books about: ornamental     books:     Ornamental      Bulbs in the Basement, Geraniums on the Windowsill Brian McGowan, Alice McGowan Storey Publishing, LLC, 2008 The secret is out: cooler-zone gardeners are discovering that with a little wintertime TLC, plants that have long been considered "annuals" can thrive for many years. These plants ? including geraniums, gladioli, dahlias, begonias, rosemary, lavender, and even impatiens ? aren't annuals at all. Rather, they are tender perennials. Not hardy enough ...             Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Michael A. Dirr Timber Press, Incorporated, 1997 Review of Michael Dirr's book on trees This is probably the best gardening book that I have ever seen. I use it frequently. I am on a committee in my neighborhood that encourages tree-planting by our city's residents. This book is a life saver to take with me when dealing with perspective tree ...             Basic Box Making Doug Stowe Taunton, 2007 Please buy this book I bought this book and happy to give it 5 stars. This is a great tutorial in box making, which I do. The only higher recommendation that I can make is to buy the DVD which is awesome.             Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit Scott Ogden, Lauren Springer Ogden Timber Press, 2008 This book is nothing short of revolutionary. For too long, garden design has given pride of place to architecture, artifice, and arbitrary principles. The results? Soulless landscapes where plants play subordinate roles. With passion and eloquence, Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden argue that only when plants are given the respect they ...             Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens Douglas W. Tallamy Timber Press, 2007 Great book and very informative I thought this book was great, and now I'm "sold" on only using native plants in my garden. And for those who say that not all alien plants are bad, and that this book doesn't tell the whole story or whatever, I would retort "well why NOT use native plants only?" To ...             Western Garden Book (Sunset Western Garden Book) Sunset Books, 2007 Best ever Sunset Western Garden Book issue I have relied on Sunset's Western Garden Book, in its various issues, for many years. From time to time, about every 3-4 years or so, they re-publish it. This particular issue has become my favorite "Working Bible" and I keep one copy in the house for reference and ...             Making Polymer Clay Beads: Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating Beautiful Ornamental Beads Carol Blackburn Interweave Press, 2007 This book is a GREAT resource! This book is remarkably thorough - I would love it if all art resource books out there were structured like this one. There is a comprehensive section on materials and the instructional parts are for specific techniques, not projects that have a narrow focus. There are ...             American Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants H. Marc Cathey DK ADULT, 2004 Great Learning Tool - That is for sure! I bought this as an "I'm proud of you" gift for my wife who is in the horticulture program at the local college. There is not a day that goes by that she does not refer to this book, sometimes for very long periods. Even though not required for any of her classes, ...             Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and ... Michael A. Dirr Stipes Publishing, LLC, 1998 An Industry Standard; not for casual weekend gardner's Too bad that so many of these reviews are written by Weekend Warriors who wanted a "pretty book with pictures." ~sigh~ I'm a landscape architect who trained under Dr. Dirr when he was teaching at U of Illinois. Of course, because he was teaching the subject, this tome ...             Designing with Succulents Debra Lee Baldwin Timber Press, Incorporated, 2007 Wonderful resource for the Northwest gardner as well I initially purchased "Designing with Succulents" because it has a chapter on "Growing Succulents in Colder Climates". I live on the coast in the Pacific NW and as we hardscaped the yard I was determined that I was going to plant drought tolerant succulents that were ...             Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses: From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for theGarden William Cullina Houghton Mifflin, 2008 Great resource When it comes to native vegetation, Cullina,s books are the bible for me. This is no exception. He's taken on ferns, grasses and mosses all of which are hard to differentiate and different in the way they propogate. He,s done a masterful job in helping me identify ...             Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Japanese Garden Trees Jake Hobson Timber Press, Incorporated, 2007 Fabulous My husband wanted this book because we have started a large oriental garden. It explains turning plants into Japanese artisist sculpture. It enlightens you to whats going on and why. This is a very good "how to" book.             Hardy Succulents: Tough Plants for Every Climate Gwen Kelaidis Storey Publishing, LLC, 2008 A very special beauty and versatility Cacti and other succulents plants once thought isolated to dessert conditions can now be found in every horticultural zone bringing a very special beauty and versatility to even the most novice of gardener's efforts. "Hardy Succulents: Tough Plants For Every Climate" ...             Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls Nigel Dunnett, Noël Kingsbury Timber Press, 2008 Organic Architecture with Plants Greenroof professionals and enthusiasts alike will be delighted with the easy reading and scope of content offered in "Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls" by Nigel Dunnett and Noël Kingsbury. Very well organized, the book's forte and major value is as an essential ...             Knitting Over The Edge: Unique Ribs, Cords, Appliques, Colors, Nouveau Nicky Epstein Sixth&Spring Books, 2005 a must have Look through around a dozen knitting books in a book store, I just fell in love with this book and have to have it. It will give me creative ideas for my future knitting projects. I will make the lush American Beauty Capelet for sure.          products you might be interested in search for books characteristics, encyclopedia, horticultural, identification, plant-driven, step-by-step      toavi.com    web we recommend Best ever Sunset Western Garden Book issue randomly chosen book: Posada: Illustrator of Chapbooks (Library of Mexican Illustrators)