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This visionary planting guide features an A-Z of more than 1,000 great garden plants. Each plant is photographed in glorious partnership with one, two or three ideal companions, creating more than 4,000 of the most imaginative and visually effective combinations possible. With a practical introduction, analyses of what makes a successful combination, the author goes on to show how to recreate combinations shown and invent new combinations. With chapters on bulbs, climbers, perennials, shrubs, trees, roses, and annuals, this book has become the essential reference book for all those who wish to combine plants according to colour, shape, texture, and form in every corner of their gardens.

A stylish sourcebook of 100 modern and contemporary gardens of all styles from around the world. Dream Gardens features the work of such renowned designers as Terence Conran, Penelope Hobhouse, Piet Oudolf and Dan Pearson and is profusely illustrated, and written in a lively and informative style.

An intricate mix of beauty, utility, wildness, and domestication: that's the quintessential British garden. From its medieval beginnings as a yard for livestock and vegetables, the cottage garden became a retreat for the gentry of the 17th century, and then took on a new dimension of sophistication--though it never relinquished its original functional roots. Take a tour through rows of medicinal herbs, topiary, woodland, meadow flowers, and even exotic species. A lovely and inspiring tribute to a classic form of planting.

Gardening writer Ursula Buchan has combined forces with garden photographer Andrew Lawson to explore the English garden and capture its richness and diversity. Focusing on gardens that are open to visitors, she explains the historical trends and the work of garden makers of the past that have shaped the English gardens we see today. With a wealth of outstanding examples, illustrated with 350 photographs, she describes many garden styles – formality, the landscape tradition, the Arts and Crafts style, the cottage garden and recent phenomena such as New Naturalism. Color, water, ornament and foreign influences are among the themes she considers, as well as such defining characteristics as the very English urge to grow flowers and the nation's love of roses.

In seinem unerreichten Standardwerk für Gartenfreunde schildert Andrew Lawson, welche außerordentlichen Effekte mit Farbgestaltung im Garten erzielt werden können. Er erklärt die Grundlagen von Harmonie und Kontrast und liefert Ratschläge für atemberaubende Farbkombinationen, die einen Garten größer oder kleiner wirken lassen können. Alle wichtigen Kombinationen werden anhand detaillierter Pflanzpläne erläutert, dazu gehören auch wichtige Hinweise für die Neuanlage von Gärten. Das Buch enthält illustrierte Pflanzlisten mit über 850 Pflanzen, die nach Farbe und Jahreszeiten geordnet sind, und regt zu kreativem Einsatz von Farbkombinationen im Garten, in Beeten und Pflanzkübeln an.

Nach Farben und Farbkombinationen geordnetes Pflanzenverzeichnis mit Informationen zu Standort und Grösse sowie Gestaltungsbeispielen.