How to Grow Practically Everything
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Inspiring and practical, this book gives complete beginners the confidence to grow almost anything, from planting herbs in pots to creating a vegetable plot to feed the family. Each project is presented with clear instructions and photography, showing when to do it and when you will see results, equipment required, and the time needed. Employing a user-friendly "recipe" formula, and free from intimidating jargon, the book shows you the best method for each project. Whether you want to grow a lemon from a pip, care for a houseplant, or plant up a rose arch, this book shows you how. Covering different areas and types of garden, from patios and terraces to beds and borders, it is easy to find inspiration for every area of your plot. In addition to the simple projects, all the gardening basics, from identifying your soil, planting tips and pruning, are covered in a concise introduction and aftercare chapter. Proposed Content: Basic equipment • tools • glasshouses • potting sheds • coldframes Planting beds and borders: Easy to achieve step-by step projects for every type of bed or border •Make a border •Plant a shady border •Plant a sunny border •Plant a hot dry gravel garden •Make a simple topiary garden •Plant an understorey for trees •Create a low-maintenance shrub border or bed •Make a wildflower meadow •Prune a cornus for colorful winter stems •Make a shady rock garden •Make a late spring border •Plant a bed for winter scent •Create a Mediterranean gravel garden •Make a fernery •Plant a modern rose garden •Prune and mulch roses •Make a leafy perennial border •Create decorative border edging with plants •Make a sunflower patch for kids •Make a decorative grass border •Create an Oriental corner with large bamboos •Make a bamboo root runner barrier •Plant a border of cutting flowers •Sow large annuals to fill awkward spaces •Make a sensory garden •Create a contemporary display for an urban garden •Create a tropical retreat •Frost protection for bananas •Plant a cottage-style border •Make a self-seeding gravel garden (or border) •Plant a bed filled with giant-leaved shrubs •Planting a dry area in front of a wall or hedge •Thread a summer-flowering clematis through a border •Make a quick-fix border of annuals and bedding •Create an easy-care ivy group for shade under a tree •Plant dahlias for late summer color •Create a group of colorful cannas •Make a prairie-style border •Create a bed for autumn flowers •Plant a pet-resistant border •Plant a seaside themed border •Plant a bed of spring-flowering shrubs •Plant ground cover for a hot dry site •Plant shrubs for acid soil •Create a hellebore group •Create a silver-and-gold themed border •Create a cool blue-themed border •Plant hot colors for summer •Create a standard rose as a focal point •Create a carpet of heathers •Grow flowers for drying •Create planting groups with blue and unusual colored berries •Sow a speedy perennial flower border from seed •Plant a border of colorful evergreens •Plant a summer flower and grass border for winter structure •Grow tall border plants (plus staking tips) •Make a circle of herbs Galleries: • Mediterranean plants • Plants for shade under trees • Spring bulb collections • Disease-resistant roses • Scented plants for a seating area • Ideas for cottage gardens • Dahlias for borders • Plants that tolerate sea salt Proposed Contents • Plants for alkaline soils • Easy hardy herbs • Rabbit-proof plants Patios, terraces and balconies: Simple step-by step projects for container planting •Sow flower seeds for a windowbox •Plant a permanent winter windowbox •Create a winter seasonal hanging basket •Make a summer hanging cone basket •Pot up a Christmas tree •Plant up pots with plug plants •Plant up contemporary containers for an urban garden •Create a lily pot •Create an easy-care long-term shrub container •Sow a tower of annual climbers •Plant a jasmine in a pot •Make a simple topiary animal or heart from ivy •Sow annual grasses for pots •Jazz up a dull balcony with an oriental theme •Make containers from kitchen cast-offs •Plant up containers to flank a front door •Plant succulents in a shell •Make an outdoor display of succulents •Plant a trio of box balls •Create a terrace (or raised bed) of trailers •Plant a summer container for cool shade •Create an autumn patio display •Create a silver-themed contemporary container •Plant a large tropical container •Plant a cottage mix in a pot •Plant up a monochrome scheme •Plant patio roses for color and scent •Add height to your display with ivy "lollipops" •Sow violas for a spring into summer display •Plant a spring bulb mix on a patio •Create a herb edged patio •Plant grass and flower partners in a pot •Use bamboos to screen a seating area •Make a permanent table display •Make a statement with a topiary spiral •Plant a slug-proof host a display •Make a plaited bay tree •Make a chocolate-scented patio display •Create a display of summer exotics •Use houseplants outside in summer •Design a roof terrace scheme •Create a beautiful dining area •Mimic a Moroccan courtyard Galleries • Patio plants for winter interest • Contemporary container choices • Summer bulbs for containers • Scented plants for a perfumed entrance • Simple topiary ideas for pots • Summer plants for shade • Viola combinations • Spring bulbs for windowboxes • Table display options adding boundaries, surfaces and height Projects that add height, color, shade, and decorative surfaces to your garden •How to choose a tree for your garden •Plant a lavender hedge •Plant a formal hedge •Plant a