Adrian Bloom's Year-round Garden - Hardcover

Bloom, Adrian

9780881924572: Adrian Bloom's Year-round Garden

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881924571 ISBN 13: 9780881924572

Publisher: Timber Press, 1998

Previously published in two separate volumes (Summer Garden Glory and Winter Garden Glory), this book shows the author's six-acre private garden, Foggy Bottom, throughout the year. It demonstrates the appeal and interest provided by successful plant associations and illustrates many of the varieties developed by the world-famous Blooms of Bressingham nursery that are becoming increasingly available in the U.S.

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Review:

This book is good for both envy and inspiration. The well-written text is accompanied by wonderful photographs. A very attractive, useful guidebook based on Adrian Bloom's . . . private garden Adrian Bloom's "Year-Round Garden" is a beautiful and practical addition to any personal, gardening club, horticultural society or public library collection. "Adrian Bloom's Year Round Garden" is beautifully and thoughtfully written and enhanced with his magnificent photos. -- Marty Figley "Garden Spot" (01/01/1999) Here you will find not only fine descriptions of many perennials, but as importantly, how to use them in your garden. -- John E. Bryan "Gardening Newsletter" (01/01/1999) [A] brilliant volume that shows you how to achieve year-round color in your garden . . . This book belongs in every gardener's library. -- Barbara Blossom Ashmun "Fine Gardening" (09/01/1998) Adrian Bloom has produced an exceptionally beautiful, inspiring, yet practical book on gardening, useful for the beginning to the more advanced gardener. -- Joanne S. Carpender "National Gardener" (03/04/2005) This lavish reference book for gardeners seeking color from January to December also makes an attractive coffee table book. Bloom has packed each page with glossy color photographs -- Don Burns "San Mateo County Times" (11/01/1998) Color photos taken by Bloom beautifully showcase his six-acre garden throughout the year as he discusses the challenges of each season, his favorite plants and plant associations, and how his ideas can be applied to smaller gardens. In addition to being a master gardener, Mr. Bloom does a wonderful job in conveying gardening information in an interesting way ... Timber Press is to be commended for bringing this book to all of us. Zoos and aquariums with limited budgets will derive a lot of benefit from this book. -- Thane Johnson "American Association of Zoos and Aquariums Newsletter" (11/13/2000)

From the Back Cover:

ADRIAN BLOOM SHARES HIS EXTENSIVE PLANT KNOWLEDGE AND GARDENING EXPERTISE TO SHOW HOW TO CREATE A GARDEN FULL OF COLOUR AND INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Contents include:
� The changing role of plants throughout the seasons, from trees, shrubs and perennials to grasses, heathers, alpines and bulbs
� The best planting ideas and effective plant associations for year-round colour and interest.
� Over 400 full-colour photographs by the author, as well as detailed planting plans suitable for use in any size garden
� Examples of seasonal displays for containers and mixed beds for all situations
� Invaluable plant directories to help you select the best species for maximum effect
� Essential information on hardiness and cultivation, plus helpful hints and tips

While summer is generally acknowledged to be the season of maximum colour and interest in the garden, the winter months also offer many opportunities for imaginative planting that will provide both colour and variety. The heart of Adrian Bloom's philosophy lives in planning and planting for continual change in the garden to ensure interest throughout the year, in whatever size of garden, and in ' Adrian Bloom's Year-Round Garden ' he shows how this can be achieved.

In this superbly illustrated book Adrian Bloom looks at the changing role of plants through the seasons and reveals how careful planting can create a wonderful garden not only in the busy spring and summer months but also during the quieter days of autumn and winter. He discusses the particular challenges of each season – such as the need for shade and moisture in the summer, and the importance of variety and hardiness in the winter – and throughout the book he describes his favourite plants and plant associations. He also explains how his principles and planting ideas can be applied to smaller gardens to provide seasonal colour and interest, and includes advice on planting patio containers, as well as suggestions for low-maintenance and drought-resistance gardens.

The detailed plant directories contain Adrian Bloom's personal selection for the best plants for continuing interest in the garden throughout the year. He selects his favourite trees, shrubs, conifers, perennials, ferns, grasses, heaths, heathers, alpines and bulbs, describing each plant's merits and giving essential information on their hardiness and cultivation requirements.

' Adrian Bloom's Year Round Garden' contains over 400 full-colour photographs, all taken by the author, together with specially commissioned planting plans and colour illustrations. These combine with practical text and helpful hints and tips to make the most of their garden all the year round.

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