| Description |
144 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A new guide to planting and cultivating plants from bulbs, featuring easy to follow and inspiring projects, detailed information on different plants and beautiful botanical illustrations from the Kew archive. With expert advice from Richard Wilford and the Kew Gardens team, this is the ultimate companion to growing and planting with bulbs. |
| Contents |
PLANTS -- Autumn snowflake -- African lily -- Ornamental onion -- Sicilian honey garlic -- Belladonna lily -- Project 1 Planting Ornamental Onions In A Herbaceous Border -- Windflower -- Cobra lily -- Italian arum -- Bellevalia -- Cluster lily -- Mariposa lily -- Project 2 Planting Tender Bulbs In A Pot -- Camas -- Giant lily -- Meadow saffron -- Lily of the valley -- Spring fumewort -- Project 3 Planting A Carpet Of Windflowers -- Swamp lily -- Montbretia -- Crocus -- Cyclamen -- Project 4 Making A Bulb Lasagne -- Firecracker flower -- Angel's fishing rod -- Dragon arum -- Winter aconite -- Foxtail lily -- Dog's-tooth violet -- Pineapple lily -- Fritillary -- Project 5 Creating A Drift Of Snake's-Head Fritillary -- Snowdrop -- Gladiolus -- Crimson flag lily -- Amaryllis -- Hyacinthella -- Project 6 Planting Bulbs In A Shady Border -- Bluebell -- Hyacinth -- Spring starflower -- Iris -- African corn lily -- Cape cowslip -- Project 7 Designing A Spring Bulb Extravaganza -- Glory of the sun -- Snowflake -- Lily -- Nomocharis -- Moraea -- Project 8 Making A Cut-Flower Patch -- Grape hyacinth -- Daffodil -- Nerine -- Star of Bethlehem -- Wood sorrel -- Project 9 Growing Bulbs From Seed -- Striped squill -- Star grass -- Mediterranean romulea -- Roscoea -- Squill -- Winter daffodil -- Chilean blue crocus -- Project 10 Naturalizing Autumn Bulbs In Your Garden -- Tiger flower -- Wake robin -- Triplewlily -- Tritonia -- Project 11 Planting A Winter Bulb Garden -- Flame flower -- Society garlic -- Tulip -- Project 12 Three Months Of Tulips -- Bugle lily -- Arum lily -- Rain lily -- Seeing bulbs in the wild -- Bulb conservation -- Troubleshooting -- What to do when. |
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Bulbs (Plants)
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Bulbs (Plant anatomy)
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Bulbs (Plant anatomy) (OCoLC)fst01721134
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Bulbs (Plants) (OCoLC)fst01715682
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| Added Author |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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| Added Title |
Growing bulbs |
| ISBN |
9780711239340 (hbk.) |
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0711239347 (hbk.) |
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