Authors:Ray Rogers, Richard W. Hartlage,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: planting, design, expert, garden, pots
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2007-02-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0881928348
ISBN-13: 9780881928341

No longer a technique just for apartment dwellers or novice gardeners, the use of ornamental containers on decks, patios, terraces, and in the garden itself can save time, space, and money, while offering experienced home gardeners unique creative challenges, site flexibility, and experimental fun. Author and award-winning horticulturist Ray Rogers takes you on an engaging exploration into basic design principles as well as how to create focal points, use water, exploit the potential of empty containers, and more. Stunning photographs by Richard Hartlage provide guidance and inspiration, as we

Authors:Greg Speichert, Sue Speichert,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: plants, garden, water, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0881926256
ISBN-13: 9780881926255

Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants is the definitive photographic reference to the full range of plants available to the water gardener. More than seven years in the making by the founding members of the American Water Gardening Society, this book promises to be the bible for the selection and cultivation of every water garden plant. This volume includes hundreds of water garden plants often overlooked in other books, such as marginal plants, floating plants, bog plants, and submerged plants. Of course, waterlilies and loutses are described in detail as well. The encyclopedia is unique in

Author: Sue Olse
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: ferns, garden, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2007-03-01
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0881928194
ISBN-13: 9780881928198

Gardeners who seek an up-to-date, authoritative guide to the wealth of garden-worthy ferns available today will find none better than Sue Olsen. Drawing from four decades of experience as a fern specialist, Olsen leads the reader through every genus with horticultural merit, focusing primarily on the temperate species but also including tropical ones. The remarkably comprehensive plant directory presents succinct descriptions for nearly 1000 ferns from Acrostichum to Woodwardia, with habitat information, cultural recommendations, and help on plant identification. Chapters on the history, culti

Authors:Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewi,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: food, web, soil, guide, microbes, gardener, teaming
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2006-07-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0881927775
ISBN-13: 9780881927771

Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life - not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants, and thus become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of artificial substances, many of them toxic to humans as well as other forms of life. But there is an alternative to this vicious circle: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web - the complex world of soil-d

Author: Rick Darke
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: landscapes, livable, grasses, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 484
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0881928178
ISBN-13: 9780881928174

In this new book noted grass expert and advocate Rick Darke addresses both the aesthetic qualities of grasses in private gardens and the opportunities and challenges of using them in wild and constructed public landscapes. All the true grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, and cattails that possess ornamental merit or that can contribute to ecological plantings are described, and practical matters of propagation, growth, and maintenance are also covered. More than 1000 stunning photographs show details of individual plants and hundreds of gardens and landscapes in which grasses play a prominent pa

Author: Alec Pridgeo
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: orchids, encyclopedia, illustrated
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-04-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0881928011
ISBN-13: 9780881928013

Our best single book on orchids is a perennial bestseller and an outstanding value at the price. Edited by an eminent orchidist, it is aimed at a broad audience, from the flower lover with a casual interest in orchids to the committed enthusiast and professional. It fully describes and beautifully illustrates more than 1100 species and hybrids commonly in cultivation.Book DescriptionThis handsome reference, now available in paperback, is sure to delight gardeners with a casual interest in orchids as well as the committed enthusiast and professional. Encompassing a wide spectrum of orchid gener

Author: Edward F. Anderso
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: family, cactus
Number of Pages: 776
Published: 2001-03-16
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0881924989
ISBN-13: 9780881924985

Cacti have a very special fascination all their own. Like the brilliantly colored hummingbirds, the Cactaceae are creatures of the New World. Miniature spiny dwarf cacti less than an inch in diameter are hidden in the arid regions of North and South America; the majestic columns of the giant saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea, dominate the deserts of Arizona. Yet all these cacti, given time, offer the surprising paradox of brilliant flowers, their delicacy a striking contrast to the strong spines that keep the viewer at a respectful distance. More than likely, cacti were among the gifts that Christop