The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Bulbs: The art and science to grow your own

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The Kew Gardeners Guide to Growing Bulbs is an exquisite mix of practical and giftable reference for all gardeners to grow colourful bulbs in beds, borders, containers and indoors.

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In this book Richard Wilford shows the key differences between bulbs, corms and tubers, he explains the importance of planting times and techniques, he explains simple methods for propagation, as well as planting instructions for growing in borders, within grassy areas or in containers. He identifies the most popular flowering times and provides bulbs of interest all year round. He presents all the important bulbs, from winter snowdrops, crocuses, cyclamen, hyacinths, irises; spring daffodils, tulips, snowflakes, lily-of-the-valley; summer alliums, lilies, agapanthus, foxtail lily; as well as autumn snowflakes, colchicum, cyclamen and amaryllis. The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Bulbs is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is accompanied by Growing Herbs, Growing House Plants, Growing Vegetables, Growing Orchids and Growing Fruit. The only book you'll need to grow more than 66 species, beautifully, practically, successfully.

Author Biography

Kew Royal Botanic Gardens has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.

Table of Contents

The 12 special projects are broad and attractive. They comprise:how to grow and display ornamental onions;how to plant hippeastrums indoors on a windowsill;how to establish a carpet of anemones;how to layer bulbs in containers 'lasagne' style; how to plant a drift of snake's head fritillaries; how to establish bulbs in a shady border;how to design a spring bulb extravaganza;how to make a cutting patch for bulbs;how to grow tulips from seed;how to naturalise autumn-flowering bulbs;how to establish a winter bulb garden;and how to time a three-month display of tulips.Bulb problems and pests easily handled in the troubleshooting section, and a handy checklist of what to do when guides growers throughout the year.

Long Description

The Kew Gardeners Guide to Growing Bulbs is an exquisite mix of practical and giftable reference for all gardeners to grow colourful bulbs in beds, borders, containers and indoors. In this book Richard Wilford shows the key differences between bulbs, corms and tubers, he explains the importance of planting times and techniques, he explains simple methods for propagation, as well as planting instructions for growing in borders, within grassy areas or in containers. He identifies the most popular flowering times and provides bulbs of interest all year round. He presents all the important bulbs, from winter snowdrops, crocuses, cyclamen, hyacinths, irises; spring daffodils, tulips, snowflakes, lily-of-the-valley; summer alliums, lilies, agapanthus, foxtail lily; as well as autumn snowflakes, colchicum, cyclamen and amaryllis. The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Bulbs is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is accompanied by Growing Herbs, Growing House Plants, Growing Vegetables, Growing Orchids and Growing Fruit. The only book you'll need to grow more than 66 species, beautifully, practically, successfully.

Description for Sales People

All the information and authority needed to grow 66 bulbs in beds, borders and pots for a year round display.

Details ISBN0711239347 Author Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Pages 144 Series Kew Experts Year 2019 ISBN-10 0711239347 ISBN-13 9780711239340 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-09-03 Subtitle The art and science to grow your own bulbs Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 635.94 Language English UK Release Date 2019-09-03 AU Release Date 2019-09-03 Illustrations colour Audience General Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC NZ Release Date 2019-09-02 Imprint Frances Lincoln We've got this

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