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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 635.9523 EAN: 9781840006926 Edition: New Ed ISBN: 1840006927 Label: Mitchell Beazley Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 120 Publication Date: March 13, 2002 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Studio: Mitchell Beazley Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Will Giles reckons that British gardeners are ready to abandon the restrained good taste, subtle border plantings and generally muted palette of the traditional garden in favour of tropical boldness, hot colours and sculptural forms. He may well be right. The various plantings he discusses and illustrates in The New Exotic Garden are extravagant indeed. Huge banana trees, bamboos of all sizes and colours, ferns, gingers, astonishing foliage plants, shrubs like the fabulous Brugmansia, are mingled with familiar exotics like begonias, hostas, clematis and dahlias, made unfamiliar again by their context. This is a very exciting approach to garden-building; and if your tastes lie in the direction of this kind of febrile self-expression, The New Exotic Garden is highly recommended. It includes a directory of exotic plants and practical advice on their cultivation. No-one could pretend, however, that these are low-maintenance plants. Many have to be protected from frost: there are illustrations of the fairly awe-inspiring precautions required to ensure the survival of a mature banana plant (build a kind of wooden cage out of pallets around it and stuff it with straw), and the more manageable plants may need to be transferred to a greenhouse for the winter. All of this means that a full-blown exotic garden is not to be undertaken lightly. But the rewards, as Will Giles triumphantly demonstrates in the many beautiful shots of his own Norwich garden among the illustrations, can be immense. --Robin Davidson Average Rating:
 Rating:  - better off with the other Will Giles bookThis book is split into 2 halves. The first has slightly waffly text mixed with gorgeous photos, describing the various ways of using exotic plants to create a gorgeous garden. The second half is a directory of plants, but is so brief in places it isn't very much use at all. For example, hardiness of some plants is described as "varies according to species". It's in this area Giles redeems himself in his latest book, "Encyclopedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates", which is essentially a very much extended version of this section of the book. When this book came out it was one of the first on the subject, now it's one of a selection and is less essential because of that. Nevertheless, it's a good read. Rating: - Excellent introductionGreat book for getting started in tropical gardening, with gorgeous photos. However, what we need is a book for UK gardeners listing tropical looking plants that do not need protection, perhaps for the lazy gardener and this book does not go into this in any great depth. But it is one of the best available for the UK gardener and well worth getting. Rating:  - A great starting place to keep coming back toBeing new to the world of exotic gardeing this book was at first a great inspiration- showing just what can be achieved in the English Climate. Once we got going ourselves I have found I keep coming back to this book - for the useful information it has - espcially the section in the back on Cultivating exotic plants. Lovely clear coloured drawings make it easy to follow. Theres also a great directory of exotic plants - that is useful for quick reference. I've had this book for 6 months now - and still manage to sit down and find something interesting in it every week. Rating: - Excellent book if you are interested in the exotic /unusualLarge colourful pictures and informative text entice you into wanting to create your own corner of Eden. Mediterranean or jungle it's all here. There are plenty of ideas and inspirations within everbody's reach and pocket. Useful tips on propagating and protecting plants as well as a small directory of exotic plants. Rating: - Manages to be both a coffee table book and a practical guideThis is a beautiful book - the kind you pick up on impulse in a book shop because the cover and illustrations look so good. However, there is also a good deal of substance behind the presentation, and the practical parts of the book are very helpful. A perfect winter armchair gardening book for those lazy souls who ought to be out in the cold scrubbing flowerpots, but prefer to dream of tropical planting schemes from the comfort of a centrally heated home.  Try searching the Internet for "The New Exotic Garden" or Ebay for "The New Exotic Garden". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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