Designer Plant Combinations

By Scott Calhoun format: trade paperback publication: July 2008 ISBN: 9781603420778

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For every gardener who has hesitated over plant pairings or wondered if an array of favorite plants will work well together in the garden, "105 Designer Combinations" inspires and delights awith professionally designed combinations using just two to six plants. Here are the secrets to combining French lavender with California fuchsia; prairie coneflower with hummingbird mint; and tall purple moor grass with dwarf Korean lilac in a small garden bed. The dramatic effects are marvelous. Author Scott Calhoun traveled the country searching for the freshest, most exciting plant groupings. He visited the gardens of top designers from coast to coast and chose more than 100 combinations to include in his photographic celebration. Riots of complementary colors, masses of grasses, foliage spectacles in extrordinary shades of green and purple, and height variations as arresting as city skylines are all featured in these exciting gardens, each one an intimate selfcontained glimpse of a larger garden. Rather than complete garden designs, these combinations are small, understandable pieces that demystify the design process for home gardeners. The innovative ensembles are invitations to try plants together in fresh, inventive ways. The combinations are perfect as embellishments to or reinventions of existing gardens. A favorite pairing can be the beginning of a larger garden design, or a five-plant grouping might be all that is necessary to fill in a small urban garden. The possibilities are as varied as the gardener's imagination.

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