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Book: Black Magic & Purple Passion
The new second edition of Black Magic and Purple Passion is the only comprehensive book on dark plants, containing plant profiles of an amazing 1,350 plants.This book covers all dark flowers and foliage including desirable black, but also describes plants with dark stems and berries, underleaves and those that emerge or finish the season with darker leaves.
How to use dark plants in the garden, favourite combinations and ideas for garden designs are all included. Over 300 new colour photographs. This book helps you to select dark plants and use them in your garden.
Fully revised, rewritten and expanded to 208 pages from the only woman to have run a nursery specialising in dark plants and the founder of The International Black Plant Society. 5 new watercolour garden designs are included along with a myriad of suggestions for using dark plants to create fabulous dark gardens. Bring innovative colour, chic and panache to your garden.
Large 10 x 8 format.
"…Platt's book is the bible on black in the garden" Val Easton, SeattleTimes
"… need some really luscious dark plant? Where else..but Karen Platt'sbook (sic)" Stephen Anderton, The Times gardener
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Price: £16.99 [Euro 21.24]
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Book: Emeralds
All you need to know about green plants
Green flowers are an elegant addition to the garden. Green foliage provides the perfect backdrop to any scheme. The green garden is as cool as a cucumber. Restful, peaceful and soul reviving; green is all around.
Ten watercolour designs plus exciting plant combinations are guaranteed to inspire every gardener from novice to the most experienced. Classic green from the darkest to lime presents the easiest palette with which to work.
Green lends itself admirably to all types of gardens. It blends superbly with every colour of the spectrum.
Explore this fully comprehensive guide to over 1500 plant profiles with enticing descriptions detailing cultural care and growing conditions to enable the gardener to use these worthy plants with ease. Over 375 stunning colour photographs depict the plants.
Softback with flap,
240 pages full colour,
size 10x8.5”.
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Price: £16.99 [Euro 21.24]
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Book: Gold Fever
Explore the goldmine! The most exciting colour for gardens, especially in shade is gold. This book focuses on fabulous yellow-leaved plants as well as favourite variegated foliage and flowers.
Over 1350 plants described in detail and beautifully illustrated with over 275 colour photographs. Essential for colour-themed borders, create a shimmering, sunshine garden or striking focal points.
Sprinkle your garden with gold dust, brighten any shady corner. How to use yellow in the garden with 4 watercolour designs and suggestions for companion plants.
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Price: £16.99 [Euro 21.24]
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Book: Seed Sowing and Growing Success
A perfect companion to The Seed Search. When to sow over 2,000 genera with temperature and specific requirements included. Unique, innovative treatment of the subject, seeds are classified under headings such as sow cold in spring, sow direct, sow cold in autumn, sow when fresh. Instant access to seeds which require the same conditions to germinate. Increase germination rates with the correct sowing techniques. Over 700 genera to sow cold without a greenhouse. Easy to use.
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Price: £9.99 [Euro 12.49]
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Book: Silver Lining
All you need to know about silver and white plants.
Sparkling and shimmering, these plants are better than diamonds in the garden. The cool and collected garden is easy to create with dramatic foliage and classic flowers.
The dry garden, chill out, a winter landscape and a fabulous white garden are amongst the many sparkling, innovative ideas within. Ten watercolour designs plus exciting plant combinations are guaranteed to inspire.
Silver lends itself admirably to the modern garden but can also be used in romantic gardens. White flowers and white foliage play an important part in the silver garden. Colour, form and texture take prime place.
Explore this fully comprehensive guide to over 2400 plant profiles with enticing descriptions detailing cultural care and growing conditions to enable the gardener to use these worthy plants with ease. Over 375 stunning colour photographs depict the plants.
Softback with flap,
208 pages full colour,
size 10x8.5inches
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Price: £16.99 [Euro 21.24]
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Book: Plants Names A-Z
Keep up-to-date with changing plant names. A unique, easy to use reference of over 8,000 synonyms and their correct botanical names including annuals and cacti. Over 11,000 common-botanical names from all over the world. Plant families. Learn the meaning of latin epithets such as repens and scandens. A horticultural dictionary is also included making garden jargon easy to understand.
