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Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning, 3rd Edition

What, When, Where, and How to Prune for a More Beautiful Garden

by Cass Turnbull ...

The gardening world’s favorite expert on pruning offers a comprehensive guide full of tips and tricks on how to prune your trees, shrubs, and other plants so they grow to be healthy and beautiful.Covering 160 plants with clear instructions and illustrations, Cass Turnbull will show you exactly how to prune any plant in your garden. This third edition of Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning covers more ... Read more

$23.03 CAD

The gardening world’s favorite expert on pruning offers a comprehensive guide full of tips and tricks on how to prune your trees, shrubs, and other plants so they grow to be healthy and beautiful.Covering 160 plants with clear instructions and illustrations, Cass Turnbull will show you exactly how to prune any plant in your garden. This third edition of Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning covers more
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Your Perennial Guidebook

Uniquely Designed Best Ornamental Plant Collection & Details. For Canada, USA (North West, Midwest and Northeast Regions), and Europe.

by Santha Epage ...

When the desire of your heart is to create a beautiful and stunning garden, selecting the best plants is always a challenge. The careful combination of colors, shapes, size, and textures sets an amazing garden apart from on ordinary one. Choosing between the selections and figuring out which will grow in your individual climate can be overwhelming. This handy pictorial and informational book will ... Read more

$3.59 CAD

When the desire of your heart is to create a beautiful and stunning garden, selecting the best plants is always a challenge. The careful combination of colors, shapes, size, and textures sets an amazing garden apart from on ordinary one. Choosing between the selections and figuring out which will grow in your individual climate can be overwhelming. This handy pictorial and informational book will
... Read more
Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants

by Stefan Buczacki, Keith Harris ...

Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists, teachers, students and naturalists, this is a practical guide to dealing with the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.A revision of the highly acclaimed Collins Guide to Pests, Diseases and Disorders first published in 1981, the book now features completely updated text, the addition ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists, teachers, students and naturalists, this is a practical guide to dealing with the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.A revision of the highly acclaimed Collins Guide to Pests, Diseases and Disorders first published in 1981, the book now features completely updated text, the addition
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Plant Solutions

by Nigel Colborn ...

Plant Solutions is a brand new contemporary problem-solving guide to finding the right plant for the right place in your garden. Packed with plant suggestions, cultivation notes and companion ideas, Plant Solutions helps you create a suitable and successful planting scheme by finding plants to suit your garden’s needs.This thorough directory will enable you to look up plants based on your needs, ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

Plant Solutions is a brand new contemporary problem-solving guide to finding the right plant for the right place in your garden. Packed with plant suggestions, cultivation notes and companion ideas, Plant Solutions helps you create a suitable and successful planting scheme by finding plants to suit your garden’s needs.This thorough directory will enable you to look up plants based on your needs,
... Read more
The Garden in the Clouds

From Derelict Smallholding to Mountain Paradise

by Antony Woodward ...

A warm, witty memoir of one man’s escape from the city in an unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book – the ‘Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity’ guide – in just one year.It was a derelict smallholding so high up in the Black Mountains of Wales it was routinely lost in cloud. But to Antony Woodward, Tair ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

A warm, witty memoir of one man’s escape from the city in an unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book – the ‘Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity’ guide – in just one year.It was a derelict smallholding so high up in the Black Mountains of Wales it was routinely lost in cloud. But to Antony Woodward, Tair
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A Thing in Disguise

The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton (Text Only)

by Kate Colquhoun ...

A biography of an unsung Victorian hero, Joseph Paxton was the man behind the garden design at Chatsworth and the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851.The Victorians heralded a new era of creativity, a revolutionary fervour seizing all forms of design. Joseph Paxton was a leading light of this movement. Head Gardener at Chatsworth House by the age of twenty-three, encouraged by the sixth ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

A biography of an unsung Victorian hero, Joseph Paxton was the man behind the garden design at Chatsworth and the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851.The Victorians heralded a new era of creativity, a revolutionary fervour seizing all forms of design. Joseph Paxton was a leading light of this movement. Head Gardener at Chatsworth House by the age of twenty-three, encouraged by the sixth
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Trees

by Alastair Fitter ...

Series series Collins Gem
The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material.This is the perfect pocket guide for nature enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly seen trees, whether they are out on the town or strolling through the countryside.Authoritative text, beautiful photographs and detailed illustrations show not only the overall shape of the ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material.This is the perfect pocket guide for nature enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly seen trees, whether they are out on the town or strolling through the countryside.Authoritative text, beautiful photographs and detailed illustrations show not only the overall shape of the
... Read more
Common Strata Plants

A Guide for West Coast Landscapers

by Vas Sladek ...

