited and designed by The Reader's Digest Association Limited, 25 Berkeley Square, London. W1X 6AB. Reprinted with amendments 1986

Self-sustaining garden a gardener's guide to matrix planting

When matched successfully, plants form self-sustaining communities through successive layers of vegetation, based on a matrix of roots, stems and leaves, as the seasons change. All we have to do is provide the correct conditions plants need to recreate these communities. Plant lists with informative comment. Examples of garden design and construction with history, review of garden requirements. Outcome of design/construction, plants used.

0-7134-8133-1

Success with Vegetables for pots

A comprehensive guide to growing vegetables in containers with design ideas for them, herbs and flowers

1-85391-632-3

Take two plants

400 plant pairs with colour photo, each of which is made up of plants that not only enjoy the same conditions but also work together visually to create pleasing associations of colour, texture and plant form

0-7153-0492-5

Taylor's guide to bulbs

466 good descriptions, also name, height, flower length, hardiness, sun/shade, blooming time period data with its colour photo. Flower chart. Garden design with bulb plans, and bulb suggestions for different gardens

0-395-40449-5

The art of planting

150 pages of plant lists for different purposes. Planting design methodology

0-460-04640-3

The beekeeper's garden

Beginner's bee-keeping data, planning a bee garden, good descriptions of bee plants and hedges

0-7136-3023-X

The Companion Garden

Vegetable garden companion planting

1-85626-035-6

The cottage garden

This analyses exactly what makes a cottage garden. All of Cottage garden plants essay. Cottage-garden features. 6 cottage garden plans help design your own garden

0-86318-415-4

The cottage gardener's companion

A seasonal guide to plants & plantings for informal gardens

Cottage garden Plant associations. Essays on spring, summer, autumn and winter plants. Great book for cottage garden plants

0-7153-0020-2

The encyclopedia of planting combinations

Photos and plant details of plant combinations for: Shrubs and Small Trees, Rhododendrons, Climbers, clematis, Roses, Perennials, Bulbs and Annuals, with further plant combination suggestions in the same entry.

1-84000-035-X

The flower colour directory

Instructions on planting for colour. Good descriptions of plants split into 9 colours, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green, white and assorted colours.

0-00-412655-6

The flower garden planner

140 press-out flower illustrations with good descriptions. Open folds of the border page, press out the plants selected and "plant" in 3 rows of border to give colour and shape of proposed garden

0-224-02218-0

The Flowering Year

Monthly planting plans with good description and photograph of each plant in that group

0-7011-3584-0

The garden plant selector
The guide to choosing the right plants for your garden conditions

3000 good descriptions, 1200 with colour photo. Lists of plants for sunny dry conditions, waterside and bog plants, tolerant of dry shade, heavy clay soil, alkaline soils, moist acid conditions and coastal gardens. One essay on plants in the wild and another on plants in the garden show that a successful garden is one made by matching plants to the conditions available.

1-900518-52-X

The garden tree

22 lists of trees for different purposes with alphabetical list of 500 trees accompanied by colour photo, cultivation data, soil requirements, foliage, growth rates and height at 10, 20 years and maturity.

1-84188-07-8

The gardens of gertrude jekyll

Jekyll plants chapter gives the benefit that derives from a disciplined and positive use of a few good plants at a time. Bisgrove has selected the best of jekyll's plans, analyzed and interpreted them to explain jekyll's design ideas and methodology

0-7112-0746-1

The Harmonious Garden

Plant combinations and cultivar data

0-88192-348-6

The HDRA Encyclopedia of organic gardening.

The complete guide to natural & chemical-free gardening.

0-7513-3381-6

The lost science of organic cultivation.
The most sustainable method for the manufacture of humus for the kitchen garden or thousand acre farm.

A single process, which could be worked continuously throughout the year from the vegetable, animal and human wastes and which could be relied upon to yield a supply of humus, uniform in chemical composition and ready for incorporation into the soil. This work was accomplished at the Plant Industry at Indore (India). This Indore process for the manufacture of humus is described in detail in this book.

Originally published in 1931 as The ISHCON book of The Waste Products of Agriculture. Now published by Brahma publications – scientific and available from the Biodynamic Association.

The natural garden book
Gardening in harmony with nature

This promotes Gaian gardening as a replacement for conventional gardening by stressing the need to integrate the various demands of the gardener with the distinctive features of habitat or climate. Extensive plant lists for different gardens and sections of gardens

1-85675-085-X

The new small garden book

A completely fresh approach to transforming any small space outside with small garden design principles explained

0-86318-741-2

The one hour garden

The one hour a week in the summer garden is a carpet of grass given shape and character by hedges and trees. Lists of plants to suit all sizes of garden

1-85079-224-0

The organic lawn
Practical guides to growing organically

Mowing , weed control, pest and diseases control and maintenance of a lawn using organic methods. Thin Booklet.

