Plant Types (T-T): . . . . . . . . . of where suitable.

Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Plant Type Books - T-T				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
The Fruit Expert	0-903505-31-2	Dr. D.G. Hessayon	Diagrams	Good descriptions of tree fruit and soft fruit varieties in alphabetical order. How to maintain them
The Gardener's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Climbers & Wall Shrubs	0-670-82929-3	Brian Davis	600 plants	A guide to 2000 varieties of climbers and wall shrubs including roses, clematis and fruit trees with good descriptions, some with colour photo. 13 lists for choosing the right wall shrub or climber
The Greenhouse Expert	0-903-50540-1	Dr. D.G. Hessayon	Explanatory diagrams and colour photos	Practical, sensible information on selection of greenhouse, with what to grow, care of plants and monthly calendar of jobs to be done. You are reminded that a greenhouse for a private individual is not a money-making or a simple pastime for occasional action!
The Hamlyn Photographic Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe	0-75370-011-5	Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough	1500 colour wild flowers, 400 black and white foliage drawings and 1000 colour distribution maps	Descriptions and photos of 1900 native plants to Britain and northern Europe
The Macdonald Encyclopedia of Flowers for Balcony & Garden	0-356-09148-1	Guido Moggi Luciano Giugnolini	350 plants	350 good descriptions of plants with colour photo, plant type symbol, and suitability symbol in alphabetical order
The Plant Finder 1990/91	0-86190-385-4	Chris Philip		Which nursery to find which plant in the UK
The Plant Finder 1994/95	0-9512161-6-3	Chris Philip		60,000 plants and where to buy them. It is more useful to use the Plant Finder Book or CD for the current year.
The Rock and Water Garden Expert	0-903505-38-X	Dr. D.G. Hessayon	Diagrams	Good descriptions of rock and water plants in alphabetical order. How to maintain them and short essays of where to use them
The Tree and Shrub Expert	0-903505-17-7	Dr. D.G. Hessayon	Diagrams	Good descriptions of shrubs, trees, climbers and conifers in alphabetical order. How to maintain them and short essays of where to use them
Tough Plants for Tough Places	0-7153-0536-0	Gary Vergine & Michael Jefferson-Brown	350 plants	Good descriptions with colour photo of tough plants for 1) too dry, 2) too wet, 3) other difficult conditions, 4) solving 12 everyday problems and 5) more tough plants
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Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Plant Type Books - T-T