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  • Published: 15 April 2010
  • ISBN: 9781846079115
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $29.99
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Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Perennial Garden Plants




Expert advice on the flowers that provide the basis for your flower border

Herbaceous perennials flower each year, dying down in the winter and springing back to life the following spring. They are central features in the landscape of a garden as they appear year-after-year and must be regarded as constant features. This book gives the expert view on the vast array of flowers available.

Includes:
* creative garden ideas and border planting plans
* practical advice on care, maintenance and propagation
* illustrated A-Z profiles of recommended plants
* recommended plants for specific purposes, conditions and effects
* step-by-step illustrations showing essential techniques

Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. Step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions guide you through the basic gardening skills and on to the advanced techniques, providing everything you need to create beautiful flower borders in your garden.

  • Published: 15 April 2010
  • ISBN: 9781846079115
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Alan Titchmarsh

Originally trained at Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Alan Titchmarsh is the author of over 40 books about gardening, including How to be a Gardener Book 1: Back to Basics, the fastest-selling of all time in the genre, and the bestselling The Kitchen Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg. He writes for BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, and is gardening correspondent for the Daily Express and Sunday Express. He has presented Gardeners' World, the annual coverage of The Chelsea Flower Show and Nature of Britain, and has his own daily chatshow.

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Full of interesting titbits and insights

Irish Times

A deeply satisfying experience.full of the kind of detailed ticktock that makes business seem brutally exciting

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Gripping.fascinating

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