About the Book
Practical advice from the UK’s favourite gardening expert to help you select and grow flowering shrubs in your garden
Flowering shrubs can be the most dramatic and beautiful features in a garden. This book gives Alan Titchmarsh’s expert advice on selecting the right plants for you, looking at colour, size and aspect to create stunning effects and healthy, happy plants.nnIncludes:n* guidance on choosing flowering shrubs for colour and situationn* practical advice on planting, general care, propagation, pruning and renovationn* illustrated A–Z profiles of recommended plantsn* detailed planting plans for using shrubs in borders n* step-by-step illustrations showing essential techniques nnAlan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. Step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions guide you through the basic skills and on to the advanced techniques, providing everything you need to enjoy flowering shrubs in your garden.
About the AuthorOriginally trained at Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Alan Titchmarsh is the author of over 40 books about gardening, including
How to be a Gardener Book 1: Back to Basics, the fastest-selling of all time in the genre, and the bestselling
The Kitchen Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg. He writes for
BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, and is gardening correspondent for the
Daily Express and
Sunday Express. He has presented
Gardeners' World, the annual coverage of The Chelsea Flower Show and
Nature of Britain, and has his own daily chatshow and presents his own show on Radio 2.