- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Kyle Cathie; 3rd Revised edition edition (12 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1856263983
- ISBN-13: 978-1856263986
- Product Dimensions: 27.3 x 23.5 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 396,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Guardian, December 9, 2006
A good place to discover the intricacies of this fascinating
subject. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
subject. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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This work on companion gardening - the technique of using the beneficial effects that plants growing in close proximity have on each other - is full of imaginative ideas and practical tips. Growing chives in the rose garden will help the roses resist blackspot and increase their perfume. Keep onions away from beans or neither will do well. Grow nasturtiums under apple trees to attract woolly aphids away from your crop. With Bob Flowerdew's help you can create a garden that thrives naturally and is interesting and colourful all year round.
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67 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book full of interesting information. The only problem is that each plant is mentioned in different places all over the book, so if you look up one plant which you are interested in in the index, you will then spend ages going from page to page to find out all references to it.
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This is a good book with lots of interesting information on companion gardening. The idea being that you grow plants in the same area so that they work in unison rather than against each other and wildlife.
Within the book, there are lots of great photographs to give you ideas. There could have been more practical tips and a more measured,detailed approach to specific beneficial plants, which is why I am only giving it 3 stars. You see, a tip here and there interspersed between a large section of prose is not going to be as helpful as a table giving a more detailed explanation of the different type of plants and the beneficial wildlife each plant attracts. Nevertheless it is still a good book for the casual reader.
Within the book, there are lots of great photographs to give you ideas. There could have been more practical tips and a more measured,detailed approach to specific beneficial plants, which is why I am only giving it 3 stars. You see, a tip here and there interspersed between a large section of prose is not going to be as helpful as a table giving a more detailed explanation of the different type of plants and the beneficial wildlife each plant attracts. Nevertheless it is still a good book for the casual reader.
Format:Paperback
This is much more than just companion planting - plants which help each other. There are sections on how unwanted plants - weeds to most gardeners - can give indications on the soil type & conditions, allelopathy, or how plants prevent others of same or similar species from growing within a certain distance, & uses of herbs etc. This is a fascinating book full of useful information for the earth-harmonious grower. But it can be found more cheaply elsewhere.
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Bob Flowerdew Companion Gardening
An intersting book, a little too deep for me, I could have done with a little more easy to understand information. All in all an informative book.
Published 10 months ago by sandy-liz
Brilliant book for gardeners.
If you want to garden organically this is the book for you. Well written ( so interesting I read it in one go!!) and full of information. Bob Flowerdew is god!!
Published on 3 May 2010 by P. Kinsella
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