The Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations

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Author: Tony Lord
Creator: Andrew Lawson
Publisher: Firefly Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 834684

Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.4 x 1.5

ISBN: 1552096238
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9781552096239
ASIN: 1552096238

Publication Date: September 7, 2002
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Product Description

All gardeners have favorite plants, but they often get stumped when it comes to knowing which plants to put beside those favorites. Confidence in which combinations work can mean the difference between a mediocre garden and one that sings. The Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations is the perfect tool to help gardeners create a stunning garden.

This inspiring planting guide features: - More than 4,000 combinations for beautiful and successful plantings - Over 1,000 plant descriptions with full color photographs and cultivation needs - Extensive information on suggested combinations and complementary plants, all fully cross-referenced - At-a-glance symbols - How to assess a site, choose plants and plant borders - How to combine form, color, texture, size and foliage - How to combine plants according to location, soil, climate and seasons

With authoritative and imaginative text, superb photographs and hundreds of planting combinations, The Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations is an exciting sourcebook for gardeners of all experience levels.

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5 out of 5 stars

lanscape architect's dream October 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I am a landscape architect and love this book. It is beautifully presented with excellent photographs and a meticulous legend system. One other reviewer didn't like it but I would have to say they didn't look closely enough to realize this book is marvelous for helping any person put together planting combinatinos that are aesthetically pleasing and funcional.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent September 4, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a comprehensive compilation of creative combination ideas replete with gorgeous photographs. Beautiful book, with a foil Dust Jacket in green & gold. I have sold 4 or 5 and never had a complaint.

4 out of 5 stars

Fantastic Reference Book; definitely will provide inspiration. November 11, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I have this book on my wish list so am still borrowing it from the library. It takes about 5-10 minutes familiarizing yourself with the layout and symbols but once you've invested the time, it is an awesome reference. A perennial problem in gardening/landscaping is figuring out what plant(s) work with a given plant--this book helps solve that problem. It will take some time and another reference book to look up a possible solution's zone, light, soil requirements etc but this book gets you headed in the right direction. Even if you don't find the perfect partner for a given plant, it gives you ideas. For example, lets say you want something to go with a purple-leaved barberry. You may not like the plants it recommends but you discover that a plant with yellow-green foliage will look great. Therefore, you may then discover that a sweet potato vine will look superb with it.

Is it one-stop shopping? No. Is there a better book for this purpose? If there is one, I haven't seen it.

5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful book with inspiring ideas August 25, 2003
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

This lush, beautifully designed and photographed book, should provide gardeners with hours of enjoyment and help them make decisions about pairing plants in their gardens. Sections are divided by type of plants (such as Perennials, Roses, Bulbs, etc.). The author profiles each plant with a very thorough description (including growing advice) followed by a list of plants that will compliment it in the garden. It is also accompanied by a photo. The photographs in the book are mouth-watering to say the least! The only gripe I had was that the list of plants provided with each entry is listed with the Latin plant name which is often bewildering to novice gardeners. However, a common name list is located in the back of the book, which helps remedy the situation. Very highly recommend. A gorgeous book!

5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic Book! March 6, 2003
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

I can't figure out what book the first reviewer was looking at, but it couldn't have been Lord & Lawson's! This is a meticulous and comprehensive compilation of creative combination ideas replete with gorgeous photographs. My wife is an expert gardener and this is among her favorites! She used to take it out of the Brentwood Public Library every week till I bought her a copy from Amazon.