Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Plant Species Books - A-E |
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Each entry, where possible, has an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) to assist you in locating a copy. In order to assist the design process for a garden, the Library has been split into the following order of abstraction:-
The Reference Library and the Practical Projects categories will assist with construction. Private garden maintenance can then be assisted by the following:-
Please note that entries in the library pages in red text indicate books that Chris Garnons-Williams has found to be more useful than the others in that section. |
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Pictures of |
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400 Pictures of Flower Bulbs |
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International Bloembellen Centrum |
400 bulbs |
400 good descriptions of bulbs with growing height, planting distance and depth, flowering period by month, suitable as cut flower, blooms in pots, suitable for indoor forcing, perennial, scent, shape of flower bulb, and colour photo. Thin Booklet |
A Guide to Rhododendrons |
1-85079-221-6 |
Kenneth Cox |
Rhododendrons and azaleas |
Descriptions of 60 rhododendron, 130 hybrids and some deciduous and evergreen azaleas with plant lists and plant problem profiles |
A Plantsman's Guide to Camellias |
0-7063-6835-5 |
David Trehane |
Camellias |
Planting ideas of the best with good descriptions, some with colour photo |
A Plantsman's Guide to Carnations and Pinks |
0-7063-6834-7 |
Fred C Smith |
Carnations and pinks |
Planting ideas with the best with good descriptions |
A Plantsman's Guide to Clematis |
0-7063-6838-X |
Dr John Howells |
40 Clematis |
Planting ideas with the best with good descriptions |
A Plantsman's Guide to Delphiniums |
0-7063-6833-9 |
Leslie Cooper |
Delphiniums |
Planting ideas with the best with good descriptions |
A Plantsman's Guide to Primulas |
0-7063-6739-1 |
Philip Swindells |
40 primulas |
Planting ideas with the best with good descriptions |
A Plantsman's Guide to Rhododendrons |
0-7063-6754-5 |
Kenneth Cox |
Rhododendrons |
Planting ideas with 200 of the best with good descriptions |
Alliums the Ornamental Onion |
0-7134-7030-5 |
Dilys Davies |
Alliums |
200 Good descriptions. Essay on alliums for different purposes |
An Illustrated Guide to Perennials |
1-84064-151-2 |
Professor Marshal Craigmyle |
1500 perennials |
Good descriptions of perennials with positive and negative attributes.12 pages of plant lists |
A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants |
0-7513-0303-8 |
Christopher Brickell |
6,000 Garden plants |
15,000 good descriptions of garden plants, some 6,000 with colour photographs |
Azaleas |
0-88192-091-6 |
Fred C. Galle |
104 plates of azaleas |
Azalea cultivar data. Companion plants good description list for the azalea garden |
Bamboo Catalogue |
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Jungle Giants |
28 bamboo illustrations |
Good descriptions of 28 bamboos. Thin booklet |
Bamboos |
0-7134-7072-0 |
Christine Recht and Max F. Wetterwald |
Bamboo |
Bamboo cultivar data and garden design |
BBC Gardener's World Shrub Roses |
0-563-38776-9 |
Andi Clevely |
75 roses |
75 best shrub rose good descriptions with colour photo. Thin Book |
Be Your Own House Plant Expert |
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Dr. D.G. Hessayon |
Diagrams |
General Indoor plants cultivar data with maintenance. Thin Booklet |
Be Your Own Rose Expert |
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Dr. D.G. Hessayon |
Roses |
Rose growing with how to choose, plant and care for them. Thin Booklet |
Begonias |
0-304-32-69-2 |
Bill Wall |
Begonias |
Begonia cultivar data. Thin Book |
Begonias The Complete Guide |
1-85223-969-7 |
Eric Catterall |
16 begonias in colour |
Good descriptions of all begonia types with cultivation details |
Bulbs Volume I, A-H |
0-7470-0231-2 |
John E. Bryan |
375 bulbs |
Good description of every bulb in significant cultivation anywhere in the world with its name starting with a-h, some with colour photo |
Bulbs Volume II, I-Z |
0-7470-0231-2 |
John E. Bryan |
375 bulbs |
Good description of every bulb in significant cultivation anywhere in the world with its name starting with I-z, some with colour photo |
Camellias |
0-304-31858-2 |
David Trehane |
Camellias |
Cultivar data of small number of williamsii, japonica, reticulata and sasanqua camellias, some with colour photos |
Carnations Pinks and All Dianthus |
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Montagu C. Allwood |
151 illustrations |
Published 1954. How to grow, propagate and breed carnations in a complete practical volume |
Conifers |
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D.M. van Gelderen |
1000 conifers |
Cultivar data of 1000 conifers with colour photo |
Conifers for Your Garden |
0-7134-5409-1 |
Adrian Bloom |
Conifers |
Good descriptions with colour photo of conifers. Lists of conifers for special purposes. Good book |
Cox's Guide to Choosing Rhododendrons |
0-7134-6313-9 |
Peter and Kenneth Cox |
125 rhododendrons |
Good descriptions of 100 species, 200 hybrids and azaleas. 2 pages of lists of rhododendrons/azaleas for specific purposes |
Encyclopedia of Ferns |
0-88192-054-1 |
David L. Jones |
250 colour and 150 black and white ferns |
Cultivation requirements. good descriptions of ferns, some with photo. List of ferns for 11 purposes. |
Encyclopedia of herbs & their uses |
0-7513-0203-1 |
Deni Bown |
1500 herbs |
Good descriptions of herbs with photographs |
Encyclopedia of rhododendron hybrids |
0-7134-3845-2 |
Peter A. Cox and Kenneth N.E. Cox |
201 rhododendrons |
Full descriptions of 1900 rhododendron hybrids, clones and sister seedlings |
Essential bulbs the 100 best for design and cultivation |
0-517-66176-4 |
Derek Fell |
Bulbs and planting plans |
100 good descriptions with colour photo. Lists of bulbs for different purposes. 10 bulb planting plans |
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Library Pages
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The Garden Style chosen at the beginning defines what a garden should look like. Following this choice of Garden Style, then:-
Plant Association shows which plant combinations give pleasing flower or foliage colour combinations, then Plant Type gives growing conditions of a family of plants - ie Primulas - with lists of primulas with the same flower colour, foliage colour or height and where is suitable for those plants, followed by Plant Species gives data about a family of plants in a restricted format - ie without lists - as the lowest level of useful information (unless you are prepared to read the text in a whole book each time you want to use this particular species of plant).
Gardening gives general information on how to garden for the whole garden. Garden Cultivation gives specific information on veg, fruit, lawn, pond, etc. Garden Pests details garden pests/diseases and their control.
Practical Projects gives details on how to construct hard landscaping. |
THE 2 EUREKA EFFECT PAGES FOR UNDERSTANDING SOIL AND HOW PLANTS INTERACT WITH IT OUT OF 15,000:-
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when I do not have my own or ones from mail-order nursery photos , then from March 2016, if you want to start from the uppermost design levels through to your choice of cultivated and wildflower plants to change your Plant Selection Process then use the following galleries:-
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There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-
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