Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

Leaves

0-7153-9312-X

Michael Jefferson-Brown

Plant leaves

Essay of descriptions of plants with good foliage

Let's Go Gardening

0-903001-60-X

HTA

Plants

HTA catalogue with size and flowering period with colour photo of different plant types split into height sections

Making a Small Garden

0-304-32042-0

Geoffrey K. Coombs and Keith Rushforth

35 garden plans and plants

Plans for small gardens, trees for small gardens and shrubs for small gardens. Good descriptions of suitable shrubs and trees. Practical essays by RHS members on design of small gardens with their trees and shrubs

Manual of Old-Fashioned Flowers

0-902280-91-0

Lys de Bray

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.

Manual of Old-Fashioned Shrubs

0-946609-25-X

Lys de Bray

40 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.

More Front Gardens

0-563-37113-7

Gay Search

Gardens and plans

9 front garden makeovers with photos before and after, planting plan, and comprehensive good description of plants used in them

New Hedges for the Countryside

0-85236-242-0

Murray Maclean

Hedges

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

Ornamental Grass Gardening

0-356-17514-6

Reinhardt, Reinhardt and Moskowitz

100 grasses

Good descriptions of grasses, sedges and rushes. Designing with grasses

Ornamental Grasses

0-7470-1219-9

Roger Grounds

20 grasses

Good descriptions of grasses, bamboos, sedges, rushes and cattails. Good essay on garden uses of grasses

Patios, Balconies & Window Boxes

1-85051-146-2

Hazel Evans

Plants

Essay on patios balconies and window boxes with a few plants

Perennials and their Garden Habitats

0-521-35194-4

Richard Hansen Friedrich Stahl

32 perennial plant gardens

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

Place that Plant

0-7525-2430-5

Frances Welland

800 plants

How to place plants, How to design beds with different plant types. Planting a border. Trees, hedges and backgrounds. 1000 good descriptions with colour photos

Planting the Country Way

0-563-36799-7

John Brooks

100 colour

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

Planting Your Garden

0-304-32043-9

Christopher Lloyd, Ursula Buchan, Fay Sharman

170 Plants

The mixed border, plants for shade, foliage plants, and ground cover plants are given good descriptions. Practical essays by RHS staff on which plants to use

Plants for All Seasons

1-84000-051-1

Ursula Buchan

85 plants

Essays on nature in transformation with foliage and texture, flowers to seedheads, bark and stems, and habit. Good description of plants for all seasons

Plants for Shade

0-7513-0693-2

Linden Hawthorne

Planting plans and plants

How to plan flower and foliage combinations to suit shade with plant directory. RHS book. Thin book

Plants for the Dry Garden

1-85793-112-2

Peter Thurman

Plants that tolerate dry conditions

Causes and cures of dry gardens with plant directory and accessible lists of plant by type and location

Plants With Impact

Choosing and using eye-catching plants to create dramatic effects in the garden

0-7153-9986-1

John Kelly

Plants

Gazetteer of good descriptions of dramatic perennials, trees and shrubs, and climbers. Essay on Plants in co-operation principles to create a harmonious garden.

Raised Bed Gardening the Organic Way

0-905343-09-3

Pauline M. Pears

Intensive Raised Bed vegetable gardening. Thin Booklet

Ramblers Scramblers & Twiners

0-7153-0942-0

Michael Jefferson-Brown

250

Detailed practical information in 3 sections. Section 1 on planning and planting. Section 2 on the garden sites. Section 3 on self-clinging climbers, twiners, ramblers and scramblers, wall shrubs, base of wall plants, annuals and tender plants.

Rose Gardens

0-7011-3886-6

Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall

Roses

History of rose gardens. Design of rose gardens with rose selection essay. A selection of good rose descriptions for different colour and heights. Complementary plant lists

Self-Sustaining Garden a Gardener's Guide to Matrix Planting

0-7134-8133-1

Peter Thompson

Plants

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.