This time gardener year are creating flowers that will bloom or provide colorful foliage all summer. Too often gardeners think of colors that will be combined in the garden. We are often guilty of simply reaching for any of our eye-catching in the nursery and put it all together regardless of how well the colors work together. P. Allen Smith's new book, "Colors for the Garden," can help you create a beautiful flower garden coordinated you see in books and magazines.
Bedding plants also formed an important part of the mixed garden border. Border, long bed with a background of shrubs, small trees and tall perennials or wall, is a wonderful way to beautify the landscape and provide year-round color and interest. A new guide by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is very good "how to" introduction of this style of gardening.
COLOR OF THE GARDEN
By P. Allen Smith; Clarkson Potter / Publishers; $ 32.50
In his new book, Smith refers to both his talent as a master gardener and artist to offer simple ways to create gardens that use color effectively. He covers the basic techniques used to create the kind of flower garden that has made him one of America's most sought after garden designers.
Exploring the concept of creating art with flowers and leaves, Smith presenting ideas clearly and be understood about how to choose a color palette of plants to create the effect you want.
In the first part of this book, he offers five confidence-building ways to combine colors that reflect your taste and style, whether it's light and energy, or more quiet and calm. Unique aspects of Smith's approach is to form a bond between the color of your home (interior and exterior) and the garden that combines them into a cohesive unit colors enhance the beauty of both.
In the next section, Smith's easy-stock-not yet effective lessons about how to place your color choices in the landscape, from creating a garden "canvas" to apply the bold stroke color, shading and texture to your garden.
Finally, combining the practical with the creative, he provides a broad, plant a user-friendly dictionary that is color-coded resource guide to help you select plants based on color selection and growth conditions.
As with all books written for a national audience, you need to ensure that the plants you choose are well-adapted to our area by checking locally written references.
Both inspirational and practical, Smith's book is a very good reference for gardeners who want to do a better job effectively use color in the landscape.
BORDERS FOR DESIGNING AND SUN SHADE
By Bob Hyland, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; $ 9.95
In their newest addition the All-Region Guide series, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has put together a handbook filled with information that shows how to design a beautiful mixed border that includes shrubs, grasses, bulbs and perennials Annuals.
From planning and planting for the maintenance of the garden, the book shows readers the process of creating a border they want, step by step.
A series of line drawings illustrate how to integrate with perennials shrubs, Annuals, grasses and bulbs. Plant guide free features beautiful plants by the group to make the choice easy. Good photos illustrate the techniques discussed and will inspire your imagination with dynamic border color and texture combinations.
I find this to be quick and easy to understand reference for anyone who wants to learn how to create a border-style bed in the landscape. Free plant part is well done, but it is even more useful practical information on techniques and garden design sense that went into crafting an effective border to enhance your landscape. www.nola.com
Bedding plants also formed an important part of the mixed garden border. Border, long bed with a background of shrubs, small trees and tall perennials or wall, is a wonderful way to beautify the landscape and provide year-round color and interest. A new guide by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is very good "how to" introduction of this style of gardening.
COLOR OF THE GARDEN
By P. Allen Smith; Clarkson Potter / Publishers; $ 32.50
In his new book, Smith refers to both his talent as a master gardener and artist to offer simple ways to create gardens that use color effectively. He covers the basic techniques used to create the kind of flower garden that has made him one of America's most sought after garden designers.
Exploring the concept of creating art with flowers and leaves, Smith presenting ideas clearly and be understood about how to choose a color palette of plants to create the effect you want.
In the first part of this book, he offers five confidence-building ways to combine colors that reflect your taste and style, whether it's light and energy, or more quiet and calm. Unique aspects of Smith's approach is to form a bond between the color of your home (interior and exterior) and the garden that combines them into a cohesive unit colors enhance the beauty of both.
In the next section, Smith's easy-stock-not yet effective lessons about how to place your color choices in the landscape, from creating a garden "canvas" to apply the bold stroke color, shading and texture to your garden.
Finally, combining the practical with the creative, he provides a broad, plant a user-friendly dictionary that is color-coded resource guide to help you select plants based on color selection and growth conditions.
As with all books written for a national audience, you need to ensure that the plants you choose are well-adapted to our area by checking locally written references.
Both inspirational and practical, Smith's book is a very good reference for gardeners who want to do a better job effectively use color in the landscape.
BORDERS FOR DESIGNING AND SUN SHADE
By Bob Hyland, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; $ 9.95
In their newest addition the All-Region Guide series, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has put together a handbook filled with information that shows how to design a beautiful mixed border that includes shrubs, grasses, bulbs and perennials Annuals.
From planning and planting for the maintenance of the garden, the book shows readers the process of creating a border they want, step by step.
A series of line drawings illustrate how to integrate with perennials shrubs, Annuals, grasses and bulbs. Plant guide free features beautiful plants by the group to make the choice easy. Good photos illustrate the techniques discussed and will inspire your imagination with dynamic border color and texture combinations.
I find this to be quick and easy to understand reference for anyone who wants to learn how to create a border-style bed in the landscape. Free plant part is well done, but it is even more useful practical information on techniques and garden design sense that went into crafting an effective border to enhance your landscape. www.nola.com
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