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  1. Landscaping with Herbs
    Landscaping with Herbs
  2. The Year in Trees: Superb Woody Plants for Four-season Gardens
    The Year in Trees: Superb Woody Plants for Four-season Gardens
  3. The Cycads
    The Cycads
  4. Mints: A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals
    Mints: A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals
  5. Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
    Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
  6. Bulbs
    Bulbs
  7. Lilacs: The Genus Syringa
    Lilacs: The Genus Syringa
  8. The Evening Garden: Flowers and Fragrance from Dusk Till Dawn
    The Evening Garden: Flowers and Fragrance from Dusk Till Dawn
  9. Weeds in My Garden: Observations on Some Misunderstood Plants
    Weeds in My Garden: Observations on Some Misunderstood Plants
  10. Climbing Roses of the World
    Climbing Roses of the World
  11. Consider the Leaf
    Consider the Leaf
  12. The Natural History of a Garden
    The Natural History of a Garden
  13. Grow the Best Asparagus
    Grow the Best Asparagus
  14. Grow the Best Corn
    Grow the Best Corn
  15. Waterscaping: Plants and Ideas for Natural and Created Water Gardens
    Waterscaping: Plants and Ideas for Natural and Created Water Gardens
  16. The Organic Gardener's Home Reference: A Plant by Plant Guide to Growing Fresh, Healthy Food
    The Organic Gardener's Home Reference: A Plant by Plant Guide to Growing Fresh, Healthy Food
  17. The Herb Gardener: A Guide for All Seasons
    The Herb Gardener: A Guide for All Seasons
  18. Watering Systems for Lawn and Garden: A Do-it-yourself Guide
    Watering Systems for Lawn and Garden: A Do-it-yourself Guide
  19. Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers
    Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers
  20. The Voloptuous Gardener
    The Voloptuous Gardener
  21. Robert Irwin Getty Garden
    Robert Irwin Getty Garden
  22. Gardens Through History: Nature Perfected
    Gardens Through History: Nature Perfected
  23. Handmade Gifts from a Country Garden
    Handmade Gifts from a Country Garden
  24. Sheds and Gazebos: Planning, Building, Personalizing
    Sheds and Gazebos: Planning, Building, Personalizing
  25. Paths and Walkways: Planning, Designing, Building
    Paths and Walkways: Planning, Designing, Building
Landscaping with Herbs
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Herbs Aren't Just for Cooking Anymore!
  • Herbs are Special
 Landscaping with Herbs
James Adams
Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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  1. The Herbalist's Garden: A Guided Tour of 10 Exceptional Herb Gardens: The People Who Grow Them and the Plants That Inspire Them
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ASIN: 0881925144

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We think of herbs as food, or as medicine, but we don't often think of them as aesthetic objects. Gardeners are taught to grow herbs for a reason--these are plants that should be harvested. The author of Landscaping with Herbs, James Adams, aims to show readers how to appreciate herbs as decorative plants. He wants to illuminate their hidden potential, their "other half." Because herbs are so integral to our lives, Adams believes they should be more integral to the garden, sharing in a gardener's landscaping fantasy as much as tulips or magnolia trees.

This coffee-table book is mostly text, with a few scattered photographs, and the prose is a dense mixture of ideas. A chemist by trade, Adams has a complex mind, even going so far as to classify "the volatiles that we perceive as odors released by both flowers and foliage." One highlight: a section on the many ways to landscape a fragrant herbal garden, scattering jasmine and rosemary so that each garden room is flooded by a distinct natural perfume. --Emily White

Book Description

This book is a veritable treasure-trove of garden, landscaping and herbal information and lore, presenting a variety of landscaping designs complete with layout plans. James Adams includes descriptions of the more than 600 herbs incorporated in the plans, recipes, medicinal uses, cultural requirements, herbs for a fragrant garden, useful charts and tables, and splendid line drawings and illustrations. This is a book that herb enthusiasts as well as general gardeners will want to have on their shelves.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Herbs Aren't Just for Cooking Anymore!.......2002-01-19

This is an idea book. A book that every time it's read another point of interest is noted. Mr. Adams really loves his herbs and wants to make a successful herb gardener out of each of us. More than that, though, he wants us to expand the way we think of herbs to include common culinary herbs in our landscape.

There are six major chapters that include; creating a Fragrant Garden, a Formal Garden for Beauty, a Beneficial Formal Garden, an Informal Landscape, a Contemporary Landscape, and a Wild Landscape.

