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Author:   Anne Swithinbank ,  John Swithinbank
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Frances Lincoln
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9780711224353

ISBN 10:   0711224358
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 March 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Starting up * Setting up you greenhouse * Raising plants from seed * Taking cuttings * Potting on 2.Raising flowers for the garden * Bedding plants from seed * Easy bedding plants * Annual climbers * Quick-growing biennials and perennials from seed * Starting dahlias from tubers * Cannas 3. Raising vegetables and herbs for the garden * Early starts * Beans * Shallots and garlic * Home-grown herbs 4. Greenhouse crops * A variety of crops to try * Tomatoes * Aubergines * Capsicums * Physalis * Cucumbers * Melons * Citrus * Dessert grapes * Peaches 5. The showhouse * Looking good all year * Arranging your plants * Under the staging * Long-lived plants for greenhouse display * Long-lived climbing plants * Annuals and short-lived treats * Short-lived climbing plants 6. Special collections * Fuchsias * Chrysanthemums * Pelargoniums * Carnivorous plants * Cacti and other succulents * Bulbs * Tender bulbs * Hardy spring-flowering bulbs * Lilies * House plants 7. Greenhouse care * Routine tasks * Pests and disease * Seasonal reminders Index

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fantastic ... a joy to read, and the best book for up to date growing methods of greenhouse crops and house plants Belfast Newsletter ... the tone is light and genuinely informative. Everything you need is there - rearing flowers and vegetables for outdoors, growing flowers and vegetables under glass, progation, composts and so on Times [Anne Swithinbank]'s knowledge of growing house and conservatory plants is encyclopaedic ... the photographs support the text by underlining this is a real person's greenhouse, one that any of us could emulate Gardens Illustrated

Anne is the expert on greenhouse gardening, and she comprehensively describes the techniques that will allow you to greatly expand the growing capabilities of your garden. A book by real people, written using their own greenhouse experience. Covers the tricky art of getting the most of growing under glass. '[Anne Swithinbank] will banish all confusion. She's a down-to-earth writer who certainly doesn't assume that her reader owns a large, top-of-the-range glasshouse. A lot of the book is about iornamental plants but there's still plenty of practical and detailed advice to interest growers of fruit and veg.' A book by real people, written using their own greenhouse experience. Covers the tricky art of getting the most of growing under glass. '[Anne Swithinbank] will banish all confusion. She's a down-to-earth writer who certainly doesn't assume that her reader owns a large, top-of-the-range glasshouse. A lot of the book is about iornamental plants but there's still plenty of practical and detailed advice to interest growers of fruit and veg.'

Anne is the expert on greenhouse gardening, and she comprehensively describes the techniques that will allow you to greatly expand the growing capabilities of your garden. Image Interiors A book by real people, written using their own greenhouse experience. Covers the tricky art of getting the most of growing under glass. Guardian Gardening blog

Author Information

ANNE SWITHINBANK is one of Britain's best-known gardeners, broadcasters and garden writers. Trained at Kew and formerly Glasshouse Supervisor at the RHS Garden at Wisley, she has presented many popular gardening programmes, including the Channel 4 series Bloom, Gardens of the Caribbean and BBC Gardeners' World. She is a regular panellist on Gardeners' Question Time on Radio 4. A prolific gardening correspondent for a number of national magazines and newspapers, she has also written several books. She lives in Devon. JOHN SWITHINBANK photographs all aspects of horticulture, drawing on over 30 years of professional horticultural experience. His vast picture library is used by many international clients and his images appear regularly in Amateur Gardening and the Western Morning News. He lives in Devon.

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