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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, c2010.Description: 236 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781604690842 (pbk.)
  • 1604690844 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB454.3.C64 F56 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Red -- Orange to peach -- Yellow to cream -- Green to chartreuse -- Blue -- Lavender, lilac, and mauve -- Pink to magenta -- Deep purple, maroon, and plum -- Brown, bronze, and copper -- White to ivory.
Summary: "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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Pacific Northwest Connections Collection SB454.3.C64 F57 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800020331
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

Red -- Orange to peach -- Yellow to cream -- Green to chartreuse -- Blue -- Lavender, lilac, and mauve -- Pink to magenta -- Deep purple, maroon, and plum -- Brown, bronze, and copper -- White to ivory.

"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.

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