Planting for Colour (Hillier Gardener's Guide) - Softcover

Chivers, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715320254 ISBN 13: 9780715320259

Publisher: David & Charles, 2005

Synopsis

Planting for Colour is one of the new titles in a series of gardening books from David and Charles working in partnership with Hillier, Britain's most respected plantsmen. Your garden colour scheme will depend on the style of garden you want to create. You may want to plant spontaneously, or you may want to restrict the colours you use. Either way using a colour scheme can change an ordinary garden into a spectacular place instantly. Planting for Colour explores what colour can add to your garden and how to achieve the effect you require. It discusses the multitude of ways to put colour together, demonstrates how colour can change the sense of space, suggest coolness and warmth, and create different moods. It also enables you to assemble the right plants for your chosen scheme, and to carry that scheme throughout the year. Planting for Colour will show you how to make the best use of the 'gardener's palette' in ways that will delight, intrigue, transform and entertain.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Chivers is best known for her articles in The English Garden magazine, which is respected and admired on both sides of the Atlantic. She has also written books, leads gardening holiday groups, and lectures and talks on gardening issues. She takes much of her inspiration from the gardens that she visits, and from her own beautiful garden near Bath. Andrew McIndoe: Deputy Managing Director of Hillier and Director of the Hillier Garden Centres; designer of the Hillier Chelsea Flower Show exhibit for 15 years, with an unbroken record of Gold Medals; author and broadcaster.

Edition details

• Publisher: David & Charles
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715320254
• ISBN 13: 9780715320259
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160