Landscaping With Herbs - Hardcover

Wilson, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395622379 ISBN 13: 9780395622377

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1994

Synopsis

Suggests herbs for a variety of landscape uses--perennial borders, scented gardens, silver-and-gray gardens, in walls and pavements, as hedges and edgings, in containers, and in traditional kitchen gardens

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

How satisfying to come upon a book that serves up dessert before the nutritious, but sometimes dull, main course. Here Wilson ( Landscaping with Container Plants ), host of TV's The Victory Garden , devotes chapter after chapter to designing with herbs--borders, large and small; kitchen gardens; edging materials; container gardens--and makes it all sound inviting and easy. Then he gets down to the practical basics of growing, harvesting and preserving the herbs. That's not to say that his information for the latter is dull; it isn't. But most gardeners read books for ideas first, implementation second. Wilson brings a seasoned, practiced background to his subject, because for a number of years he owned and operated a nursery that specialized in herbs. That experience is evident on every page--from the herb cultivators he chooses to mention and the step-by-step directions he describes for growing and maintaining healthy plants to his delineation of container capacities (so readers can finally eliminate guesswork in selecting size per number of plants) and plant characteristics--foliage color, plant height, soil preferences, special scents. Wilson's design ideas for readers are shown as often as not in photographs as in words, and his captions will help many toward an increased confidence in experimenting with plant combinations and placements. Lastly, the usual chapter of plant descriptions--herb species for landscape use in this case--is short enough to skim and yet is packed with varieties that meet his criteria of beauty and usefulness in a garden setting. This newest book will join Wilson's others as required reading for those starting out with this popular class of plants.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

This work by a well-known host of PBS's The Victory Garden and author of Landscaping with Wildflowers ( LJ 2/1/92) and Landscaping with Container Plants ( LJ 1/90) is pure pleasure to read. The volume breaks new ground in suggesting ways to incorporate herbs into landscapes. Individual chapters are devoted to using herbs in borders, in fragrance gardens, as edging, in walks and pavings, in kitchen gardens, in silver-and-gray gardens, and in containers. Along with superb color photographs, Wilson provides essential information about all aspects of herb gardening, including harvesting and preserving. A former owner of a commercial herb nursery, Wilson concludes with descriptions of 100 of the most beautiful and useful herbs. A cross reference of common and scientific herb names, a list of mail-order sources arranged by region, and a hardiness zone map are included. Inspiring as well as practical, this book is destined to become a classic. Highly recommended. See Victory Garden cohost Roger B. Swain's Groundwork , reviewed above.--Ed.
- Nancy Myers, Univ. of South Dakota Lib., Vermillion
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0395622379
• ISBN 13: 9780395622377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 230