The Bedding Plant Expert

The Expert Series

by D.G. Hessayon

Every garden needs some extra colour at some point - whether it's to fill a gap in a border, place a hanging basket or even liven up wall with window boxes. The Bedding Plant Expert shows you the best way to add extra interest, with advice

Buying and raising bedding plants
Picking the right bedding plants for your garden
How to bed out
Filling in, screening, containers
Using bedding plants all year-round
Choosing colour combinations

Genres: Gardening, Reference, Horticulture, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1991

About the author

David Gerald Hessayon was a British author and botanist of Cypriot descent who is known for a best-selling series of paperback gardening manuals known as the "Expert Guides" under his title Dr. D. G. Hessayon. The series started in 1958 with Be Your Own Gardening Expert and in 2008 it celebrated its 50th anniversary and the 50 millionth copy in print. They have become the best selling gardening books in history.