Creative Climbers: Inventive Planting Ideas for Every Area of the Garden

by Paul H. Williams

In Creative Climbers , Paul Williams brings new life to vertical gardening, offering ingenious planting designs and clever ideas for structures and supports. Vigorous roses twisting up an apple tree, an arbor hung with succulent clusters of cherry tomatoes, and a teepee of antique gardening tools entwined with clematis are just a few of the striking ideas he has designed especially for this book. He demonstrates that the immense variety of climbers is equaled only by the range of structures upon which they may be grown. And that once matched with their supports, climbers play a vital and versatile role in garden design, providing dramatic focal points and vertical interest, partitioning gardens into intimate spaces, screening unsightly areas, as well as conserving precious lateral space in the small garden. To demonstrate the stunning effects that can be achieved, Williams also offers eight step-by-step projects. A marvelous addition to any gardener's library, Creative Climbers is complete with a detailed directory of 150 ideal plants, notes on cultivation, and 120 color photos. Paul Williams' previous book is Creative Containers .

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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Reviews

[Ruric Amhari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Small book which covers use of climbing plants in the garden. Has sections on designing with climbers, boundaries and divisions, garden structures, ornamental supports, living supports. Loys of photo illustrations.

Also has a short A-Z plant directory section and a number of small project case studies (e.g. balcony partitions, pergolas etc).

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creative Climbers: Inventive Planting Ideas For Every Area of the Garden by Paul Williams (Trafalagar Square Publishing 1999)(635.974). Here's a book which features a series of ideas for using vines or other climbing plants in the garden. My rating: 7/10, finished 2006.