Much appreciated is how each chapter introduces the reader to a myriad of herbs including specific named varieties of well known herbs. For instance, instead of just Thyme, many different Thymes are mentioned and discussed and often a photograph of that plant is included. Also, in each chapter are plans for using the herbs and several color photos of the herbs actually being used in the landscape. This realistic view of the plants is a big help when choosing plants for the landscape.

There are also useful, fun tidbits on many other aspects of using herbs including information on Topiary Training, Knot Gardens and Kitchen Gardens. There are recipes too, like Meatballs with Lovage, Oregano, Savory and Basil, that make use of the herbs we grow.

A handy chart at the back of the book lists each plant and many of its physical characteristics such as zone and bloom season. There is also a use chart which lists the landscape use and herbal use of each plant.

It is easy to see why this book was honored by the American Horticultural Society as a Great American Gardening Book.

5 out of 5 stars Herbs are Special.......2002-01-11

More and more people are realizing that herbs are special. In the garden they not only provide texture and fragrance, but they are also waterwise. This previously published book, now in paperback, provides the reader with information on more than 600 species and cultivars of herbs. John Adams explains how to use these herbs in a variety of garden types both formal and informal. Through this book I was introduced to new thyme species and prompted to plant a thyme garden.
Landscaping with Herbs (Landscaping Series , No 3)
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Landscaping With Herbs
  • Not at all a helpful resource for herb gardeners
 Landscaping with Herbs (Landscaping Series , No 3)
Jim Wilson
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0395709415

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Landscaping with Herbs, the third and most popular of Jim Wilson's acclaimed landscaping books, shows readers how to use these appealing plants as part of the ornamental garden. With gorgeous photographs and clear, no-nonsense text, separate chapters show how to use herbs in perennial borders, scented gardens, and silver and gray gardens, on walls and in pavements, as hedges and edgings, in containers, and in traditional kitchen gardens. Once again Wilson combines inspiration with clear and specific instructions and recommendations. For seven years he and his wife operated a small commercial herb nursery, and his expertise shows on every page of this beautifully illustrated book.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Landscaping With Herbs.......2000-11-17

Jim Wilson provides an overall personal history in his introduction, A Lifetime of Herbs. He describes the herbs individually in great detail; when they bloom, through which zone they can be planted, everything you might wish to know about them. The photos are beautiful. The index is very detailed. There are lists of common and latin names and mail order sources. The hardbound version I first encountered in my local library was 220 pages packed with valuable information and details on everything about herbs; soil types, feeding, overwintering in containers, harvesting herbs for crafts, landscaping with herbs, planting herbs with regard to color and scent, the kitchen herb garden, herbs in walls and pavings. The photos are numerous, in full color and each photo, in itself, is a work of art. This book inspires.

1 out of 5 stars Not at all a helpful resource for herb gardeners.......2000-04-19

Planning an herb garden, or just thinking about it? Do yourself a favor and get yourself "Taylor's Guide to Herbs" or another herb-gardening resource. This book has photos and rambling descriptions of different kinds of herb gardens, but there is very little defining information on herbs themselves. If you are looking for color photos or illustrations of different herb plants, medicinal/cosmetic/culinary uses of herbs, or even suggestions as to which herbs to plant next to each other, this is NOT the book for you. If you're a professional gardener, this is still not the book for you. However, if you are looking for a coffee-table book that suggests you are a gardener, then go ahead and buy this book. I'd give it a negative star if I could.
Rodale's Essential Herbal Handbooks: Landscaping With Herbs (Rodale's Essential Herbal Handbooks)
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    		Rodale's Essential Herbal Handbooks: Landscaping With Herbs (Rodale's Essential Herbal Handbooks)
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    Manufacturer: Rodale Press
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    ASIN: 0875968589

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    Landscaping with Herbs provides friendly information on using herbs as ornamental plants throughout the home landscape-not just in herb gardens. Gardeners will learn which herbs can be used as groundcovers, hedges, and edgings-even how to combine herbs with other plants. The book features seven garden designs including an herbal butterfly garden, a rock wall garden, an evening herb garden, and a welcoming front-door garden. With an A to Z guide to the 32 best landscaping herbs, this manual offers creative new uses for these fragrant, versatile, and popular plants.
    The Beautiful Food Garden: Creative Landscaping With Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits & Flowers
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      		The Beautiful Food Garden: Creative Landscaping With Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits & Flowers
      Kate Rogers Gessert
      Manufacturer: Garden Way Pub Co
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        Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening Library (Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening, Perennials, Annuals & Bulbs, Herbs, Landscaping with Perennials)
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