This book shows you how to create a garden with glorious colour in every season with 130 photographs. You can enjoy vibrant beds & borders throughout the year with practical advice & ideas for stunning combinations. It features easy-to-follow instructions for seasonal gardening tasks
- from sowing seeds to overwintering flowers
- & details of when plants are at their best. It features planting ideas for low-maintenance seasonal interest using perennials bulbs berries foliage stems evergreen shrubs heathers grasses & conifers. It
Includes:: a simple reference chart giving planting & flowering times for many common garden plants. As the year progresses different types of plant come into their own. Bulbs begin to open in spring hardy perennials make stunning statements in summer foliage turns golden in the fall & shrubs provide interest during the winter months. Discovering which plants are at their best at which times is the secret to ensuring a continuous display & this book is full of expert instructions for providing successional colour all year long. Season by season the book suggests plants for colour as well as listing the main jobs that need to be done in the garden. Illustrated with over 130 beautiful photographs the book guarantees permanent interest throughout the year.