English Country Gardening

Jane Hollis

Whether a pastel planting design for a dry sunny front garden or a cool colour scheme for a north-facing border, plants for shade using red, orange and yellow
to create successful planting designs or a border plan that looks good and attracts butterflies, you'll find it all here. How to make a small garden look bigger, designing your garden to create the best views from your house, building island beds to bring a new dimension to your garden, how to give your garden that individual touch without spending a fortune, design ideas to bring interest to a rectangular garden plot, creating pleasant seating areas in the garden, creating attractive planting designs utilising colour, form and texture, how to propagate shrubs and perennials easily from cuttings and how to record garden plants, t and much more on the following pages....


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English Country Gardening

January Plant Gallery

Plants with seasonal interest in January, together with colour photos, descriptions and cultivation details

December Plant Gallery

Plants to brighten the December garden, together with photos and cultivation details

November Plant Gallery

Plants to brighten up the dull days of November, together with colour photos, description and cultivation requirements.

October Plant Gallery

Plants of seasonal interest in October - photos, descriptions, hardiness and cultivation information.

September Flower Gallery

Plants with seasonal interest in September, together with colour photographs and cultivation information.

Plants For Your New Border

Having planned and prepared your new border, now choose and combine the plants to fill it!

Plan Before Planting (Creating A New Border Or Bed)

How to plan a new border - location, size, shape, preparation etc.

August Flower Gallery

Plants that flower in August - including colour photographs, description, cultivation information and hardiness details

Perfect Patios - Part 2

Using containers, borders and raised beds to grow a range of climbers, shrubs, perennials and annuals to enhance your patio garden

Perfect Patios - Part 1

How to create a beautiful outdoor room

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Some traditional english plants (1 msgs)

wall flowers (6 msgs)

Weather ... And More Weather! (10 msgs)

January Plant Gallery (2 msgs)

December Plant Gallery (4 msgs)

September Flower Gallery (10 msgs)

The Magic of Autumn Cobwebs (1 msgs)

July Flower Gallery (23 msgs)

June Flower Gallery (35 msgs)

Hampton Court Flower Show (11 msgs)

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