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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 635.932 EAN: 9781594868535 Edition: Revised ISBN: 1594868530 Label: Rodale Books Manufacturer: Rodale Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: February 19, 2008 Publisher: Rodale Books Release Date: February 19, 2008 Studio: Rodale Books Related Items:
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 Rating:  - An amazing reference guide for landscape designIf you've ever drooled over perfectly arranged landscapes designed with fabulous color combinations, texture, and an array of plants all sizes and shapes who's colors are pleasing to the eye, this book is your tool. There are many garden companies that offer pre-designed gardens, but they're expensive and sometimes have plants that you just don't care for. This book gives you ideas, plans, tips on how to combine plants in such a way that it looks like a professional landscaper came and did all ... Read More Rating: - a huge help for one new to gardeningBeing pretty new to perennials but having read many books I was having sort of a writers block when it came to WHAT to put in my new garden. I knew all about HOW but with so many choices I was overwhelmed! This book has a good number of templates to give you a jump start and many outstanding photos of combinations of flowers that work together. In fact this has some of the best photos I have ever seen in a garden book. It also covers difficult situations like ... Read More Rating:  - Decent book, lousy photosOne of the drawbacks of buying gardening books online is that you can't see the photos. If I had thumbed through this book I don't think I would have purchased it. Not that it doesn't have a lot of good information and ideas. It's just that the photos are, for the most part, awful. The color is garish and over-saturated and the images actually look blurry. Also, many of the plant combo photos are very close up, which doesn't help when you are trying to figure out how to place your perennials when ... Read More Rating:  - No JuiceThis book was (is) a big disappointment, containing as it does nothing new regarding perennnial combining that isn't covered in at least a dozen or more recent and more interesting books, not to mention the classics. This is perennial combining 202 with no spark of imagination in the pairings that can make a garden jump for joy. The photography is so ordinary and the color is extremly garish. Is that due to the Digital Imaging Specialists Dale Mack and Jane Ramsey or what? I can find no photographic ... Read More Rating: - Love This BookAlthough I have a plethora of gardening books, this one stands out as one of my favorites. It shows a picture example on every page. It has planting diagrams (garden plans) so you can duplicate what you see and it gives a lot of information about the plants. It's the best of both worlds - you can use the information and get creative, or follow the plans and duplicate what you see. Either way, you'll have a great garden! Although I've been gardening for a good many years, it's nice to have a reference ... Read More 
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