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Title: Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guide to Topiaries and Espaliers : Plus Other Designs for Shaping Plants by Linda Yang ISBN: 0-395-87516-1 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book for beginners
Comment: This is a great beginner's book on how to create topiaries & espaliers. The book is in full color with lots of photos. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. In each section appropriate plant types are discussed.
First, frameless topiaries are described. Designs included are lollipop, poodle, spiral, & corkscrew trees. The book then shows how to make empty frame topiaries. Included are circles, hoops and spirals.
Then it shows you how to make a moss-filled bunny. Following this method you can make almost any shape imaginable. Several kinds of espalier shapes, and how to make them are then show.
Finally, knots, mazes, pleaching, pollarding & coppicing are covered. Proper tools and shaping hedges are explained as well. Be aware that most plants used are for warmer climates (zone 6 or above).
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing--skimpy, very basic info.
Comment: This is the first negative review I've written, and I feel badly about it. I was so anticipating the arrival of this book.
The instructions, which I was eager to get, were only the most general, basic things I already knew even though I'm a raw beginner. I was particularly interested in espalier and pleached allee directions and was hoping for a book with lot of focus on these. A couple of short articles available on the Net were much more informative and illustrated each step very clearly.
The list of recommended plant materials was limited. With a little research on the Internet, I obtained a much more extensive list suited to my area.
The photos were the best part, although they could have been improved, too.
The most positive statement I can make is that the price was most reasonable, and perhaps that is why this book was so lightweight, more for browsing than using for instruction.
I'm ordering another book from Amazon, hoping for better instructions--and hopefully, I'll be able to write a glowing review!
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Title: Herb Topiaries by Sally Gallo, Susan B. Strawn ISBN: 0934026793 Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: December, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Topiary by Barbara Gallup, Deborah K. Reich ISBN: 0894803182 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: February, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Knot Gardens and Parterres: A History of the Knot Garden and How to Make One Today by Robin Whalley, Anne Jennings ISBN: 1899531041 Publisher: Barn Elms Pub Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Quick and Easy Topiary and Green Sculpture by Jenny Hendy ISBN: 0882669206 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Topiary and the Art of Training Plants by David Joyce, Laura Stoddart ISBN: 1552094200 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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