Gardening tips from the National Trust

Description

Includes index.


January to March: The conservatory in winter -- Pot plants and cut flowers for thehouse -- After the storm -- Pruning and training climbers -- Pruning shrubs -- Citrus fruits in pots and tubs -- Lawn maintenance -- Pruning roses -- Staking herbaceous borders -- Waterside planting. -- April to June: Rock garden planting and upkeep -- Soft fruit -- Plants in containers -- Gardening on a grand scale -- Coastal gardening -- Favourite old rhododendrons -- Garden pool maintenance -- Weed control without chemicals -- hardy ferns -- Summer bedding -- Wildflower meadows -- Using semi-tender plants. -- July to September: Herbs on the move -- The upkeep of mixed borders -- Cutting hedges -- Wall fruits -- In the kitchen garden -- Companion planting -- Organic pest control -- Going it alone -- Dealing with dahlias -- Topiary -- Planning and planting for sprinng bedding -- Exotic planting. -- October to December: Making and maintaining a knot garden -- Autumn work in the herbaceous border -- Planting
conifers -- Lawn renovation -- Copost making -- Pruning trees -- Ivies-a celebration -- Planting and establishing trees -- Planting, pruning and training vinews -- Path making -- Using plants from New Zealand.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G152: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: GG/4.

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