The sensitive use of color and foliage lies at the heart of gardening. Penelope Hobhouse explains the principles of color, visual effects in changing light conditions, the interplay between color and texture and the essential design factors that help the gardener to exploit these successfully.
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This beautifully illustrated book centers on the notion that gardeners, like artists, can use colors to create deliberate design effects. Hobhouse explains principles of color theory with emphasis on garden applications. She describes in detail the optical effects of different color associations and lighting changes. The largest part of the book consists of a catalog of plants, usefully arranged by color and season. Both flowers and foliage are included, as are tips on growing habits. Line drawings and planting plans of a few gardens are given; and there are many color photos. Advice on establishing a foliage framework to show off colored plants rounds out the book. Recommended. Garden Book Club main selection. Peter C. Leonard, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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It is a book that has stopped me in my tracks to look, think and experiment Times One of the most exciting gardening books for years ... Keen gardeners will treasure it for its horticultural connoisseurship and the vigour of its author's ideas World of Interiors
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I have pored over the pages of this book and learned volumes from it. Hobhouse's discussion of color theory and its relationship to the garden is a revelation, and her suggestions and illustrations of garden companions are inspirational.
When you get serious about designing your borders, this is essential reading.
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The plants available to gardeners are nowadays so numerous, and the quality of their colour is so fundamental to the effect they produce, that they deserve careful choosing and arranging to give of their best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spectral wheel, good garden forms, deep acid soil, good colour forms, claret vine, pallida dalmatica, neighbouring colours, spectral hues, hot colours, border scheme, favoured climates, foreground planting, rich acid soil, garden colour, papery flowers, grey foliage, foliage colour, flower colour, leaf colour, plant colour, pure hues, warm situation, coloured foliage, neighbouring plants, clustered flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The plants available to gardeners are nowadays so numerous, and the quality of their colour is so fundamental to the effect they produce, that they deserve careful choosing and arranging to give of their best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spectral wheel, good garden forms, deep acid soil, good colour forms, claret vine, pallida dalmatica, neighbouring colours, spectral hues, hot colours, border scheme, favoured climates, foreground planting, rich acid soil, garden colour, papery flowers, grey foliage, foliage colour, flower colour, leaf colour, plant colour, pure hues, warm situation, coloured foliage, neighbouring plants, clustered flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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