Plant identification skills are crucial for success in landscaping. This picture guide introduces new landscapers, summer workers, career changers, strata-title owners and managers to the most common plants on their sites. Since the plants tend to repeat from site to site, quick progress in plant identification is possible. And plant identification skills can lead to pay rises, promotions, ... Read more

$3.51 CAD

Plant identification skills are crucial for success in landscaping. This picture guide introduces new landscapers, summer workers, career changers, strata-title owners and managers to the most common plants on their sites. Since the plants tend to repeat from site to site, quick progress in plant identification is possible. And plant identification skills can lead to pay rises, promotions,
... Read more
How Not To Kill Your Houseplants

A Beginner’s Guide to Plant Parenting

by Trisha Bora ...

Anyone who has bought a houseplant has, at some point, also ended up killing it. As gloomy as the thought may be, the death of a houseplant is a good place to begin, because this is what can help us answer the important question: Why did it die? Equipped with the right knowledge, not only can you make a plant thrive in your house, you can propagate it to share with others too. You only need to ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Anyone who has bought a houseplant has, at some point, also ended up killing it. As gloomy as the thought may be, the death of a houseplant is a good place to begin, because this is what can help us answer the important question: Why did it die? Equipped with the right knowledge, not only can you make a plant thrive in your house, you can propagate it to share with others too. You only need to
... Read more
Traité de la taille des arbres fruitiers

by Julien-Alexandre Hardy ...

Extrait : "1. Un arbre est le produit d'une graine. La graine est la partie du fruit qui renferme les éléments de la reproduction d'un nouveau végétal semblable à celui dont elle provient. Elle est constituée de deux parties : 1° l'amande ; 2° les enveloppes qui la recouvrent."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Extrait : "1. Un arbre est le produit d'une graine. La graine est la partie du fruit qui renferme les éléments de la reproduction d'un nouveau végétal semblable à celui dont elle provient. Elle est constituée de deux parties : 1° l'amande ; 2° les enveloppes qui la recouvrent."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la
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The New Ornamental Garden

by Simon Rickard ...

Series series CSIRO PUBLISHING Gardening Guides
This book takes a fresh look at garden-worthy plants for Australian conditions. It will help gardeners to reappraise their climate, select appropriate plants and modify gardening practices to create beautiful gardens featuring native and exotic plants with proven drought tolerance, reliability and minimal weed potential. The New Ornamental Garden shows how heat, cold, water availability, rainfall ... Read more

$31.40 CAD

This book takes a fresh look at garden-worthy plants for Australian conditions. It will help gardeners to reappraise their climate, select appropriate plants and modify gardening practices to create beautiful gardens featuring native and exotic plants with proven drought tolerance, reliability and minimal weed potential. The New Ornamental Garden shows how heat, cold, water availability, rainfall
... Read more
Ferns for a Cool Temperate Climate

by Martin Rickard ...

Over the last twenty or so years garden ferns have greatly increased in popularity and a gardener's options have never been more exciting, but making the correct choice has perhaps become more difficult. Written for the gardener, enthusiast and horticulturalist, this book will reveal the fabulous range of form offered by ferns; show ways of displaying ferns in the smallest to the largest gardens; ... Read more

$24.47 CAD

Over the last twenty or so years garden ferns have greatly increased in popularity and a gardener's options have never been more exciting, but making the correct choice has perhaps become more difficult. Written for the gardener, enthusiast and horticulturalist, this book will reveal the fabulous range of form offered by ferns; show ways of displaying ferns in the smallest to the largest gardens;
... Read more
Problems in Tree Nutrition

by W. Neilson Jones, M. C. Rayner ...

“Problems in Tree Nutrition” is a vintage treatise primarily dealing with mycorrhizal fungus and soil fertility in relation to forestry. The contents of this volume was first published as a series of papers in 'Forestry', the Journal of the Society of Foresters of Great Britain between 1934 and 1941. “Problems in Tree Nutrition” will appeal to those with an interest in forestry and the in ... Read more

$9.62 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Problems in Tree Nutrition” is a vintage treatise primarily dealing with mycorrhizal fungus and soil fertility in relation to forestry. The contents of this volume was first published as a series of papers in 'Forestry', the Journal of the Society of Foresters of Great Britain between 1934 and 1941. “Problems in Tree Nutrition” will appeal to those with an interest in forestry and the in
... Read more
Easy Growing, the Plant Growers Handbook: Growing Made Simple

by SandSPublishing ...

