Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Propagation 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

Plant Names Simplified

900513-04-7

A.T. Johnson and H.A. Smith

Plant name dictionary

Propagating House Plants

Gardening Which?

How to propagate 100 house plants. Thin Booklet

The Complete Book of The Greenhouse

0-7063-7017-1

Ian. G. Walls

Plants and diagrams

Design and running of greenhouses with the growing of plants. Lists of plants with propagation methods for greenhouses and conservatories

The Gardening from Which? Guide to Successful Propagation

0-340-39981-3

Alistair Ayres

A plant-by-plant guide to raising over 1000 plants for your garden from cuttings and seeds in tabular form and explanatory diagrams.

The Propagation of Hardy Perennials. Techniques covered in detail - individual entries on over 700 genera

0-7134-7062-3

Richard Bird

34 colour photos of perennials. 24 figures demonstrating propagating techniques

The first part deals with basic techniques on how to propagate a wide range of hardy perennials for the flower garden, and the second discusses the plants genus by genus. Very usefull practical book.

The Royal Horticultural Society Propagating Plants

0-7513-0365-8

Alan Toogood

1800 detailed photos and illustrations

Practical guide to successful propagation of all garden plants - from trees and shrubs to culinary herbs

Rosa Pimpinellafolia