How do you create the look of a traditional English garden with soft, romantic planting? A gentle, scented bed of lavenders and roses, perhaps, or a pretty group of old-fashioned herbs? It's easy. What do you grow in a difficult spot-a really exposed cold corner, for instance, or a dry shady bed under trees? How do you make a bed look attractive for more than a few weeks of the year? It's easy. This book makes beautiful planting simple by providing planting 'recipes' for a variety of garden situations. Each recipe - which can be used in a garden of any size - has a shopping list of what plants you need and how many of each to buy. Each plant is illustrated with a colour photograph, and a planting plan shows the positioning of the plants. You're given all the information you need to know about each plant and straightforward advice on how to look after the planting. There are also suggestions for optional additions to enhance the planting at different times of the year. With this book, successful planting is easy.

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