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Price: £11.99 [Euro 14.99]
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Book: Surf the net
Surf the net for garden websites. Over 900 U.K. garden websites. Whatever you want to find from gardens to visit, to decking, to organic gardening, it is included in the guide. Sections for each garden topic. All sites personally visited by the author. Also includes over 200 overseas websites. Saves you time and money as you do not have to search for the sites, go straight there with this comprehensive guide.
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Price: £5.99 [Euro 7.49]
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CD: Complete Gardens
Interactive Plant Finder and Gardening Guide CD-ROM.
British made. Fast and user friendly.
Visually strong with over 2,000 plants and 4,500+ photographs.
Plant Search:- Find & Identify plants by colour, month, soil type and aspect.
Ideal for both novice and expert. PC Compatible. Mac version imminent.
Use this CD to create a garden with all year colour & interest.
Find the right plant for the right time and the right place.
Illustrated pruning and plant care advice. Achieve plants that thrive and will look their best
The Complete Gardens CD ROM is a quick and easy tool to find plants by Name, Colour, Month, Season, Location and Soil type.
Plants grow well when given the right conditions and care, they will suffer or even die if not. Find plants which best suit your particular soil types or aspect, be it clay or sand, shade or in full sun.
Visually strong, each plant is photographed to show its shape, size, flower, leaves and colour changes through the season.
An Ideal image reference for identifying plants or finding plants for your garden.
The illustrated plant care and illustrate pruning advice helps you grow healthy plants that will thrive and look their best. Know What, When and How to prune your plants.
When a suitable plant is found, simply click and the plant photographs are added to your unique plant list. This builds up into a visual reference of your plants throughout the year.
Your plant list is automatically linked to the Calendar. The Calendar will show your plants throughout the year and shows you which of your plants need pruning in any given month. The illustrated pruning advice shows you ‘How’.
The Calendar will also show you the Plants you want, Planting months & General Jobs.
Add Notes. Add your own notes to accompany each plant. Perfect for when you come to prune. Lost the label, No problem, your notes can record where each plant is located, especially useful when they are difficult to identify.
A selection of photographs of established garden styles provides a useful aid to create the garden style of your choice. See from the experts which plants grow well together. Simply move the mouse over the photograph to identify the plants within the garden. Click on the plant and you’re taken to the plant’s main information page to see the plant’s description, height, month of interest, soil type, plant care and pruning advice.
Create a beautiful garden for your enjoyment and at the same time increase the value of your property. Estate Agents say that you can add up to 20% to the value of your property by having ‘a nice garden’
The CD does not need to be installed on to your computer It does not take up extra space on your computer.
PC compatible. System requirements Pentium 2 (or above) with 128MB RAM will produce a very good performance.
Additional features include:
Exclude poisonous plants
Plant Search. Find Plants to suit small gardens
Gardening tips. Pruning shrubs, Pruning perennials,
Plants for tough locations. Acid Loving Plants. Alkaline Loving plants. Damp Shady plants, Drought resistant plants, Rabbit proof plants, Wildlife gardening. Wildflowers,
Autumn colours. Trees & Shrubs.
Interesting in-depth features and articles.
Identify Pests and diseases.
List plants I have and Plants I want.
Gardening tips. Gardening Advice. Respected Authors and Garden Experts provide gardening advice aimed at both the novice and keen gardener alike.
Glossary. Botanical and horticultural terminology are highlighted and linked to the Glossary and explained in layman’s terms what each word means.
Latin names explained.
Gardening software. PC compatible. Mac compatible version in spring 2004
Gardening advice. The interactive gardening CD
Plant Directory link. Find specialist plant suppliers, Rare Plant suppliers, Plant suppliers & Garden Centres.
Price: £24.95 [Euro 31.19]
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Silica Gel Sachets
Keep your seeds dry - put these small 1 gram sachets in sealed containers with your seed to prevent mould. They are re-useable and self-indicating turning from orange to green when they have absorbed moisture. Just dry them in an oven - until colour turns back to orange - for re-use. Supplied in packs of 6. (6 sachets)
Price: £1.00 [Euro 1.25]
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