Gardening with Woodland Plants

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Gardening with Woodland Plants Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: Timber Press
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Pages: 384 Illustrations and other contents: 352 color photos ISBN: 9780881928211 Category:

A Comprehensive guide to over 2000 woodland plants. Junker explores special features such as raised beds, rock gardens, hedgerows and plantings around single trees. Vital to woodland planting is the cultivation of plants for multiple layers of growth, extensive planting suggestions and plants to avoid.At the heart of the book is broad plant directory including cultivars with particularly valuable garden features that also retain a native woodland character.Full of stunning colour photos to tempt the gardener
9780881928211 HB 384PP

Weight1.38 kg
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Junker's is an authoritative and encyclopedic guide to the spectacular variety and beauty of woodland plants. -- Carol Haggas Booklist 20070301 Gardening with Woodland Plants will guide you along a path to discovering just the right combination of unique plants for your own woodland garden. -- Susan Smith-Durisek Lexington Herald-Leader 20070512 [Junker's] vast experience and knowledge of lesser-known trees, shrubs, and plants are neatly demonstrated in this informative, easy-to-read guide. -- Chris Kahn Library Journal 20070615 I have spent a good part of my life studying woodland plants, but when I opened this book I thought I still must have a lot to learn. -- Richard Churchill People Places Plants 20070701 Can take the gardener from concept to completion for shaded gardens of any size for all-season interest and pleasure. The book presents some of the latest woodland garden cultivars and offers detailed cultural tips that come from the author's more than 20 years of experience. -- Lynette Walther Camden Herald 20071108 Junker ... who's gifted with an engaging writing style, has written a complete guide to woodland plants full of ideas and information for the amateur and specialist gardener. SciTech Book News 20071201

Author Biography

Karan Junker has been growing and propagating woodland plants for more than twenty years. With her husband, she owns and runs Junker's Nursery in Somerset, England, specializing in lesser-known trees and shrubs, many of which adapt well to woodland cultivation. Her articles have appeared in Gardens Illustrated and The Garden, among other leading magazines and newspapers.