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Handbook
of Annuals and Bedding Plants
by
Graham Rice
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Until my latest book,
Discovering Annuals, the only comprehensive book on these
greatly underrated plants. The book includes detailed
explanations of propagation techniques, suggestions for
effective plant associations and recommendations of the very
best varieties - and condemnations of a few bad
ones.
A Handbook of Annuals and Bedding
Plants in now out of print, but is available fom the
author.
Contents
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Raising the Plants:
Seed and cuttings; Buying Seed; Sowing Seed
Outside; Sowing Seed Inside; Buying
Plants
Cultivation: Soil
Preparation; Planting; Pinching & Dead-heading;
Weeding; Watering & Feeding;
Staking.
Pests &
Diseases
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Display: Mixtures;
Informal Arrangements; Carpets; Left Overs;
Temporary Plantings; Planting in Perennial
Borders.
Colour: Contrasting
Colours; Different Shades of the Same Colour;
Matched Strengths of Colour;
Containers: Tubs
& Troughs; Hanging Baskets; Window
Boxes.
A-Z Annuals and Bedding
Plants
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The
book:
Hardback; 9.5in x 6.5in; 272
pages; 20 colour pictures; 51 line drawings and
maps.
Reviews
'Rarely have I come across a new
gardening book less soporific in its effects.'
Christopher Lloyd, Country
Life
'Stuffy it isn't. Inspiring and
practical it is. The book is a joy.'
John Negus, Hortus
'It is wonderfully practical and
enthusiastic - essential reading both for those starting out
on this tantalising road of discovery and for old
hands.'
Rosie Atkins, Today
'It literally provides the answers
to everything you could possibly want to discover about
annuals.'
Pat Dunne, Connacht
Tribune
'A jolly writer'
Time & Tide
'There's a strong life force
pulsating here.'
Christopher Lloyd, The
Guardian
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1999 Graham Rice. All Rights Reserved. All Images Digitally
Watermarked.
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