Growing Up: A Gardener’s Guide to
Climbing Plants for the Pacific Northwest
by Christine Allen
Deck the walls and fences, pillars and
pergolas of your garden throughout the year with climbing, spreading and
trailing plants. From winter jasmine and ivy to summer’s rambling roses and
clematis, Christine Allen tells you how to cover vertical surfaces of your
garden with a variety of perennial and annual climbers.
Christine provides full descriptions of
each plant arranged by season and tells you how best to enhance your garden with
colour and variety. An invaluable source of information, for both the beginner
and the expert.
With enthusiastic, logical advice from an
avid green thumb, the book covers a year’s worth of climbing, spreading
and trailing plants, the pros and cons, arranged by season. Information on soil
requirements, pruning and pest control is provided.
Chapters include: The Mechanics of Climbers, Planting and Tending, A Note
on Nomenclature, A Year of Climbers, and Climbers for Special Purposes
Roses for the Pacific Northwest
by Christine Allen
Sooner or later every gardener comes
around to roses. Of all the flowers in all the gardens of the world, roses seem
to exercise the greatest powers of attraction while at the same time generating
the greatest apprehension and fear of failure. Let Christine Allen guide you as
you choose your roses and care for your rose garden.
In this book the author describes what you
need to do to prepare your garden for roses, how to select and nurture your new
roses and the caring for roses that they will add beauty to any garden.
Chapters include:
Choosing a Rose, Suitable Roses for our Climate, Preparing and designing the
site, Amending your soil, Care and Cultivation, Year-round maintenance, Pruning,
and pest control.
Christine Allen is a writer and gardener. She is a member and
past president of the Vancouver (BC) Rose Society. She teaches courses on rose
care and cultivation at VanDusen gardens in Vancouver. Christine lives on a farm
in Langley, British Columbia, and grows over 200 roses, among herbs and
perennials in her large country garden. Her ambition is to cover every fence on
her property with rambling roses.
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