Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

Garden Plants Valuable to Bees

0-8609-8104-5

International Bee Research Association

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

Gardeners' World Book of Bulbs

0-563-36099-2

Sue Phillips

Bulb photos

Table showing height, when to plant, depth to plant and flowering times. Advice on plant associations with the bulbs

Gardening for Butterflies

0-9512452-1-X

Butterfly Conservation

Butterfly diagrams and garden plans

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

Gardening with Colour

0-7525-2462-3

Lance Hattatt

600 flowers and combinations of colours of plants

Plan colour schemes of plants in garden with colour effects and colour succession

Gardening with Grasses

0-7112-1202-3

Michael King. Piet Oudoff

150 plants and plant combinations

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

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

0-9530013-0-X

Janet Thomson

Rabbit-proof plants list with description. Thin book

Gay Search's Gardening Without a Garden. A creative guide to transforming small spaces with containers

0-7513-0354-2

Gay Search

Planting plans and colour photos

Flower combinations in containers for window-ledges, walls, stairs and entrances. Finding the right plant quick-reference guide is very usefull.

Good Planting

0-7112-0606-6

Rosemary Verey

250 Plant associations

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.

Ground Cover. A thousand beautiful plants for difficult places

1-85626-326-6

John Cushnie

1000 plant descriptions some with photographs. Plant lists for 14 places

Ground Cover. How to use flowering and foliage plants to cover areas of soil

1-901094-41-3

Mineke Kurpershoek

100 ground cover plants

Plant combinations for normal garden soil, sandy soil, clay soil, woodland, heaths, and wet soil, with shrubs for slopes and large beds. A-z descriptions of ground cover plants

Hardy Geraniums for the Garden

0-901687-06-5

The Hardy Plant Society

Descriptions of plant in cultivation. Companion plants for geraniums. Hardy geraniums for foliage effect. Thin book

Hardy Perennials

0-7513-0691-6

Ray Edwards

Planting plans with good descriptions of recommended perennials. Thin book

Heathers

David and Betty Lambie

Heathers and planting plans

A guide to designing a heather garden with good description of cultivars. Thin Book

Heathers, Conifers and the Winter Garden

0-304-32073-0

Frank Knight, John Bond, Lyn Randall, and Robert Pearson

Line drawings and 130 plates

The Heathers, dwarf and slow-growing conifers with the winter garden plants are given good descriptions. Practical essays by RHS staff on which plants to use

Hedges & Screens

0-7063-6756-1

Roger Sweetinburgh

Design, construction, erection/planting of screens, walls, fences, hedges and windbreaks with plant lists

Landscaping Flower Bulbs for Long-Term Planting

International Bloembellen Centrum

Bulbs

Essay of where and what bulbs to plant for long-term effect with list of bulbs for naturalizing. Thin Booklet

Landscaping for Small Spaces Making the most of a limited space

0-376-03706-7

Sunset Magazine

Gardens and plans

80 good descriptions of trees, vines, shrubs, perennials and ground covers suitable for small spaces with minimal litter, well-behaved roots and appropriate growth, some with colour illustrations. Essay on choice of plants with these characteristics - plant form, texture, colour and year-round appeal. Good essay on design

Landscaping with Perennials

0-88192-063-0

Emily Brown

600 Diagrams

Good descriptions of perennials. Comprehensive essays on which perennials to use in which garden site. Planting plans for different locations. Lists for different purposes