Nigel Colborn Książki

Timeless techniques for the ecological gardener with more than 280 inspirational photographs and illustrations.

If you're looking for the right plant for a particular place or purpose, Plant Solutions is an invaluable resource. Whether you have a shady spot, alkaline soil, or a boggy area; you're looking for fall color, cut flowers, or ground cover; or need to consider pollution tolerance or allergies, the extensive plant suggestions in this thorough directory will help you make the right choices.Each entry has a photograph, a clear description including desirable varieties, a summary of cultivation requirements, planting ideas, and suggestions for companion plants. Cross references to other plants in the book enable gardeners to build up a palette of plants to suit their needs. Fully annotated illustrations of planting schemes and color-coded tabs for quick reference make for an inspirational and practical companion for gardeners and designers.

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, whether you have a shady spot, lime soil or an urban garden, or need to consider issues such as autumn colour, pollution-tolerant or low-allergen plants. Every entry has a picture, comprehensive cultivation notes and an extensive list of companion plants that will look good at the same time of year. All these cross-refer to other plants in the book to enable gardeners to build up a ‘palette’ of plants that suit their needs. Big, beautiful, fully-annotated plant scheme pictures show how suggested plants work together and a section at the front of the book gives practical guidance on key issues such as soil preparation and pruning. Plant Solutions is easily navigable with colour-coded tabs for quick reference to sections firstly on types of plant and then on a particular feature/purpose, for example, trees for autumn colour, annuals to attract wildlife or perennials for shade. If you are a gardener with some experience and you are looking for particular solutions for your garden then Plant Solutions has the answers!

For those who feared that creating a new garden meant long months with bare soil and twig-like young plants, for those who only plan a short stay in a new home and for those leading busy lives with little time for garden maintenance, Nigel Colborn has an array of simple, innovative schemes and solutions to achieve an integrated, well-established look almost instantly - and with a minimum of initial effort and maintenance. The author sets out designs, presents short-cut strategies, and grades materials and plants according to the time you might have available.

Grundreglen der Topfgartenkultur: Planung, Standorte, Arrangements und Farbkombinationen

Qui n'a jamais rêvé d'avoir dans son jardin une fleur fraîchement éclose chaque jour de l'année ? Texture veloutée des roses épanouies, raffinement de l'orchidée aux pétales cireux, beauté toute simple du myosotis, longues grappes parfumées des glycines ou guirlandes de clématites aux corolles satinées : les fleurs offrent une telle diversité de couleurs, de formes et de senteurs que chaque saison prodigue des plaisirs sans cesse renouvelés. Dans cet ouvrage richement illustré fourmillant d'idées et de conseils pratiques, Nigel Colborn a sélectionné plus de cinq cents végétaux à floraison remarquable, afin de vous aider à choisir les variétés les plus belles et les mieux adaptées à votre jardin. De quoi enchanter tous les amoureux de fleurs, et sans doute aussi leurs jardins.