Best of
Horticulture

1998

The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants


Peter D'Amato - 1998
    Just about everyone's familiar with the Venus flytrap...but did you know that there are pitcher plants that can-and do!-digest an entire rat? Or that there are several hundred species of carnivorous plants on our planet? Full-color photographs of the plants at work and play, plus everything you need to know to successfully grow your own Little Shop of Horrors.Awards1999 American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner ReviewsHow to get kids interested in gardening? The San Francisco Chronicle recommends The Savage Garden, "because there's nothing children like better than catching insects and feeding them to their houseplants."

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses


Michael A. Dirr - 1998
    Each entry includes identification characteristics related to leaves, buds, and stems. Most are accompanied by an illustration of the leaf or branch. Additional facts about each plant are available on topics such as flowers and/or fruits, diseases and insects, landscape value, propagation, and native habitat.

The Rose


David Austin - 1998
    He then selects and describes the best and most beautiful roses for today's gardens in chapters on old roses, hybrid teas and floribundas, small roses, species roses, shrub roses, climbing roses and rambling roses.

Great Garden Companions: A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden


Sally Jean Cunningham - 1998
    Let master gardener Sally Jean Cunningham show you how to keep pests and diseases at bay with her unique companion-gardening system. By planting special combinations of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, you can minimize pest and disease problems and create a high-yielding, beautiful garden!

Colour in the Winter Garden


Graham Stuart Thomas - 1998
    

Growing Roses in Cold Climates


Jerry Olson - 1998
    This handsome, comprehensive, and fully-illustrated volume contains pertinent information for growing 700 varieties of roses; a five-star rating system based on extensive field testing that helps readers select the very best roses for cold climates; organic and inorganic remedies for common rose problems; tip and hints drawn from 60 years of hands-on growing experience; and detailed mail order source lists for each class of rose. From the basics, including step-by-step photos that show exactly how to winter-protect roses to advanced methods of propogation, this growing guide has it all. It is truly the cold climate rose gardener's bible.

The Random House Book of Old Roses


Roger Phillips - 1998
    Color photos.

The Conservatory Gardener


Anne Swithinbank - 1998
    The core of the book is a unique illustrated encyclopedic catalogue of more than 1,000 of the best conservatory plants. Selected for their attractiveness and usefulness, the plants are described in detail with full information about their cultivation. They are arranged according to use - for dramatic impact or as background, for seasonal interest or temporary display. Complete with authoritative practical advice on feeding and watering, ways of regulating light, temperature and humidity, and step-by-step propagation, the book contains everything the conservatory or indoor gardener needs to know to achieve success.

Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates: California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin


Peter R. Dallman - 1998
    This climate of mild, rainy winters and dry, warm summers is found in California, Central Chile, the Cape Region of South Africa, the southwestern part of Australia and the Mediterranean Basin. The regions are widely separated and the flora of each is distinctive, having for the most part developed independently. Nevertheless, the plants share remarkably similar characteristics which allow them to thrive in these unusual conditions.Peter Dallman's non-technical prose is complemented by numerous maps, tables, and figures, and the book is richly illustrated with photographs of landscapes, plants, and flowers. With its detailed information on some of the world's most resilient plant life, this book will serve as an excellent reference for everyone interested in growing drought-resistant plants and as a naturalist's guide to these beautiful and unusual bioregions.For the growing number of travelers whose vacations focus on learning about and appreciating natural history, Dallman also includes a chapter on planning trips to the five Mediterranean regions.

The Random House Book of Plants for Shade


Roger Phillips - 1998
    Plants for Shade is designed to help you choose and grow a selection of the best shrubs and flowers that will thrive in shady areas.  Over 250 plants, varying from shrubs such as camellias, to perennials and small bulbs, are described and illustrated here.

Gardening with Grasses


Michael King - 1998
    Planted as single specimens in beds or on the terrace in a container, grasses are striking focal points. Smaller forms bring rhythm and diversity to mixed borders, and clumping forms richly carpet the ground. This beautifully illustrated book by two imaginative garden designers will provide equal measures of information and inspiration.

The Best Scented Plants and How to Grow Them


Roger Phillips - 1998
    The series is aimed at the less-expert gardener who may be buying plants for the first time.