Gardening with woodland plants : a comprehensive guide to over 2000 woodland plants

Woodland plants add magic to any garden, with lush carpets of color, foliage at the middle level, and majestic height. Contrary to myth, large spaces and special soil are not required. Drawing on her own experience running a thriving woodland nursery, the author provides seasoned advice on the unique challenges of woodland gardening, including managing light levels, choosing the right plant for the right place, and achieving the well-balanced soil structure that is often key to growing a variety of woodland plants. Extensive planting suggestions will endow gardeners at all levels of experience with the confidence to experiment, and the extensive plant directory will inspire all gardeners to bring woodland plants into the garden for year-round pleasure.
A woodland area enhances any garden and offers an opportunity to grow some of the most desirable garden plants. Many gardeners fear their property is too small or lacks suitable soil for woodland plants, but Karan Junker debunks this myth and describes how gardens everywhere may grow a diverse range of plants for the upper canopy, middle layer, and woodland floor.

Drawing on her own experience running a thriving woodland nursery, Junker provides seasoned advice on the unique challenges of woodland gardening, including managing light levels, choosing the right plant for the right place, and achieving the well-balanced soil structure that is often key to growing a variety of woodland plants. Deatiled guidance covers an array of woodland features, such as raised beds, rock gardens, hedgerows, and plantings around single trees. The cultivation of multilayered plantings is vital to woodland gardening; extensive planting suggestions will endow gardeners at all levels of experience with the confidance to experiment. At the heart of the book is a comprehensive plant directory showcasing a wide spectrum of garden-worthy plants, including cultivars with particularly vauable garden features that also retain a native woodland character. Inventive ideas will inspire gardeners everywhere to make space for woodland plants for year-round pleasure.

Woodland plants add magic to any garden with carpets of colour, foliage at the middle level, & majestic height. Many gardeners fear their property is too small or lacks suitable soil for woodland plants, but Karan Junker debunks this myth & describes how gardens everywhere may grow a diverse range of plants for all levels A comprehensive directory of more than two thousand woodland plants is accompanied by helpful guidance on how to deal with the unique challenges of woodland gardening--including managing light levels, selecting the right plant, soil preparation, and the cultivation of multi-layered plantings. The magic of woodlands Preparing and maintaining enhanced woodland areas Developing new woodland areas Plant directory. "A comprehensive guide to over 2000 woodland plants"--Cover