howes michael j (2 resultados)

Good. UK stocked, available immediately. Hardcover, published by Springer in 1989. First edition. Very minor rubbing to the printed board covers, the front endpaper has been clipped. The text is unmarked throughout, a nice copy. Illustrated. Weight (unpacked) is 678 grams.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN: 0715309420; 9780715309421 LCCN: 00-362419 ; LC: SB427; Dewey: 635.9/74 ; OCLC: 42213395 ; ".The first book of climbers to provide detailed practical information with a comprehensive directory of high-performance plants. It is an indispensable book for beginner gardeners anxious to avoid the pitfalls of gardening with climbers and for everyone who enjoys the sheer exuberance and romance of rambling, scrambling and twining plants." ; Contents: Part 1 Planning and planting: challenges and opportunities; space, illusion and plants; walls, fences, screens; pergolas and other structures; support aids; planting and plant association; water, feeding and maintenance. Part 2 The walls: walls and microclimates; the three wall zones; the north-facing wall; the south-facing wall; the east-facing wall; the west-facing wall. Part 3 The plants: self-clinging climbers; twiners; ramblers and scramblers; wall shrubs; wall base plants; annuals; the more tender plants.; photos include views of Wollerton Old Hall, Shropshire, Vale End, Surrey, Lower Severalls, Somerset, The Old Rectory, Farnborough, The Anchorage, Kent, Eastgrove Cottage, Worchestershire, Bourton House, Gloucestershire, Gamble Garden Center, Palo ALto, California, Carrog Dyfed, Wales, Dinmore Manor Garden, Worcestershire, Keeyla Meadows, San Francisco, Mottisfort Abbey, Hampshire, Greystone Cottage, Oxfordshire, White Windoes, Hampshire, The Dingle Garden, Wales, Beth Chatto Garden, Essex, etc ; FINE/FINE. Book.