Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Garden Pests Books

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

Adas Colour Atlas of Weed Seedlings

0-7234-0929-3

J.B. Williams and J.R. Morrison

Weed Seedlings

How to Identify Weed Seedlings

Arboriculture Integrated Management of Landscape Trees, Shrubs, and Vines

0-13-044280-1

Richard W. Harris

Line diagrams and trees

Analyze tree problems and practices and maintenance of landscape plants

A-Z of Garden Pests and Problems

0-907812-66-X

Ian G. Walls

Identification and control all the problems which affect garden, greenhouse and commercial glasshouse plants

Be your Own Garden Doctor

0-903-50509-6

Dr. D.G. Hessayon

Pictures of pests, diseases, disorders and weeds

Problems shown with solutions for flowers tree fruit, soft fruit, trees and shrubs. Thin Booklet

Be your own Vegetable Doctor

0-903-50508-8

Dr. D.G. Hessayon

Diagrams

How to identify vegetable problems and deal with them. Thin Booklet

Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs Controlling garden pests organically

0-88266-664-9

Rhinda Massingham Hart

Line drawings

Very useful essay on organic pest control of bad birds, rodent warriors, big game, friends and neighbours, lowlifes, what bugs you and acquiring and managing beneficials

Collins Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants

0-00-219103-2

Stefan Buczacki Keith Harris

24 plates pests and diseases

Good descriptions of garden pests and diseases to locate problem and provide solution

Garden Pests & Diseases

0-85533-220-4

Audrey Brooks and Andrew Halstead

Diagrams

Every ill that plants can suffer from is covered in this guide to what to do when things go wrong. Shows how to recognize the problem and explains the best treatment to use, and why

Honey Fungus

0-11-710301-2

Greig Gregory And Strouts

Honey fungus

Identification of honey fungus. Tables of trees and shrubs susceptible/resistant to honey fungus. Control instructions. Thin Booklet

Pest & Disease Handbook in Apples and Pears

 

ADAS

32 colour photos of apple and pear pests or diseases

Provides recognition of pests and diseases in apples and pears, together with their life cycles, methods of assessment and basic control stategies.

Phosyn Product Handbook. Deficiencies and analytical services guide

 

Phosyn plc

36 photos of fruit/ vegetable deficiencies

Phosyn specialise in the formulation and production of micro-nutrients for a wide range of crops from cereals and potatoes to every kind of fruit and for animals at grass.

Soil

0-582-44641-1

Ken Simpson

Diagrams

Physical and chemical problems with soil, their causes and suggested solutions

The UK Pesticide Guide 1991

0-85198-704-4

British Crop Protection Council

Having found the pest/disease in Collins guide to the pests, diseases and disorders of garden plants, then use this book to find correct chemical treatment. Use the UK Pesticide Guide Book for the current year.

Treeshelters

0-11-710288-1

M.J. Potter

Diagrams

Treeshelters can reduce losses caused by mammal damage and improve the growing environment of the young tree

Turfgrass Diseases and Associated Disorders

1-873431-39-2

Catherine A. York

20 turf diseases/ disorders

Good description of turf diseases/disorders with control mechanisms

 

 

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