The Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos - Softcover

Michael Bell

9780715315811: The Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715315811 ISBN 13: 9780715315811

Publisher: David & Charles Ltd, 2003

Crossing a number of genera, the wide variety of species and cultivars provide the garden with brightly coloured glossy stems, lush foliage, rustling movement and very fast growth. The Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos offers both a valuable guide to gardeners keen to establish the best performers for different situations and for specialists interested in the detail behind the plant. For the gardener there are a wide range of uses in the mixed border or container, and as specimen plantings, ground cover or water features. If you choose your species carefully there need be no danger from running roots or excess size and bamboos can be used as hedges for front gardens, screens for patios and in small courtyard gardens. Specialists will find fascinating information about the history of bamboos, the botanical sophistication of the plant's design, and tips for finding and growing the more unusual species

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Book Description:

This is a paperbound reprint of a 2000 work written by the president of the UK Bamboo Society. Coverage includes natural history, cultivation, propagation, and varieties and their characteristics. Appendices address: terms, nurseries, societies, nomenclature changes, and publications (few). A good book for the beginner. Some 70 good color photos and 15 line drawings support the text. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From the Publisher:

The Gardeners Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos offers a valuable guide both to gardeners seeking the best performers for different landscape situations and for specialists interested in the detail behind the plant. If you choose your species carefully, there is no danger from running roots or excess size. All will find fascinating information about the history of bamboos, the botanical sophistication of the plants design, and tips for finding and growing the more unusual species. The book is illustrated with superbly detailed photographs and illustrations, showing minute variations in structure, which are excellent aids to identification

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