A Shortcut to Perfect Planting

Author(s): Rob Cassy

Gardening | Secondhand

Organized by season, these 100 plants selected by Rob Cassy, aim to give year-round pleasure, and transform your garden at a stroke. Hardback


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A plantperson's dream, a novice gardener's welcome guide, this is a lavishly illustrated, well-written book to planting for interest through the seasons. From bleakest winter through to scorching summer days, Rob Cassy picks a connoisseurs selection of perennials, bulbs, shrubs and trees to enliven each season with that something just a little bit more special. All readily available they tend to be ignored as "difficult" or unknown, nearly always contrary to reality. Mixed in are stalwart favourites such as buddleja, snowdrops and clematis but it is the more unusual - akebia, fritillaria, stachyurus and chimonanthus - that open the eyes wide. Add just one of these and garden visitors will regard you as an accomplished plantsmen when in reality all you've done is dare to buy something slightly different. Written with sound professionalism and accompanied by background information on each genus, it is an attractive, comprehensive guide to the best on offer for all months of the year. With cultivation details and notes of particular likes and dislikes, this is a book that rightly deserves a place on every gardener's bookcase. - Lucy Watson

Rob Cassy is a partner at Garden Books in Notting Hill, London and has an excellent knowledge of the gardening book market. He has gardened in London for many years, taking full advantage of its mild climate to experiment with tender and unusual plants. Fascinated by early gardening writers, he is an authority on plant folklore and has appeared on radio and television in Britain and Japan. Rob is also the author of the Ultimate Language of Flowers and Everything You Need To Know About Gardening But Were Afraid To Ask. He is a regular contributor to magazines, such as Gardens Illustrated and is also a freelance Garden Designer.

Winter; spring; summer; autumn; conclusion.

General Fields

  • : 9781840912807
  • : Octopus Publishing Group
  • : Conran Octopus Ltd
  • : 0.0
  • : October 2002
  • : 280mm X 216mm X 17mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Rob Cassy
  • : Hardback
  • : 635.953
  • : 160
  • : 180 colour photographs, index