Planting & Growing Books

The definitive guide to hundreds of Britain's most outstanding gardens, in the care of the National Trust

A beautiful assortment of 100 postcards featuring 50 images of stunning garden flowers from award-winning garden photographer Rob Cardillo, packaged in an elegant flip-top gift box.

A Year Full of Veg is a month-by-month gardening guide to growing the best seasonal veg, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Year Full of Flowers. With her wealth of experience, Sarah Raven shares the most reliable and bountiful varieties to grow, her tried-and-tested favourite crops, and unusual vegetables, herbs and salads that you can't buy in shops. As well as planting inspiration, Sarah reveals expert tips and techniques for growing and harvesting flavourful crops from January

This full-colour photographic guide describes and illustrates more than 350 different species of common commercially imported flowers, foliages and potted flowers. The emphasis is on flowers that are commonly used in the cut flower industry and the book gives useful hints about the selection and handling of these flowers.

Brighten your garden all year round with a wide variety of bulbs. Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Bulbs contains everything you need to bring year-round colour into your garden with bulbs. Learn how to plant, care for, and divide your bulbs, create stunning displays including naturalistic drifts and eye-catching containers, and choose from a huge range of bulbs, corms, and tubers with the book's handy seasonal directory. Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use guide

Discover how to grow your own fruit and veg even if you don't have much time or are a complete beginner.

Part of the Fynbos biome, Renosterveld is one of the world’s most threatened vegetation types, with just 5% of its original extent remaining.

The Field Guide to the Succulent Euphorbias of southern Africa by Alma Moeller and Rolf Becker is a pioneer publication on euphorbias in southern Africa. It is a beautifully illustrated, full colour identification guide that makes it easy for the layperson as well as anybody interested in the flora of southern Africa to identify a particular species.

A celebration of a beloved and uniquely British garden style featuring cottage gardens from around the country. Features gardens created by famous writers including Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf and Beatrix Potter.

Succulents and rockery plants have become very popular for their ease of cultivation, spectacular diversity of shapes and sizes, striking colours, and waterwise characteristics. This scientifically accurate guide is aimed at assisting gardeners and horticulturalists to identify commonly used species from all over the world.

The fourth edition of this popular title has been given a completely new look, but it remains the same practical illustrated guide that is a must-have for all gardeners.

Sasol First Field Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the succulents of the region.