The Climbing Plants Specialist: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, Improving and Caring for Climbing Plants and Wall Shrubs (Specialist Series)

Fill your garden with a glorious explosion of color and vitality that draws the eye skyward! The Climbing Plants Specialist guide gives advice on selecting, planting, and caring for climbing plants and wall shrubs. The advice is highlighted by more than 300 color photographs, illustrations, and diagrams. There's a complete A-Z compendium, extensive feeding and pruning directions, and tips for successful "vertical gardening." Just because you have a small space doesn't mean you can't turn it into the outdoor space of your dreams. Author David Acquire gives gardening tips and includes a special section specifically dedicated to climbing and rambling roses, teaching the reader how to keep these favorites vigorous year after year. His advice helps gardeners with choosing the best plants, shrubs, and climbing plants. He teaches them to care for them properly, providing in-depth instruction on how to care for each plant in the book. Along with feeding the plants, you'll receive pruning directions and other tips for caring for your new plants. Vertical gardening doesn't have to be intimating. Using this book as your guide, you'll be able to adequately hang and secure your plants as they rise above you. In addition, you'll receive advice and tips for which supports you should use for which plant as well as how to connect them so they don't come tumbling down. Once you've determined which plants and shrubs are perfect for your new vertical garden and outdoor space, you'll be fully equipped to care for them and keep them vibrant and alive for years to come.