This 'Easy Growing, the Plant Growers Handbook: Growing Made Simple' takes the mystery out of growing all plants successfully. It will overnight make you an expert on what plants grow best in whatever conditions you might find. It will make your 'easy growing' gardening experience enjoyable and very worthwhile. Take your time and read through it as there is invaluable information in every section ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This 'Easy Growing, the Plant Growers Handbook: Growing Made Simple' takes the mystery out of growing all plants successfully. It will overnight make you an expert on what plants grow best in whatever conditions you might find. It will make your 'easy growing' gardening experience enjoyable and very worthwhile. Take your time and read through it as there is invaluable information in every section
... Read more
Introduction to Evergreen Trees and Shrubs - Growing Evergreen Shrubs and Trees in Your Garden

by Dueep Jyot Singh ...

Table of ContentsIntroduction to Evergreen Trees and ShrubsIntroductionPlanning Your Garden – Evergreens for ScreensEvergreens – Planting TipsRecognizing the "Right" EvergreenWhy Would Not I Choose a ConiferTips for Planting EvergreensChoice of EvergreensArbutus – The Strawberry Tree –Arbutus menziesiiCamelliaHeath Plants – EricaGorse– UlexBottlebrush – CallistemonMagnoliasDaphne – the ... ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Table of ContentsIntroduction to Evergreen Trees and ShrubsIntroductionPlanning Your Garden – Evergreens for ScreensEvergreens – Planting TipsRecognizing the "Right" EvergreenWhy Would Not I Choose a ConiferTips for Planting EvergreensChoice of EvergreensArbutus – The Strawberry Tree –Arbutus menziesiiCamelliaHeath Plants – EricaGorse– UlexBottlebrush – CallistemonMagnoliasDaphne – the ...
... Read more
Plantas tapizantes y coníferas enanas

Guía esencial para escoger, plantar y diseñar con plantas tapizantes y coníferas enanas

by Daniela Beretta ...

Si le gustan las plantas tapizantes y las coníferas enanas, en este libro encontrará las nociones fundamentales para escoger las mejores plantas y utilizarlas en parterres y borduras. Una guía práctica para aplicar los cuidados de cultivo que estas plantas necesitan: la plantación, los riegos, las fertilizaciones, las podas... Una serie de útiles consejos para el diseño y la disposición de las ... Read more

$9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Si le gustan las plantas tapizantes y las coníferas enanas, en este libro encontrará las nociones fundamentales para escoger las mejores plantas y utilizarlas en parterres y borduras. Una guía práctica para aplicar los cuidados de cultivo que estas plantas necesitan: la plantación, los riegos, las fertilizaciones, las podas... Una serie de útiles consejos para el diseño y la disposición de las
... Read more
How to Plant a Shrub

by Lauren Douglas ...

Garden shrubs serve many purposes, both ornamental and practical. Their scented flowers and colorful foliage please the senses, and their berries attract birds. Yet shrubs also play more mundane roles. They can artfully camouflage eyesores like garbage cans, compost piles, and bulky air-conditioners. A row of tall shrubs can give you privacy by hiding your home from neighbors. The method for ... Read more

$7.71 CAD

Garden shrubs serve many purposes, both ornamental and practical. Their scented flowers and colorful foliage please the senses, and their berries attract birds. Yet shrubs also play more mundane roles. They can artfully camouflage eyesores like garbage cans, compost piles, and bulky air-conditioners. A row of tall shrubs can give you privacy by hiding your home from neighbors. The method for
... Read more
Trees of Indiana Field Guide

by Stan Tekiela ...

Series series Tree Identification Guides
Learn to identify Indiana trees with this handy field guide, organized by leaf type and attachment.With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identification simple, informative, and productive. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of trees that don’t grow in Indiana. Learn about 124 species found in the state (every native tree ... Read more

$13.67 CAD

Learn to identify Indiana trees with this handy field guide, organized by leaf type and attachment.With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identification simple, informative, and productive. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of trees that don’t grow in Indiana. Learn about 124 species found in the state (every native tree
... Read more
Bonsai Book for Beginners: Learn How to Plant, Grow, and Care for a Bonsai Tree Step by Step

by Robert Smith ...

