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Title: Seaside Gardening by Theodore James ISBN: 0-8109-4451-0 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 February, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gorgeous design and practical advice
Comment: Showcasing the gorgeous gardens of Long Island and the rocky coast of central Maine, the book's 120 color photographs show how experienced gardeners have created beautiful designs working with rocky or sandy terrain, harsh sun and wind, salt air and the ever-present danger of devastating storms.
The first half of the book is devoted to design, including "The Water's Edge," "Seaside Landscapes," "Seaside Color," "Pools and Ponds," "Porches, Patios and Decks," "Paths, Fences and Trellises." Informative photo captions identify the plants, giving practical and/or design reason for choices, together with some idea of what the garden will look like at other times of the year.
There are gardens that frame views, give privacy, obscure the intrusive edges of swimming pools. Borders combine perennials, annuals and grasses; windbreaks offer beauty as well as shelter.
Among the Maine gardens pictured is the Thuya garden at Asticou Terraces in Northeast Harbor, a semi-formal herbaceous perennial garden in the style of Gertrude Jekyll which today is a 200-acre park open to the public. Mrs. Thomas Hall's garden in Northeast Harbor on Mt. Desert Island features woodland paths down to the water's edge and an Asian style garden amid outcroppings of rock. There's a lily pond from Bar Harbor and a vegetable garden overlooking the sea at West Point.
The second half of the book includes advice for various seaside terrains and weather conditions, including soil augmentation, pest control, mulching and overwintering and, of course, plant choices. James offers an extensive plant encyclopedic (with some illustrations) for annuals, bulbs, perennials, groundcovers, vines, roses and trees, including concise information about soil and sun requirements.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not for West Coast
Comment: Altho this book has lovely photographcs, I never got into the text due to the fact that it focuses entirely on NorthEast Coast gardening and is of no use to coastal gardeners any where else. I should have paid attention to the pub synopsis. The pics are entirely of East Coast gardens and do not relate AT ALL to the more rustic coastal areas of the West. Just a warning that this book is only for those wanting to use it to garden in the East Coast area...I didn't know & incurred the cost to send the book back.Hence, only two stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent book
Comment: A great book on seaside gardening. I strongly recommend it
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Title: Taylor's Guide to Seashore Gardening (Taylor's Guides to Gardening) by Frances Tenenbaum ISBN: 0395735327 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 100 Best Plants for the Coastal Garden: The Botanical Bones of Great Gardening by Steve Whysall ISBN: 155110704X Publisher: Whitecap Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Gardens by the Sea by Alexandra D'Arnoux, Erica Lennard, Bruno De Laubadere ISBN: 0609605682 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 10 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses (Taylor's Guides to Gardening) by Roger Holmes ISBN: 0395797616 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr, Michael Dirr ISBN: 0881924040 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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