{"product_id":"gardening-with-conifers-by-adrian-bloom","title":"Gardening with Conifers by Adrian Bloom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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 color photographs ... Conifers are showcased in their full glory as richly textured, brilliantly colored, 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 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 on: Read more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Publisher Praise for Gardening with Conifers \"A beautiful, detail-rich guide to the uses of conifers in horticulture, produced by a renowned expert on the subject.\" \"Conifers first captured Adrian Bloom's imagination in the '70s while he worked on Foggy Bottom, his experimental garden at Bressingham. In this book he shares his advice on using conifers to create year-round interest in the garden. It also features 600 conifer varieties with information on planting, pruning, propagating and more — all accompanied by stunning photography, taken by Adrian's son, Richard Bloom.\" — Garden Design Magazine Holiday Gift Guide \"I strongly recommend Adrian and Richard Bloom's book to anyone looking for a useful guide to planting and using conifers in their garden.\" — American Gardener Pruning Mounded Plants Unpruned, this Picea pungens ‘Globosa’ would develop strong leading shoots. To keep the foliage dense and the size manageable, prime the side shoots and lop growth in early spring. Do not prune beyond the green (or blue or gold) shoots. About the author and photographer: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Firefly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48155710423225,"sku":"177085908X","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/7871\/0713\/files\/61wK41OaKSL._AC_SL1500.jpg?v=1784250552","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuybook.com\/products\/gardening-with-conifers-by-adrian-bloom","provider":"BestBuyBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}