Garden Color Book

by Paul H. Williams

Flippable, flexible, and comprehensive, this garden's version of "The Color Book" (over 100,000 copies sold ) is a must-have for gardeners with an eye for the big picture. Presented in the same interactive format as its popular predecessor, "The Garden Color Book" includes over 600 photographs of individual plants displayed horizontally in swatches by colorthat let you flip back and forth, mixing and matching until you find the perfect color scheme. By showing what color blossoms a bulb or shrub will have when in bloom, this indispensable gardening reference allows you to imagine how a summer plot might look planted with a sea of flame red penstemon accented by some sky blue salvias or a spring border of lime green euphorbia. With concise plant profiles covering propagation and bloom, as well as season and zone information, and more than 340,000 combinations, gardener's will be sure to find their ideal garden color palettebefore putting trowel to earth.

Genres: Gardening

176 pages, Spiral-bound

First published February 1, 2000

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Reviews

[Painting · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun book to play with the three parts to flip back and forth like those fun kid's cartoon books!

[LaNaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

A reference book for different plants to grow in the united states based on color. Unsure how helpful it would be for a gardener to implement. Picked up a book around the house I was curious about.

[Cheryl S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

unusual--allows you to see what different color and flower combinations would look like in your garden.

[Maryanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent for design ideas and just plain fun