Gardener's Practical Guide to Annuals, Bulbs and Perennials: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Flowering Plants Containing More Than 1800 Beautiful Photographs [Hardback]

Introduction		6	(4)
ANNUALS & PERENNIALS		10	(86)
Styling with annuals and perennials		12	(16)
Annuals and their role		14	(2)
Perennials and their role		16	(2)
Different styles of flower garden		18	(2)
Cottage gardens		20	(2)
Formal gardens		22	(2)
Informal gardens		24	(2)
Wildflower gardens		26	(2)
Coping with different conditions		28	(14)
Dry gardens		30	(2)
Damp gardens		32	(2)
Shady gardens		34	(2)
Small gardens		36	(2)
Large gardens		38	(2)
Family gardens		40	(2)
Special ways with annuals and perennials		42	(12)
Fragrant gardens		44	(2)
Colour gardens		46	(2)
Water gardens		48	(2)
Specialist flower gardens		50	(2)
Container gardens		52	(2)
Plants with a purpose		54	(10)
Foliage plants		56	(2)
Differently shaped plants		58	(2)
Ground-cover plants		60	(2)
Climbing plants		62	(2)
Gardening techniques		64	(32)
Soil preparation		66	(2)
Acquiring plants		68	(2)
Planting		70	(2)
Staking		72	(2)
Watering and Feeding		74	(2)
Weeding		76	(2)
Routine plant maintenance		78	(2)
Autumn and winter tasks		80	(2)
Sowing seeds in pots		82	(2)
Sowing seeds in open ground		84	(2)
Dividing plants		86	(2)
Cuttings		88	(2)
Container gardening		90	(2)
Pests and diseases		92	(2)
Organic gardening		94	(2)
BULBS		96	(158)
Introduction to bulbs		98	(12)
What is a bulb?		100	(2)
The botany of bulbs		102	(2)
The history of bulbs		104	(6)
Gardening techniques		110	(36)
Buying and planting bulbs		112	(2)
Planting in borders		114	(2)
Planting in grass		116	(2)
Planting in the eye of a tree		118	(2)
Planting in large containers		120	(2)
Planting in small containers and window boxes		122	(2)
Planting in hanging baskets		124	(4)
Care and maintenance		128	(2)
Dormancy and winter treatment		130	(6)
Propagating bulbs		136	(2)
Propagating rhizomes, corms and tubers		138	(2)
Pests, diseases and other problems		140	(6)
The bulb garden		146	(48)
Mid- to late winter gallery		148	(2)
Mid- to late winter borders		150	(2)
Mid- to late winter naturalized bulbs		152	(2)
Early spring gallery		154	(2)
Early spring borders		156	(2)
Early spring naturalized bulbs		158	(2)
Mid-spring gallery		160	(2)
Mid-spring borders		162	(4)
Mid-spring naturalized bulbs		166	(2)
Late spring to early summer gallery		168	(2)
Late spring to early summer borders		170	(6)
Late spring to early summer naturalized bulbs		176	(2)
Mid- to late summer gallery		178	(2)
Mid- to late summer borders		180	(6)
Autumn gallery		186	(2)
Autumn borders		188	(4)
Autumn naturalized bulbs		192	(2)
The container garden		194	(26)
Mid- to late winter containers		196	(2)
Early spring containers		198	(4)
Mid-spring containers		202	(4)
Late spring to early summer containers		206	(4)
Mid- to late summer containers		210	(4)
Early to mid-autumn containers		214	(4)
Late autumn to early winter containers		218	(2)
The indoor bulb garden		220	(24)
Growing techniques		222	(2)
Finishing touches		224	(2)
Cyclamen		226	(2)
Indoor winter-flowering hyacinths		228	(2)
Hippeastrum		230	(2)
Indoor winter-flowering narcissi		232	(2)
Spring bulbs indoors		234	(2)
Achimenes		236	(1)
Freesia		237	(1)
Eucomis		238	(1)
Sinningia		239	(1)
Summer bulbs indoors		240	(2)
Autumn bulbs indoors		242	(2)
Calendar of care		244	(10)
Winter		246	(2)
Spring		248	(2)
Summer		250	(2)
Autumn		252	(2)
PLANT DIRECTORIES		254	(246)
A directory of annuals		256	(76)
A directory of perennials		332	(82)
A directory of bulbs		414	(86)
Glossary		500	(1)
Acknowledgements		501	(1)
Index		502	(10)
Plant hardiness zones		512

Richard Bird has been gardening since childhood and currently maintains a large garden where his abiding passion for plants is very evident. He has contributed to numerous publications and has been magazine editor for Focus on Plants, The Hardy Plant, Alpine Gardening and the Alpine Garden Society's magazine Bulletin. He is also the author of Pruning, Training & Topiary, and The Fruit & Vegetable Gardener and Essential Plants for the Garden (all published by Lorenz Books). Kathy Brown is well known for her imaginative plant combinations, both in the garden and in containers, which demonstrate an artist's eye for colour and texture, as well as an experienced gardener's knowledge of plants. She regularly broadcasts and lectures, and has written a number of books on the subject, including Creative Container Gardening, Create a Cottage Garden and Edible Flowers (Aquamarine). Kathy's own garden is open to the public under the National Garden Scheme and has a starred entry in the Good Gardens Guide.