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Dillon, Helen.

Down to earth with Helen Dillon.

Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2007.

223 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

In this book Helen Dillon encapsulates, in her inimitable witty and accessible style, her lifetime of gardening know-how, deep love of plants and assured sense of design. Here is illumination for every gardener--from the beginner wondering why nothing will grow in the garden of the new house to the sophisticate aiming at exquisitely subtle effects. Thoughtful ideas on garden style are underpinned by practical advice on looking after plants and careful instructions on the basics of digging, planting and propagating.

Gardening.

Subtitle on cover: Advice and inspiration from one of the world's great gardeners

Includes bibliographical references (page 216) and index.

Introduction (Shouldn't have -- The evolution of a garden) -- pt. I. Beginners' stuff (Structure -- Sitting in the garden -- Paths -- Difficult shade -- Choice shade -- Watering -- Seeds -- Potting for beginners -- Planting -- Feeding -- Weeding -- The meanest trick -- Why did it die? -- The one-hour-a-week garden -- Ten trees for a small garden -- Quick-growing plants for young gardens -- The pros and cons of instant plants -- Pests -- Plants for sunny walls -- Evergreen plants for walls -- Difficult places -- Vanishing tools -- Collapse of late-summer garden) -- pt. II. The middle ground (Gravel gardens -- Questionable plants -- Plants worth searching for -- Potting shed -- Roses I still grow -- Water -- Pruning -- Deadheading -- The Mediterranean garden -- Scent -- Hiding the neighbours -- Tulips -- The May gap -- Silver leaves -- Has it got a little brother? -- Going green -- Veg in raised beds -- Burglar-proof plants -- Cuttings -- Division -- Five shrubs with good leaves -- Containers -- Good staking -- Clematis -- Garden visit -- The great May rush) -- pt. III. Fancy stuff (Exotic planting -- Gardening in old age -- Greenhouse -- Self-seeders -- Unsettling remarks -- Planting in layers -- Builders' big black plastic bucket -- Dog in the garden -- Fashion -- Variegated plants -- No plants -- Lawn, privet, rose bed -- Must have own space -- Angel's fishing rods -- Agapanthus -- As light as air -- Mobile plants -- Church of the people -- Winter skeletons -- Eryngiums -- Araliaceae -- Hardy orchids -- Potbound -- Blue border -- Red border).

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