Plant Association (T-W): . . . pleasing colour or foliage combination.

Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Plant Association Books - T-W				Library Pages Library Introduction Site Map Garden Style Garden Design:- A-G G-H J-T T-W Garden Planting Design:- A-G G-L L-S S-T T-Y Location of Plants:- A-G G-T T-W Plant Association:- A-R T-W* Plant Types:- A-H H-S T-T Plant Species:- A-E F-M M-T T-W Gardening:- A-S S-Y Garden Cultivation Propagation Garden Pests Garden Tips Practical Projects:- A-H H-S S-T T-Y Wildlife Reference Library Miscellaneous Health
Site Map Links Case Studies Companion Planting Garden Construction Garden Design Garden Maintenance Glossary Home Library* Offbeat Glossary Plants Soil Tool Shed Useful Data Topic - Plant Photo Galleries Aquatic Bamboo Bedding Bulb Climber Colour Wheel Conifer Deciduous Shrub Deciduous Tree Evergreen Perennial Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Tree Fern Grass Hedging Herbaceous Perennial Herb Odds and Sods Rhododendron Rose Soft Fruit Top Fruit Vegetable Wild Flower Topic - Wildlife on Plant Photo Gallery Butterfly	Each entry, where possible, has an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) to assist you in locating a copy. In order to assist the design process for a garden, the Library has been split into the following order of abstraction:- Garden Style - The overall style of the garden — Cottage, Japanese, Feng-Shui, Informal, Formal, Wildlife Friendly etc - dictates which following design and plant books are suitable to use Garden Design - gives design methodologies to follow for the Garden Style chosen. Garden Planting Design gives planting design ideas for the beds of the overall garden design chosen above. Wildlife gives details concerning wildlife that could be found in gardens, their lifestyle and how to encourage them to your garden. Location of Plants shows which plants should be grouped together for its soil, shade, colour for the garden style chosen. Plant Association shows which plant combinations give a pleasing colour combination or foliage contrast. Plant Types gives growing conditions of a particular family of plants, i.e. Primulas, with lists of where suitable and finally Plant Species gives data about a particular family of plants in restricted format.
The Reference Library and the Practical Projects categories will assist with construction. Private garden maintenance can then be assisted by the following:- Gardening gives general information on how to garden for the whole garden, Garden Cultivation gives specific data about growing vegetables in a kitchen garden, or fruit in an orchard, or lawns, ponds etc, Propagation gives details on how to propagate new plants from seed, division or grafting, Garden Pests includes information on garden pests and diseases with their control and Garden Tips gives tips on different parts of gardening. Please note that entries in the library pages in red text indicate books that Chris Garnons-Williams has found to be more useful than the others in that section.
Title	ISBN	Author	Pictures of	Content
Take Two Plants	0-7153-0492-5	Nicola Ferguson	400 plant pairs	400 plant pairs with colour photo, each of which is made up of plants that not only enjoy the same conditions but also work together visually to create pleasing associations of colour, texture and plant form
The Companion Garden	1-85626-035-6	Bob Flowerdew		Vegetable garden companion planting
The Conservatory Gardener	0-7112-0751-8	Ann Swithinbank	Conservatory plant pictures	Definitive guide to conservatory plants and how to grow them with aquatic plants. Table for choosing the correct plants according to the temperature inside the conservatory.
The Encyclopedia of Plants for Garden Situations The right plant for the right setting	0-7134-7783-0	Fritz Kohlein Peter Menzel	Plants	Good descriptions with colour photo of perennials and annuals to suit 40 types of garden, which are detailed with photo at the beginning of the book.
The Flowering Year	0-7011-3584-0	Anna Pavord	Plant flower	Monthly planting plans with good description and photograph of each plant in that group
The Garden Plant Selector The guide to choosing the right plants for your garden conditions	1-900618-52-X	David Joyce	1200 plants	3000 good descriptions, 1200 with colour photo. Lists of plants for sunny dry conditions, waterside and bog plants, tolerant of dry shade, heavy clay soil, alkaline soils, moist acid conditions and coastal gardens. One essay on plants in the wild and another on plants in the garden show that a successful garden is one made by matching plants to the conditions available.
