The gardener's color palette : paint your garden with 100 extraordinary flower choices / Tom Fischer ; photographs by Clive Nichols.

"The Gardener's Color Palette features ten plants in ten color groups and offers gardeners hundreds of opportunities to mix and match. Want a red garden? Choose the 'Crimson Star' columbine, the 'Lucifer' crocosmia, and the 'Gardenview Scarlet' bee balm. For a metallic garden plant the Japanese cobr...

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Main Author: Fischer, Thomas, 1955-
Language:English
Published: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010.
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Physical Description:236 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Format: Book
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"The Gardener's Color Palette features ten plants in ten color groups and offers gardeners hundreds of opportunities to mix and match. Want a red garden? Choose the 'Crimson Star' columbine, the 'Lucifer' crocosmia, and the 'Gardenview Scarlet' bee balm. For a metallic garden plant the Japanese cobra lily, the Chocolate cosmos, and the Kamchatka fritillary. Or, create a multicolored array by picking plants from each category. Plant profiles include a description, the common and botanical names, information about expected height and spread, bloom time, hardiness, and light and water requirements" --Publisher description.
Note:Includes index.
Call Number:SB454.3.C64 F56 2010
ISBN:9781604690842 (pbk.)
1604690844 (pbk.)