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

The permaculture garden

How Permanent Agriculture can be applied in the garden to make it more green with good diagrams and plant lists to integrate the garden with the other living organisms

0-7225-2783-7

The plant growth planner

500 good descriptions with habitat, planting, care and maintenance together with illustrated growth chart over several years to give comparisons between slow, medium and fast growers.

0-85533-949-7

The plantfinder's guide to ornamental grasses

Good description of grasses, some with colour photo. Orchestrating the grasses includes combination plants. Complete alphabetical list good description of all ornamental grasses in tabular form. Lists of grasses for special uses

0-7153-0638-3

The planting design handbook
Second edition

A definitive text on landscape architecture courses throughout the world for public, institutional and private landscapes. It describes planting design principles, process and practice. Planting design helps us to make the best use of our environment. It helps us to restore and maintain a sustainable relationship between people and their environment in a context of change as ecology. Thirdly, it offers aesthetic delights as complex and intense as those found in galleries or exhibitions.

0-7546-3035-8

The pruning of trees, shrubs and conifers

The general principles of pruning, with pruning for trees and conifers, shrubs and climbers, special circumstances and specific pruning needs of the genera

0-571-11084-3

The right hedge for you

5 steps to choosing a hedge: 1 why do you want it, 2. how much maintenance work? 3. Consult table for suitable plants. 4. Discuss boundary hedge with your neighbour. 5. Any house deed restriction or local planning conditions affecting your choice of hedge plant, height or allowed to have one in the first place?
Thin Booklet.

Published by DETR June 1999. Product code 99WACDO215B

The ultimate planting guide

Is it a 'backbone plant' used to create the structural framework of the planting, or is it a 'filler' for seasonal impact? Plant lists with essay on combining plants followed by planting plans

0-7063-7370-7

The wild garden

Lists of Good descriptions of plants to attract wildlife with planting plans for different sites

0-7112-0422-5

The wildlife trusts guide to Gardening for Wildlife

There are approximately 15 million private gardens covering one million acres in Britain. Encourage wildlife with its details on a Hedge, a pond, with butterfly gardening and bird boxes/tables. Thin Booklet.

The Wildlife Trusts, the green, witham park, waterside south, Lincoln LN5 7JR

Tree Planting & Aftercare - a practical handbook

This handbook is designed for use by conservation volunteers and others interested in planting trees. This provides practical information for gardeners planting trees or shrubs and looking after them.

0-946752-25-7

Tree roots Leaflet No. 6

Tree roots need to obtain water, nutrients and oxygen from the soil. These are usually most readily available near to the surface, and carbon dioxide produced by the roots disperses more readily there. As a consequence, most roots are normally found in the upper 600mm(2ft) or less ( clay soils in the upper 300mm). The roots of most trees sub-divide rapidly, so that most of the roots are relatively thin except within 2 or 3 metres of the main stem. All roots contribute to the stability of the tree and the root limit is the same as the height of the tree. Ploughing, trenching, raising or lowering the soil level, or digging even the top 200mm (8") of soil may destroy a major proportion of the root system of a tree. Thin Booklet.

Published 1991 by the Arboricultural Association, ampfield house, ampfield, Nr. Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9PA

Trees for small gardens. Leaflet No. 1

This very useful table lists most common trees suitable for a small garden except for conifers. Thin Booklet.

Published 1991 by the Arboricultural Association, ampfield house, ampfield, Nr. Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9PA

Treeshelters

Treeshelters can reduce losses caused by mammal damage and improve the growing environment of the young tree

0-11-710288-1

Veganic gardening the alternative system for healthier crops

An alternative system of horticulture which avoids all chemical or animal fertilizers for vegetables, herbs and fruit with cultivar data. Garden design with plants for each area

0-7225-1208-2

Vegetable varieties for organic growers

Vegetable varieties which growers can use with organic production methods - Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, leek, lettuce, onion and parsnip. Thin Booklet

Published by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, 1989

Water Gardens

Plant cultivar data with lists for water plants and bog plants

0-304-31110.3

Water-saving gardening

Shows how to design a garden to use less water and which plants to use in it. Reasonable descriptions with colour photos in colour plate section of ground covers, trees and shrubs suitable for water-saving gardens

0-395-54422-X

Wild about the garden

How to create a garden which is in tune with its natural wild surroundings - Woodland, meadow, wetland, seashore, hedgerow, and mountain moor and heath. Each has its own essay on plants with good description lists of plants in tables.

07522-2432-8

Wildlife in my garden

Book to read before designing a garden for wildlife

0902-363-72-7

Winter garden glory
How to get the best from your garden from autumn through to spring

Good descriptions of best plants for continuing interest in the garden throughout the year of trees, shrubs, conifers, perennials, ferns, grasses, heaths and heathers, alpines and bulbs. Winter colour garden plans.

0-00-412892-3

Worm composting
Practical guides to growing organically

'Worm Composting' is an organic system which uses worms to create dark, crumbly compost from your kitchen and garden waste. Booklet with complete instructions. Thin Booklet

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