The Harmonious Garden	0-88192-348-6	Catherine Ziegler	Plant combinations	Plant combinations and cultivar data
The Low-Maintenance Garden	0-00-412602-5	Peter McHoy	Plants	60 good descriptions of plants, some with colour photos. Essay of plant combinations of different plant types. Thin Booklet
The Plantfinder's Guide to Ornamental Grasses	0-7153-0638-3	Roger Grounds	Grasses	Good description of grasses, some with colour photo. Orchestrating the grasses includes combination plants. Complete alphabetical list good description of all ornamental grasses in tabular form. Lists of grasses for special uses
The Recognition and Practical Uses of Bulbous, Cormous and Tuberous Plants		International Flower Bulb Centre	Black and white bulbs and garden plant plans	Good descriptions of bulbs with black/white pictures. What bulb/plant combinations to plant in different sites in the garden. Thick booklet
The Rose a complete handbook		Roy Genders		1,300 varieties of hybrid tea, floribunda, miniature, climbing and rambler, shrub and hedge rose, with an index showing height of each variety with its page number for its description. Companion plants
The Smaller Rhododendrons	0-7134-4471-1	Peter A. Cox		Good descriptions of small rhododendrons which are suitable for modern gardens. Good information on plant associations
The Tree Guide for Gardens		Andrew and Nick Dunn		Descriptions of trees for gardens with size, growth rate, form, flower and leaf colour. Tables showing which ornamental trees are suitable for your garden
The Winter Flower Garden	0-7099-1560-8	Sonia Kinahan	20 colour plates of plants and 40 figures of plants	From the 15 November to 15 March, there are 100 species of plant that flower and most have scent with 25 of these per month. Chapter 9 has a table of these
The Wisley Book of Gardening	0-600-36778-9	Robert Pearson	32 colour illustrations	Published 1981. How to do better gardening is detailed by the staff of Wisley using planning and planting of different plants in separate chapters with good lists
Tree Form, Size and Colour	0-419-13520-0	Bodfan Gruffydd	Black and white photos of trees	A guide to selection, planting and design of 300 trees. Large tree table (above 50ft) and small tree table(below 50ft) with foliage colour, siting and display, growth, environment and ultimate spacing
Winter Garden Glory How to get the best from your garden from autumn through to spring	0-00-412892-3	Adrian Bloom	200 plants And planting plans	Good descriptions of best plants for continuing interest in the garden throughout the year of -trees, shrubs, conifers, perennials, ferns, grasses, heaths and heathers, alpines and bulbs. Winter colour garden plans.
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Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Plant Association Books - T-W

Take Two Plants

0-7153-0492-5

Nicola Ferguson

400 plant pairs

400 plant pairs with colour photo, each of which is made up of plants that not only enjoy the same conditions but also work together visually to create pleasing associations of colour, texture and plant form

The Flowering Year

0-7011-3584-0

Anna Pavord

Plant flower

Monthly planting plans with good description and photograph of each plant in that group

The Garden Plant Selector

The guide to choosing the right plants for your garden conditions

1-900618-52-X

David Joyce

1200 plants

The Harmonious Garden

0-88192-348-6

Catherine Ziegler

Plant combinations

Plant combinations and cultivar data

The Plantfinder's Guide to Ornamental Grasses

0-7153-0638-3

Roger Grounds

Grasses

Good description of grasses, some with colour photo. Orchestrating the grasses includes combination plants. Complete alphabetical list good description of all ornamental grasses in tabular form. Lists of grasses for special uses

Winter Garden Glory

How to get the best from your garden from autumn through to spring

0-00-412892-3

Adrian Bloom

200 plants And planting plans

Good descriptions of best plants for continuing interest in the garden throughout the year of -trees, shrubs, conifers, perennials, ferns, grasses, heaths and heathers, alpines and bulbs. Winter colour garden plans.