Herbaceous Borders - Part Two
Herbaceous borders were very fashionable during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Back in April , I published an article entitled Herbaceous Borders - Part One. I was going to publish part two in May, but I got sidetracked ... [... more]
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Hardy Gingers: Including Hedychium, Roscoea, and ...
 Book Description: Flamboyant members of the family Zingiberaceae---including Hedychium, Curcuma, Roscoea, and Zingiber---are once again on the wanted list as people discover their intricately constructed flowers, beautiful perfumes, and lush foliage. [... more]
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Gardens Private & Personal: A Garden Club of America Book
DIVMore than 90 exquisite gardens were photographed all around the United States especially for this book by Mick Hales, one of the world's leading garden photographers. Organized according to parts of the garden-entryways, herbaceous borders, water [... more]
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The Oxford Companion to Gardens
This unique volume covers the history and design of gardens across the globe--from the earliest known examples to the present day. The first comprehensive work on the history and design of gardens available, the Companion was written by a team of 170 [... more]
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Levens Hall Topiary - English Garden
The garden was started in 1694 and beside the fanastic topiary there is also a rose garden, some lovely herbaceous borders, and a fountain garden with some pleached limes. The topiary is mainly yew or box and it has been clipped into some ... [... more]
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English Garden Delphiniums - English Garden
Delphinium blooms are one of the best loved traditional flowers in the early summer English Garden, and can be a dramatic feature in your herbaceous borders. Delphiniums come in a lovely range of colours from blues and purples through pinks to ... [... more]
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The Romantic Herb Garden
The must-have ingredient of any garden, herbs have long been the stalwarts of the cottage garden, imparting fragrance and health as well as flavor to beds and borders. However, today's garden designers have realized that herbs can also help to shape or [... more]
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English Gardens of the Twentieth Century: From the ...
For over a century, Country Life magazine has been influential in the world of garden design. Since 1897, its superbly illustrated essays on houses and gardens sought to inform and educate taste. Drawing from the unrivaled photographic archives of [... more]
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Gardens Past and Present
Originally published in the early 1900s, this book gives information on the origin of the garden as we know it today, its beginnings being linked to the Roman occupation of Britain and one Julius Agricola. The cultivation of land prospered as the Romans [... more]
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Thoughts on Garden Design: Inspiration, Style, ...
Throughout her gardening life, Marylyn Abbott has created, designed, and re-designed. With a painterly eye, she has re-imagined everything from herbaceous borders to classic potagers, filling beds with a single rich jewel-like color or sprinkling a [... more]
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Herbaceous Borders - Part One
When nineteenth century gardeners began to create herbaceous borders, they thought that they were reviving seventeenth century gardening practices. In a previous two part article entitled "a Passion For Bedding Plants" - parts One and Two, I ... [... more]
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Southernwood (Artemesia abrotanum)
Southernwood is a bushy shrub that is grown in many cottage gardens and herbaceous borders as a decorative plant. It is strongly aromatic and said to repel bees. The French call it The plant can grow to a height of three feet with a spread of two ... [... more]
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