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Title: HOSTAS
AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO VARIETIES, CULTIVATION AND CARE, WITH STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS AND MORE THAN 130 BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS
By: Andrew Mikolajski
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 178019238X
ISBN 13: 9781780192383
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Publisher: ANNESS PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 18 April, 2013
Pages: 64
Description: Everything you need to know about hostas at a glance in one handy practical gardening guide. The versatility and beauty of hostas makes them one of the most popular and rewarding foliage plants; with expert advice on selecting varieties, planting and growing, this book will help you to create a wonderful display.
Synopsis: This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and more than 130 beautiful photographs. Everything you need to know about hostas at a glance in one handy practical gardening guide. It includes a beautiful photographic directory of over 40 types, including yellow, green, blue and variegated hostas. For each variety, full botanical information is provided on the plant's history, growth, size and flowering. It offers a step-by-step guidance on choosing, planting, propagating and caring for hostas, and dealing with pests and diseases. It features superb planting ideas for growing hostas in troughs, as ground cover, as edging plants, in mixed borders, in containers and for flower arrangements. It is the definitive handbook for one of the most popular and best-loved garden plants. The versatility and beauty of hostas makes them one of the most popular and rewarding foliage plants. Whether you use larger hostas to create a stately summer border or dwarf varieties to enliven a rocky or aquatic environment, they are reliable, attractive and relatively low-maintenance.Flourishing even in containers, hostas are truly plants for every situation. This beautiful book explains how to use hostas to their best advantage, as well as providing a fully illustrated directory of over 40 types. With expert advice on selecting varieties, planting and growing hostas, the book will help you to create a wonderful display of these popular shrubs.
Illustrations: over 130 photographs
Publication: UK
Imprint: Southwater
Returns: Returnable
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