Lucy Summers' books

Fragrant Plants

Lucy SummersFrom herbaceous perennials and bulbs to trees, shrubs and aromatic plants, the latest in the Greenfingers Guides series is an invaluable handbook on all aspects of creating a pleasantly fragrant garden.

With easy-to-follow information, this book helps you choose which fragrant plants best suit you and your gardening situation.

Each plant listed is categorised according to its flowering season and eventual height, with useful, practical cultivation advice that encourages gardeners to grow with enjoyment, creativity and confidence. Novices and experienced gardeners alike will find this comprehensive, richly illustrated guide ideal for creating a fragrant garden throughout the year.

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Border Flowers

Lucy SummersWhether they be perennials, annuals, biennials or shrubs, border plants are an inexpensive and almost foolproof way of adding instant colour to your garden.

With easy-to-follow information, this book allows you to tell at a glance which border plants to choose that best suit both you and your garden situation. Profiles for each plant contain useful, practical cultivation advice that will encourage gardeners to grow with ever-greater enjoyment, creativity and confidence.

Comprehensive, richly illustrated and written with the gardening novice or occasional gardener in mind, this is the perfect handbook for anyone looking to start growing border plants as well as offering a useful reference for more experienced gardeners.

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Fruit and Vegetables

Lucy SummersCheap, ethical and organic, the idea of growing your own fruit and vegetables is becoming increasingly popular. However it isn't always easy to know which plants will thrive in your garden, or how best to look after them.

With easy-to-follow information, this book allows you to tell at a glance which fruit and vegetables would be most suited to you and your garden situation. Profiles for each plant contain useful, practical cultivation advice that will encourage gardeners to grow with ever-greater enjoyment, creativity and confidence.

Comprehensive, richly illustrated and written with the gardening novice or occasional gardener in mind, this is the perfect handbook for anyone looking to start growing their own fruit and vegetables as well as offering a useful reference for more experienced gardeners.

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Drought Tolerant Plants

Lucy SummersWater shortages can present problems to any gardener, no matter how experienced they are, however planting drought-resistant varieties allows even novices to achieve fantastic results with little effort and minimal watering.

With easy-to-follow information, this book allows you to tell at a glance which drought resistant plants most suit your garden environment and how best to care for them. Profiles for each plant contain useful, practical cultivation advice with all the details gardeners need.

Comprehensive and richly illustrated this is the perfect handbook given our modern climate, and fills a gap in the market.

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Climbers and Wall Shrubs

Lucy SummersCLIMBERS AND WALLSHRUBS is in the launch series of GREENFINGERS GUIDES by garden designer Lucy Summers (along with DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS and FRUIT AND VEGETABLES). Accessible and affordable, they will be a major new brand in gardening publishing.

Climbing plants look and smell glorious, are easy to grow, and for those city-dwellers who don't have much space of their own, are a great way of maximising the vertical potential of their garden.With easy-to-follow information, this book allows you to tell at a glance which climber best suits both you and your garden situation. Profiles for each plant contain useful, practical cultivation advice that will encourage gardeners to grow with ever-greater enjoyment, creativity and confidence. 

Comprehensive, richly illustrated and written with the gardening novice or occasional gardener in mind, this is the perfect handbook for anyone looking to start growing climbing plants as well as offering a useful reference for more experienced gardeners.

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