KEW GARDENER'S GUIDE TO GROWING SHRUBS

An inspiring and practical guide that beautifully blends horticultural science with creative gardening ideas, drawing on the trusted expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Subtitled The Art and Science to Grow Your Own Shrubs, this book celebrates shrubs as some of the most rewarding plants you can grow. Once established, they return year after year with flowers, foliage, fruit and structure, offering lasting beauty with relatively little effort and provide the backbone that ties everything together. Boujard introduces a wonderfully diverse range of plants, from much-loved classics such as English lavender, rosemary, forsythia and common lilac, to standout choices including Japanese camellia, Californian lilac, Mexican orange blossom, Oregon grape, dogwood 'Midwinter Fire', pearl bush, firethorn 'Saphir Orange', rhododendron, Rose of Sharon, Japanese Holly, double-flowered Japanese rose, common myrtle and heavenly bamboo. Each is presented with clear guidance on how to grow, other notable cultivars and growing tips, height and spread, habit, flowering time, hardness and position. Beyond planting and care, the book is rich with hands-on projects and ideas. Chapters cover rejuvenating tired shrubs, planting hedges, fertilising, and growing shrubs in containers or in the ground, alongside creative projects such as building a butterfly house, making decorative edging, creating a jungle garden, arranging hydrangea blooms, sewing dried lavender bags, crafting rosemary and lavender soap, and making homemade elderflower cordial. Combining elegant botanical artwork, colour photos and diagrams and practical advice, and 12 easy-to-follow projects. 144 full-colour pages.