Author: Michael KingPublisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Includes a selected plant catalogue of annual grasses; perennial grasses, rushes and sedges; and bamboos.
Gardening with Grasses
Author: Michael KingPublisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Includes a selected plant catalogue of annual grasses; perennial grasses, rushes and sedges; and bamboos.
Designing with Grasses
Author: Neil LucasPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 0881929832
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Grasses Offer so Much More than the flat, green lawns beneath our feet. In the garden, spikelets of Briza media flutter in the slightest breeze, tall-stemmed Stipa gigantea makes a beguiling divider, and pennisetums glow like fireworks with the sun at their backs. When chosen wisely and used with care, grasses can endow the garden with showstopping appeal---requiring remarkably little work in return. Neil Lucas explains how to bring the magic of grasses to even the smallest of gardens. Inspired by the great American prairies, African savannah and other wild spaces, he shows how to perfect the balance between grasses and other plants, choose sustainable lawn alternatives that virtually care for themselves, and showcase the elegant lines and intriguing textures of grasses to glorious effect. Planting grasses in the right place is critical, and Lucas lists top performers for drought, waterside, containers, shade and more. Along the way, he explains how grasses contribute to a greener world through their use in rain gardens, green roofs and for erosion control. With an extensive directory profiling more than 450 gardenworthy grasses, rushes and sedges, this lavishly illustrated volume offers gardeners a world of possibilities.
Ornamental Grasses for Cold Climates
Author: Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses
Author: Fiona GilsenanPublisher: Sunset Books/Sunset Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780376035639
Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to incorporating ornamental grasses in your garden design. Finding all the right places for grasses and bamboo; stunning photographs of grasses for all climates and every garden; beautiful borders, natural lawns, and do-it-yourself meadows.
Grasses
Author: Nancy J. OndraPublisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 158017423X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
From spring green to winter gold, the drama of grasses is nonstop. One of the few books available that advises the gardener on how to uses grasses in the garden, "Grasses" features plans and practical advice for more than 24 unique gardens. The book includes an identification guide to the plants and features more than 150 color photos, illustrations, and landscape plans.
Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants
Author: A. J. OakesPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468414550
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 623
Book Description
The Gramineae, or grass family, is second in size only to the Compositeae, or sunflower family. It is among the most important plant families in the world. The major food crops of the world are found in the grass family. From time immemorial, grasses have provided food and shelter for humanity, domesticated livestock, and wildlife; without grasses, these forms of life might cease to exist. The grass family is large in size, diverse in habit, and ubiquitous in distribution. Earth would be bleak and bare, indeed, in the absence of this life-sustaining plant family. In addition to its economic and industrial value, the grass family has some ornamental value. It provides us with physical sustenance and gives us much pleasure and satisfaction in its ornamental forms. The purpose of this book is to point out the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals and to deline:tte their attributes and uses in the home, in the garden, and in the landscape. Ornamental grasses serve a unique and significant purpose in ornamental horticulture. Horticulturists, other plant scientists, and nursery personnel are more fully aware of the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals than is the general public. It is mainly for this reason that this work is directed toward the home gardener and the scientist alike, in the hope of enhancing reader appreciation of the roie grasses play in ornamental horti culture.
Ornamental Grasses for Western Gardens
Author: Marilyn RaffPublisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555663698
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"Ornamental Grasses for Western Gardens" by Marilyn Raff shows how ornamental grasses, add beauty and function in any setting.
Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses
Author: Roger HolmesPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395797617
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The complete guide to the best grasses for every garden site. More than 165 full-color plant portraits and photos of landscape designs.
The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses
Author: Rick DarkePublisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 9780881924640
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Shows and describes hundreds of species of ornamental grasses, including ways to use them
Ornamental Grasses for Cold Climates
Author: M. Hockenberry MeyerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781888440034
Category : Landscape gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Discusses the ornamental grasses, based on a six-year study, that can be grown successfully in USDA Zone 4a, including height, origin, season in interest, and special comments. Also included is a discussion of those grasses that are marginally hardy in USDA Zone 4a, those not recommended as perennials for this zone, and grasses for different landscape needs, etc.