Essential Plants for Small Gardens Book

	Introduction	6
	Assessing Your Site	10
	The importance of environment	10
	Climate and location	12
	Assessing your garden	15
	Looking at layout	16
	Tackling an overgrown garden	21
	Planning Your Planting	24
	Garden style	24
	Making plans	37
	The Secrets of Successful Planting	44
	Right plant, right place	44
	Choosing key plants	56
	Year-round interest and seasonal impact	64
	Achieving maximum impact	69
	The importance of colour	77
	Creative Planting	82
	Vertical gardening	82
	Planting for privacy	93
	Gardening in containers	99
	Raised beds	110
	Practical Matters	112
	Preparing the soil	112
	Weed control	113
	Planting	116
	Care and maintenance	119
	Growing plants in containers	120
	Propagation	123
	Plant Directory	126
	Trees	127
	Shrubs	130
	Climbers and wall shrubs	138
	Roses	144
	Conifers	147
	Herbaceous Perennials	149
	Annuals	154
	Biennials	155
	Tender Perennials	156
	Bulbs	157
	Index	158
	Acknowledgements	160