rose hedge for flowers and berries •Make a grassy seat •Create a Mediterranean-style wall pot display •Plant a flower-covered fence or screen •Plant an autumn arboretum for a small garden •Plant a summer-flowering tree •Create a willow screen •Create a vine covered pergola •Plant clematis on a trellis screen •Make a wisteria walkway •Make a rose-edged doorway •Plant a tripod of jasmine and clematis •Weave climbing roses on ropes •Plant a laburnum arch/walkway •Make a scented arch •Plant a carpet of bulbs in a lawn •Plant a camomile lawn •Sow a tough play lawn •Turf a lawn •Make a mosaic with planting and pavers •Plant up rustic steps with little daisies (Erigeron) •Make a woodland walkway •Plant up a dry stone wall •Make climbing frames for plants from old tools •Add planting pockets to your patio •Make a statement with architectural shrubs •Train Clematis montana up a tree •Plant roses and clematis on a rustic arch •Choosing and using conifers •Make a contemporary conifer display •Grow an oak from an acorn •Grow tree ferns •Make a three-stemmed birch feature •Plant a laburnum arch •Grow a climber up a north-facing wall •Create a mini woodland •Pollard a willow for winter color •Plant Japanese cherries for spring blossom •Make a standard photinia •Make a focal point with catkins •Using wall shrubs •Decorative vines (Parthenocissus) •Make a willow structure for kids •Galleries: • Top trees for small gardens • Plants for wall pots • Colorful summer-flowering clematis • Bulbs for lawns • Plants for crevices • Climbers for arches • Plants with decorative catkins • Conifers for small gardens • Plants suitable for standards Growing your own food: The pick of easy-to-grow vegetables and fruit •Sow cress seeds for sandwiches •Grow veg in the porch/conservatory •Grow a lemon from a pip •Grow an avocado from a stone •Plant a fig on a warm wall •Make a herb parterre •Make a herb path •Make a salad windowbox •Plant exotic veg in patio pots •Plant thornless blackberries in a barrel •Plant a blueberry bush in a pot •Make a tripod of sweet peas and runner beans •Sow chard in a large container •Grow potatoes in a barrel •Plant tomatoes in a growbag •Plant hanging baskets with tomatoes and herbs •Make a decorative potager from veg and flowers •Sow a salad patch •Make a raised bed for carrots and root veg •Plant a foliage basket you can eat •Grow an apple tree in a container •Plant strawberries in pots •Plant a row of raspberries •Grow chillies on a windowsill •Make crunchy salad sprouts •Plant a mix of peas and snow peas •Plant pumpkins for the microwave •Create a winter-cropping veggie border •Build an enviromesh cover for brassicas •Train a peach tree on a warm wall •Create an espaliered pear •Grow rhubarb •Make a step-over apple screen •Cultivate a mushroom log •Preserve soft fruits •Grow easy greens (perpetual spinach, spring greens, etc) •Plant edible bulbs - garlic, onions, fennel •Plant a tiny orchard •Grow a nut tree •Grow your own peasticks and hazel rods •Galleries: • Easy indoor veg • Salads for windowboxes • Fruit for large containers • High-yielding tomatoes • Flowers you can eat • Raised bed options • Sprouts to choose from • Pumpkins and squash • Trees for small orchards Water and wildlife gardens Water projects and ways to attract wildlife •Create a pond for fish and plants •Make a wildlife pond •Create a contemporary pool •Make a water bowl for water lilies •Create a barrel pool for a courtyard •Plant a beautiful bog garden •Plant up pots with bog plants •Plant trees for wildlife •Make a bed for butterflies •Make a contemporary wall fountain •Plant a formal raised pool •Make your own leafmould •Make your own compost •Try Bakashi composting •Make a wormery •Make an insect hotel from prunings •Install a water butt •Make a bat box •Create a berry treat for birds •Plant flowers to attract beneficial predatory insects •Create a wildlife screen •Make a green roof •Garden for bees and make a beehome •Galleries: • Water plants to attract wildlife • Big-leaved bog plants • Water lilies for small pools • Bird boxes to choose from • Plants for a wildlife screen • Plants to attract beneficial insects Plants for your home: How to make the most of house and conservatory plants •Plant paperwhites for indoor winter scents •Plant a bowl of hyacinths •Choose a statement plant •Fill your bathroom with ferns •Grow orchids for a window display •Grow citrus fruit in a conservatory •Grow poinsettias for a seasonal display •Create a desert bowl with cacti •Make a Victorian-style exotic houseplant display •Create an indoor hanging basket with trailers •Collect seedheads for indoor displays •Plant up a terrarium •Create a berry mix for winter •Indoor flowers for summer •Houseplants for winter blooms •Plant up an amaryllis •Bring the Med to your conservatory •Group your plants to fabulous effect •Create an orchid collection •Galleries: • Plants for drafty hallways • Cacti and succulents for the home • Hanging basket ideas • Plants to brighten up dark corners Total Extent: 448pp AfterCare: Gardening know-how with some projects Double your summer flowers by division Bring a hedge back to life with renovation Encourage more flowers on a rose-covered wall Create a weedfree bed or border Revitalize summer containers Protect plants from pests Diagnose and prevent diseases Fertilize plants Deadhead to increase flowering Lawn care Annual care for containers Move a shrub Chart of what to prune when Spring pruning of large grasses (pruning) Keep spring-flowering shrubs in check Keep summer-flowering shrubs in check Propagate houseplants
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