Would you like to grow a beautiful bonsai in your house but are unsure of where to start? Or perhaps you are yearning to master this ancient art but feel hesitant about getting started?In that case, get ready to start your bonsai journey!In this basic guide, you are going to get all the pertinent information necessary to help you understand the wonderful world of bonsai.You will:Understand why ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Would you like to grow a beautiful bonsai in your house but are unsure of where to start? Or perhaps you are yearning to master this ancient art but feel hesitant about getting started?In that case, get ready to start your bonsai journey!In this basic guide, you are going to get all the pertinent information necessary to help you understand the wonderful world of bonsai.You will:Understand why
... Read more
Plants with Superpowers

75 Remarkable Plants for your Garden and Home

by David Domoney, C. Hort. FCI Hort. F Wcg. F Cmc. FLS. ...

David Domoney is a familiar face on several of UK TV’s most popular garden and magazine programs. He is a great enthusiast for the positive power of plants and is constantly discovering and seeking out new and amazing facts about nature. He is known for his ability to turn complex scientific topics into fascinating facts that are easy to understand.In David’s new book, he shares with readers an ... Read more

$21.59 CAD

David Domoney is a familiar face on several of UK TV’s most popular garden and magazine programs. He is a great enthusiast for the positive power of plants and is constantly discovering and seeking out new and amazing facts about nature. He is known for his ability to turn complex scientific topics into fascinating facts that are easy to understand.In David’s new book, he shares with readers an
... Read more
Home Gardener's Trees & Shrubs

Selecting, planting, improving and maintaining trees and shrubs in the garden

by David Squire ...

Series series Specialist Guide
Home Gardener's Trees & Shrubs is the essential guide to selecting, planting, improving and maintaining trees and shrubs in the garden. No matter what the type of garden or outdoor space, trees and shrubs are usually featured. This is because they are so versatile. Depending on the species chosen, shrubs and trees can form the background to a garden, be a focal point or add height to an overlooked ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Home Gardener's Trees & Shrubs is the essential guide to selecting, planting, improving and maintaining trees and shrubs in the garden. No matter what the type of garden or outdoor space, trees and shrubs are usually featured. This is because they are so versatile. Depending on the species chosen, shrubs and trees can form the background to a garden, be a focal point or add height to an overlooked
... Read more
The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers

All the know-how you need to plant and tend outdoor areas using eco-friendly methods

by Sean McManus, Allison McManus ...

Series series The First-Time Gardener's Guides
There are no stupid questions here. Everyone has to start somewhere, after all. In The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers, Sean and Allison McManus, the gardening pros behind the popular website and podcast Spoken Garden, answer all of your questions and more.Caring for outdoor plantings can be intimidating, especially if the process is completely new to you. Before running to the ... Read more

$25.91 CAD

There are no stupid questions here. Everyone has to start somewhere, after all. In The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers, Sean and Allison McManus, the gardening pros behind the popular website and podcast Spoken Garden, answer all of your questions and more.Caring for outdoor plantings can be intimidating, especially if the process is completely new to you. Before running to the
... Read more
BOOK 5 OF THE SERIES Seed to Plate Legumes & Alliums

Seed to Plate, #1

by Seed to Plate ...

Series Book 1 - Seed to Plate
This is Book 5 in the Seed to Plate series, and it marks a real shift from the four books before it. Books 1 through 4 worked their way, first the garden foundations, then through a wide range of vegetables — beginner-friendly greens and roots, then came the herbs on book 3 to give some soul to the plates, and the more intermediate brassicas and roots of Book 4, which closed with a genuinely ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is Book 5 in the Seed to Plate series, and it marks a real shift from the four books before it. Books 1 through 4 worked their way, first the garden foundations, then through a wide range of vegetables — beginner-friendly greens and roots, then came the herbs on book 3 to give some soul to the plates, and the more intermediate brassicas and roots of Book 4, which closed with a genuinely
... Read more
Gardeners' World: 101 Plants for Problem Places

Easy-care Ideas for Difficult Sites

by Martyn Cox ...

Anyone can have a beautiful garden regardless of the conditions they have to work with and 101 Plants for Problem Places shows you how. You'll soon find the best plants and shrubs for every corner of your outside space. Including damp shade, dry shade, heavy clay, hot and dry, windy and exposed, and stony and chalky, there are plenty of ideas for all locations. Full of no-nonsense information and ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Anyone can have a beautiful garden regardless of the conditions they have to work with and 101 Plants for Problem Places shows you how. You'll soon find the best plants and shrubs for every corner of your outside space. Including damp shade, dry shade, heavy clay, hot and dry, windy and exposed, and stony and chalky, there are plenty of ideas for all locations. Full of no-nonsense information and
... Read more

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