The Gardening Which? guide to successful perennials - Elizabeth Dobbs

Hardy perennials are not only captivating and beautiful but also reliable and value for money. They can provide you with a stunning array of seasonal highlights, introducing colour, texture, fragrance and shape into any border, bed or container.;This revised edition of "The Gardening Which? Guide to Successful Perennials" includes up-to-date results of "Gardening Which?" growing trials and offers plenty of tips on how to buy and care for your new plants. It covers more than 160 hardy perennials, from acanthus to zantedeschia, with sections on bamboos and ornamental grasses and a new section on ferns.;Each entry also features recommendations on which variety to select and suggestions for good companion plants to create eye-catching combinations of flowers and foliage. Whether you want to inject new life into existing areas such as shrub borders, shady ground under trees or a sunny patio, or to create inspiring new features such as a gravel garden, meadow or pond-side plantings, this guide will help you transform your garden.