The border book by Anna Pavord

Colorful, imaginative planting designs for every conceivable garden site. The Border Book shows you hundreds of fascinating plant combinations in dozens of original schemes, and makes each as easy to achieve as following a recipe in a cookbook. You can copy a scheme completely, take just a part of it, or go for one of the series of optional plantings shown in clear illustrations. The Border Book presents detailed planting designs for a wide variety of borders, island beds, and corner beds, as well as a collection of bright ideas for "leftover" garden locations that need an especially creative approach. More than 470 exquisite color illustrations and photographs show exactly what you will get when you follow the author's plant choices, cultivation notes, and maintenance advice. The wide range of schemes presented in this book ensures that you will find a practical, beautiful solution for your most persistent garden problems, form damp shade to dry soil, from stony ground to planting by the sea. The Border Book will give both enthusiastic plant lovers and novice gardeners alike the inspiration and the practical information to transform hidden corners and create beds and borders that are an enduring source of pleasure.