Creative Planting Ideas (Home Library Garden Guides)

Cole's introduces a new series of attractive and useful books for home gardeners. Cole's experienced gardening editors show you how to get the most out of your garden; whether it be apartment-size on a city deck or a suburban acre. Using lavish color; ideas galore; connections with innovative people doing what you would like to your garden. Season to season, Cole will bring you the best lawn and garden titles to fill your gardening library and fit your green-thumb fancy.Have you ever delighted in photographs of beautiful gardens and wondered how you could achieve a similar look? "Creative Planting Ideas" shows you how. Included are formal and informal gardens, suburban gardens, city gardens, even country gardens. All the plants are identified and explained, and substitute plants are given to help you achieve a similar result under different growing conditions. There are special features in color combinations, fast growing plants, long flowering plants, roses, pot plants, tropical plants and scented plants. The helpful introduction explains the differences in soil, and discusses fertilizers, maintenance tasks, planting and propagating. "Creative Planting Ideas" is a delightful book to browse through, with its full-color photographs and garden plans. It is also a great source of inspiration for a whole garden, a corner garden, or a single plant.