Reveals how to transform the special challenges of a shady landscape into a beautiful and unique garden, discussing how to select the right plants, the characteristics of shade-loving plants, how to combine them to create striking designs, and the practicalities of preparing, planting, and maintaining a shade garden. Original.

Product Description: Shade is a reality in nearly every garden, and this guide will help any gardener, experienced or inexperienced, take full advantage of those sometimes tricky shady areas. After looking at shade in different situations-in different sizes and types of gardens, in specific areas within the garden such as hedges and other barriers, and in vertical elements such as pergolas and arches-the book then considers the characteristics of shade-loving plants, looking at brightly colored flowers as well as at plants with distinct types of foliage...read more

Product Description: Inspired first by the flora and fauna of rural England, and later by the world's deserts, coastlines, mountains, and woodlands, Keith Wiley has distilled the essence of these wild landscapes into a single garden with breathtaking success...read more