Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden: Drought-resistant Planting Through the Year

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Viking Studio, 2000 - 185 pages
This book is rich in tips for gardening in the face of water shortages and poor soil.

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Allium Allium cristophii Artemisia autumn ballota beautiful beneath Berberis Bergenia blue bombyciferum border edge buds bulbs bush carpet Caryopteris Cistus clematis clumps clusters colour compost contrast create dark Diascia drought effect Eryngium Euphorbia characias Euphorbia characias subsp Euphorbia dulcis Euphorbia myrsinites Euphorbia polychroma Euphorbia seguieriana flower heads flower stems foliage fresh Fritillaria frost Galtonia Gaura lindheimeri Genista Genista aetnensis grass Gravel Garden gravel path green grey growing growth Helianthemum island beds late summer Lavandula Lavandula stoechas leaves Leylandii hedge look mauve myrsinites neighbours Nepeta Origanum pale petals Phlomis pink plants poppy pruned purple Rosa pimpinellifolia rose-pink rosettes Salvia officinalis santolina Scree Scree Garden Sedum telephium subsp seed heads seedlings Sempervivum shades shape shoots shrubs Silver smothered soft soil spires spring Stachys byzantina stand Stipa tall texture thyme Thymus tiny tuberosa Tulipa Verbascum Verbena bonariensis verticals warm weeks winter wulfenii young Yucca

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À propos de l'auteur (2000)

Beth Chatto was born Betty Diana Little in Good Easter, Essex, England on June 27, 1923. She was a horticulturist, who lectured on the importance of providing garden plants with an environment as close as possible to their native habitat. She wrote numerous books including The Dry Garden, The Damp Garden, Plant Portraits, Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook, The Green Tapestry, The Gravel Garden, and The Woodland Garden. Letters she exchanged with Christopher Lloyd were published in Dear Friend and Gardener: Letters on Life and Gardening. She received several awards including the Lawrence Memorial Medal, the Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honor, and the Garden Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. She was appointed OBE in 2002. She died on May 13, 2018 at the age of 94.

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TitreBeth Chatto's Gravel Garden: Drought-resistant Planting Through the Year
AuteurBeth Chatto
Photos deSteven Wooster
Éditionillustrée
ÉditeurViking Studio, 2000
Original provenant del'Université de Virginie
Numérisé5 sept. 2008
ISBN0670892602, 9780670892600
Longueur185 pages
  
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