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“A complete guide to designing, making and planting hypertufa troughs.”—North American Rock Garden Society Hypertufa containers—also known as troughs—are rustic, striking, versatile, and perfect for small, Alpine plants. A mix of cement, perlite, peat, and water, they are simple and affordable to make at home. In Hypertufa Containers, Lori Chips details everything you need to know to make your own troughs and successfully garden in them. This hardworking book includes step-by-step instructions and color photography for making hypertufa containers in a variety of shapes and sizes. Plant portraits include growing and cultivation information, along with potting tips.
A complete guide to making small rock gardens and growing alpine plants. Topics include rockwork, raised beds, container gardens, alpine houses, cold frames, bulb frames, and alpine plants including annuals, perennials, bulbs, and shrubs. This specialized information is of great interest to rock gardeners.
Alpine plants are often unfairly misunderstood as being hard to grow or only suited for rockeries. This guide explains the versatility of alpine plants and the many ways in which readily available, hardy species can be grown as attractive features in any garden. All aspects of alpine cultivation and propagation are shown, as well as how to plant and maintain raised beds, troughs and containers. Other planting ideas such as, gravel areas, around ponds, paving and patios, walls and borders are fully explored and the comprehensive plant directory is packed with inspiration.
Table of Contents Introduction to Alpine Gardens Introduction Planning Your Garden Why Do You Want an Alpine Garden? Choosing the Right Site Preparation of the Site Water in Your Rock Garden Placing of the Rocks Placement of the Stones Soil in Your Rock Garden Making a Scree Trees and Dwarf Shrubs in Your Garden Conifers Junipers Pines Thuya Picea Recommended Shrubs Selection of Alpine Plants Selection of Sun Loving Rock Plants Rock Plants for a Shady Position Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction The making of any sort of garden is not as easy as many people imagine, and it is often these very people who fail to achieve their own wishes when the garden is made. This is the reason why, just dreaming up a garden, and visualizing it, whether it is an Alpine Garden, a rock garden, or an ordinary garden needs effort, dedication, and application on your part. Far too frequently, you plan the garden quickly. You have not given the subject adequate thought. You have rushed in the work with lots of haste, and thus making a waste of perfectly good land. The result more or less of failure is going to be a sad and annoying reminder of your lack of patience and technical knowledge. Just imagine that you are making a garden in the same manner in which you are constructing your house. This is a skilled job. You are not going to start building your house, without proper thought, finances, plans, and timescales, are you. You are also going to take the expert assistance of a trained architect and contractors who are more skilled in building houses. In the same manner, many people fail to make their gardens what they might be just because they are too stubborn to call in an expert or because they do not possess some of the essential technical knowledge needed to make a garden. When you are planning any sort of pattern of reasonable dimensions, it may be wise to take some advice from an expert gardener. Also remember that if you are taking professional advice, you may need to look at his fees beforehand in order to prevent escalating costs, right at the initial stages of the project itself! This does not mean that you cannot have your own individual ideas carried out for a garden, because after all it is a reflection of the heart, body, mind and soul of the person who plans it. You want to create a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
A concise introduction to the science behind the success of alpine plants, this fascinating and accessible book will enable gardeners to tailor their cultivation practices in lowland gardens to mimic the alpine habitat as closely as possible.
The authoriative guide to creating and planting wonderful garden troughs.