Roses Love Garlic
Roses Love Garlic

Author: Louise Riotte

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2012-07-06

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 161212187X

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From deterring insect pests with hot peppers to encouraging strawberries by bordering them with chrysanthemums, Louise Riotte shows you how to use the natural qualities of common plants to increase your garden’s productivity. Roses Love Garlic profiles hundreds of plants, features sample garden designs, and includes recipes for using your harvest to make herbal cosmetics, medicinal mixtures, and plant-based dyes. You’ll enjoy learning about the fascinating ways plants work together as you tend to a thriving and bountiful garden. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Vegetables Love Flowers
Vegetables Love Flowers

Author: Lisa Mason Ziegler

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0760357587

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Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden; but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers walks you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate. Alongside gorgeous garden photography, you'll also learn about: Seed-starting, growing, and harvesting How to make garden flower bouquets, with "recipes" for various arrangements How to attract beneficial creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests Pesticide-free pest-control measures Composting heaps and bins With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive—and beautify your garden in the process.

Jackson & Perkins Rose Companions
Jackson & Perkins Rose Companions

Author: Stephen Scanniello

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781591861225

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The first book devoted expressly to the exciting variety of plants that can be grown with roses gives gardeners of all levels the information they need to create a beautiful landscape.

Everyday Roses
Everyday Roses

Author: Paul Zimmerman

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781600857782

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Forget the fuss and embrace modern roses as you learn how to grow and care for rose hybrids in a guide that also lays to rest common rose myths and flawed rose care instructions.

Plant Partners
Plant Partners

Author: Jessica Walliser

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2020-12-22

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1635861330

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Companion planting has a long history of use by gardeners, but the explanation of why it works has been filled with folklore and conjecture. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for this ever-popular growing technique, offering dozens of ways you can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit your whole garden. Through an enhanced understanding of how plants interact with and influence each other, this guide suggests specific plant combinations that improve soil health and weed control, decrease pest damage, and increase biodiversity, resulting in real and measurable impacts in the garden.

The Companion to Roses
The Companion to Roses

Author: John Fisher

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Roses Without Chemicals
Roses Without Chemicals

Author: Peter E. Kukielski

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2015-02-28

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1604693541

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A former curator at the New York Botanical Garden describes 150 different varieties of roses that can be grown without the use of pesticides, fungicides or fertilizers and provides information on planting, pruning and caring for these gorgeous blooms. Original.