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この本の著者はセダム・ソサエティー会長で、四百種以上のセダムについて、自生地、発見時のエピソード、各種セダムの染色体の数まで含めた生物学的特徴、他種との見分け方、変種、育てる上での注意点など、セダムに関するありとあらゆる情報が詰まっている。
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Sedum: Cultivated Stonecrops ハードカバー – 1994/11/15
英語版
Ray Stephenson
(著)
Sedums are sun-loving, drought-resistant, and mostly hardy. They are prized by rock gardeners and succulent enthusiasts for their color and interesting shapes. This definitive study by one of the world's authorities provides cultural information for more than 400 stonecrop species and varieties, many of them photographed in their native habitats.
- 本の長さ356ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Timber Pr
- 発売日1994/11/15
- 寸法19.86 x 3.53 x 26.97 cm
- ISBN-100881922382
- ISBN-13978-0881922387
商品の説明
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"For any gardener who wants to learn more about this attractive and versatile group of plants, this is simply the finest book available. Attractively presented, interestingly written, and containing just about everything known today about sedums for the garden, Ray Stephenson's new work can be highly recommended."
--David Heller, Rock Garden Quarterly, Winter 1995
--David Heller, Rock Garden Quarterly, Winter 1995
抜粋
Sedums are ideal plants for the busy person who would like to transform a piece of land into an attractive landscape feature with a minimum of effort and very low maintenance requirements. One way to do this is to plant a scree garden. A scree garden is an area of gravel of pebbles on which creeping plants grow ... Scree gardens are easy to make and once constructed require hardly any maintenance. In fact, the scree garden could be called the one-hour-a-year scree garden.
1. Remove the largest weeds from an area of land and cover the ground with black polyethylene film or a similar material. Lack of light will kill the most troublesome weeds ...
2. Cover the film with stones to hold it down until gravel can be obtained ...
3. If the scree is level, dig a small ditch around it to aid drainage and to act like a moat ...
4. Plant narrow conifers beyond the moat ...
5. When all unwanted growth under the polyethylene film is dead, it is time to plant ... Dig small holes here and there through the scree and polyethylene film with a sharp trowel ... Each hole should be big enough to take a small pot with an overflowing sedum ...
6. Select plants carefully. Slow-growing sedums, which take years to cover scree area, are desirable as rampant species get out of control ... Include some evergreens for year-round color and both spring-blooming as well as fall-blooming sedums.
7. Rake the scree twice in summer to obliterate any annual weeds that root in the gravel. Otherwise this garden requires no attention, can give you tremendous pleasure, and will receive many admiring looks.
1. Remove the largest weeds from an area of land and cover the ground with black polyethylene film or a similar material. Lack of light will kill the most troublesome weeds ...
2. Cover the film with stones to hold it down until gravel can be obtained ...
3. If the scree is level, dig a small ditch around it to aid drainage and to act like a moat ...
4. Plant narrow conifers beyond the moat ...
5. When all unwanted growth under the polyethylene film is dead, it is time to plant ... Dig small holes here and there through the scree and polyethylene film with a sharp trowel ... Each hole should be big enough to take a small pot with an overflowing sedum ...
6. Select plants carefully. Slow-growing sedums, which take years to cover scree area, are desirable as rampant species get out of control ... Include some evergreens for year-round color and both spring-blooming as well as fall-blooming sedums.
7. Rake the scree twice in summer to obliterate any annual weeds that root in the gravel. Otherwise this garden requires no attention, can give you tremendous pleasure, and will receive many admiring looks.
登録情報
- 出版社 : Timber Pr (1994/11/15)
- 発売日 : 1994/11/15
- 言語 : 英語
- ハードカバー : 356ページ
- ISBN-10 : 0881922382
- ISBN-13 : 978-0881922387
- 寸法 : 19.86 x 3.53 x 26.97 cm
- Amazon 売れ筋ランキング: - 602,459位洋書 (洋書の売れ筋ランキングを見る)
- - 228位Gardening & Horticulture Reference
- - 487位Flower Gardening
- - 541位Plants (洋書)
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Antonio
5つ星のうち1.0
Mala calidad fitografica
2016年8月6日にスペインでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Es en blanco y negro y con fotografías de mala calidad.
Lamentablemente me defraudo y lo devolví nada más recibirlo
Lamentablemente me defraudo y lo devolví nada más recibirlo
Jane R
5つ星のうち5.0
The very best book on Sedums!
2015年6月5日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This book is so informative and will encourage you to search out the very best sedums for the garden. So few are grown by the usual nurseries it is worth seeking out specialist growers. Plants do not have to be difficult to grow to earn their keep and sedums have so many uses. I have a plan to grow them in a wire frame shaped as a woman and sedums will definitely fit the bill. Be careful to buy only the hardback version of this book as the paperback doesn't have all the pictures. A very enjoyable read.
desertdawg
5つ星のうち5.0
This is worth an A+
2013年9月6日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This book is going to answer a lot of questions for me. I have had some difficulty with sedums in the past. My fault. I didn't treat them right and they gave up on me. I am sure this book will help me overcome my short comings.
Robert
Robert
Charles Dennis Stapleton
5つ星のうち5.0
Great book.
2017年6月8日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Really good book if you are interested in Sedums. Good descriptions and photos. Would recommend.
joan
5つ星のうち1.0
looks like pictures were copied several times befor they were printed in book
2013年4月17日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
information is ok, pictures a really bad. would not buy.
other books have got to have better looking pictures. not good for the price.
other books have got to have better looking pictures. not good for the price.