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This illustrated catalogue contains 1500 of the best greenhouse plants, selected by the author from first-hand experience. She groups her plant selection according to their most useful function - as specimen plants for impact, climbers for background and shade, trailing plants, foliage plants, flowering and fruiting plants for attractive seasonal effects, and aquatic plants.;The book gives advice and information on providing the best conditions for growing plants in a conservatory, including ways of regulating light, temperature and humidity. There are also ideas for interior landscaping. Cultivation of plants is described in Plant Care which tells all that is needed to know to achieve success in growing exotic plants in a conservatory.;The author is a regular presenter of BBC TV's Gardener's World and a panellist on BBC Radio's Gardener's Question Time and has been in charge of the glasshouses at the Royal Horticultural Society garden at Wisley. Other books she has written include A Handbook of Greehouse and Conservatory Plants , The Gardeners' World Book of House Plants and The Gardeners' World Book of Container Gardening .Product Identifiers
PublisherFrances Lincoln Publishers LTD
ISBN-139780711207516
eBay Product ID (ePID)90675885
Product Key Features
Publication Year1993
TopicGardening, Greenhouses
Book TitleThe Conservatory Gardener
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorAnne Swithinbank
Dimensions
Item Height262 mm
Item Weight1129 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAnne Swithinbank