Overview
Featuring beautiful color photographs, this guide offers examples of how bedding can work in different environments, explains five important qualities of bedding plants, and classifies the various types. A plant directory is also included, as well as information on design and theory, growing plants from seeds and cuttings, and the use of color.
Synopsis
Featuring beautiful color photographs, this guide offers examples of how bedding can work in different environments, explains five important qualities of bedding plants, and classifies the various types. A plant directory is also included, as well as information on design and theory, growing plants from seeds and cuttings, and the use of color.
BookList
The main feature of bedding, Colborn asserts, is massing--numbers of the same plants used together with the effect of creating a uniform texture. In traditional bedding schemes, different plants are massed together to create formal patterns. Colborn offers specific examples of how bedding can be made to work in a variety of settings, explains the five special qualities required of bedding plants, and classifys the various types. There's information on design and theory, on growing plants from seeds and cuttings, and on the use of color. A plant directory listing the most common bedding plants is included, as are 120 color photographs.