Gardening with Conifers

Adrian Bloom, Adrian Bloom, Richard Bloom , Michael A. Dirr

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Firefly Books Ltd
01 April 2017

Gardening: flowers; Gardening: shrubs & trees; Container gardening

"""Covers virtually every aspect of conifer use and culture in a format accessible to horticultural students and home gardeners alike ... Magnificently highlighted by more than 250 striking colour photographs ... Conifers are showcased in their full glory as richly textured, brilliantly coloured, and subtly structured plants deserving of a spot in every garden."" - Booklist

Fifteen years after this review, we present a revised and expanded edition of this highly acclaimed reference. Among the changes is the addition of a foreword by Michael A. Dirr, author of such classics as 'Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia'. New content and updates are found in ""Why Conifers?"", ""The Magic of Conifers"", ""A Closer Look at Conifers"" and in the detailed practical section, ""Growing Conifers in Your Garden"". This edition features the author's comprehensively revised Directory of 600 conifers, so current that it includes the Australian Wollemia nobilis, a two million-year-old species only recently found and genetically identified, and available at a select few nurseries. Other new features are ""Conifers that Grow on You"" and ""The Mauergarten Story"", which chronicles the author's design of the garden at one of Germany's premiere nurseries.

Comprehensive in scope and lavishly illustrated, the book includes a directory of more than 600 conifers and expert advice. 'Gardening with Conifers' is a thorough and beautiful guide to coniferous trees and shrubs of the world. Stunning colour photographs show conifers young and old in a variety of environments, from small gardens to many-acred gardens. It reveals the magic that conifers bring to a garden and how they create structure and balance for year-round visual interest and colour.

AUTHOR: Adrian Bloom is a nurseryman, gardener and writer, and chairman of Blooms Nurseries Ltd. in Norfolk, UK, home of Blooms of Bressingham nursery. He has 50 years of experience planting and maintaining the 17-acre ""Foggy Bottom"" garden, home to over 500 varieties of conifers.

Richard Bloom is an award-winning photographer whose garden images appear regularly in House and Garden, RHS The Gardening Magazine, Fine Gardening and other such publications.

250 colour photos, index, appendices, bibliography, sources"

By: Adrian Bloom
Photographs by: Adrian Bloom, Richard Bloom
Foreword by: Michael A. Dirr
Imprint: Firefly Books Ltd
Country of Publication: Canada
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 228mm,
ISBN: 9781770859081
ISBN 10: 177085908X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Adrian Bloom is a nurseryman, gardener, broadcaster and writer, and chairman of Blooms of Bressingham, a nursery near Diss, Norfolk. He has 50 years of experience planting and maintaining the 17-acre 'Foggy Bottom' garden, which includes over 500 varieties of conifers. Richard Bloom is an award-winning photographer whose garden images regularly appear in House and Garden, RHS The Garden magazine, Fine Gardening and other such publications.

Reviews for Gardening with Conifers

'Covers virtually every aspect of conifer use and culture in a format accessible to horticultural students and home gardeners alike ... Magnificently highlighted by more than 250 striking colour photographs ... Conifers are showcased in their full glory as richly textured, brilliantly coloured, and subtly structured plants deserving of a spot in every garden' Booklist.