D. G. Hessayon Books

Take the EXPERT with you anywhere! The world's best-selling gardening series...written by the world's best-selling gardening author...in a handy carry-it-anywhere, at-your-fingertips format! With over 43,000,000 copies of the EXPERT books in print, it's very clear that gardeners depend on these detail-filled guides for choosing, cultivating, and caring for plants of many kinds. Become a "pocket-carrying" expert, too--with compact versions of the full-size manuals that give you on-the-spot information.* At the nursery and trying to decide what flower, shrub, or tree to buy? Just pull the book from your pocket or purse, and see in an instant which ones suit your soil, climate, current layout--and lifestyle too.* In the park or public garden and want to identify a specimen that's caught your eye? The "encyclopedia"'s right there so you can look it up.* Working in the backyard and concerned your favorite plant might have a disease or pest? Wonder if what's sprouting is a bothersome weed? Don't you can take care of those troubles ASAP when you have the facts in a flash.Every one is in full color, with easy-to-use directories. You won't want to go anywhere without them!

Garden flowers A-Z -- Plant care -- increasing your stock -- Plant selector -- Plant troubles.

Take the EXPERT with you anywhere! The world's best-selling gardening series...written by the world's best-selling gardening author...in a handy carry-it-anywhere, at-your-fingertips format! With over 43,000,000 copies of the EXPERT books in print, it's very clear that gardeners depend on these detail-filled guides for choosing, cultivating, and caring for plants of many kinds. Become a "pocket-carrying" expert, too--with compact versions of the full-size manuals that give you on-the-spot information.* At the nursery and trying to decide what flower, shrub, or tree to buy? Just pull the book from your pocket or purse, and see in an instant which ones suit your soil, climate, current layout--and lifestyle too.* In the park or public garden and want to identify a specimen that's caught your eye? The "encyclopedia"'s right there so you can look it up.* Working in the backyard and concerned your favorite plant might have a disease or pest? Wonder if what's sprouting is a bothersome weed? Don't you can take care of those troubles ASAP when you have the facts in a flash.Every one is in full color, with easy-to-use directories. You won't want to go anywhere without them!

There can be no fresher tasting vegetables or herbs than the ones you've grown yourself. Whether you are a first-time allotment holder or an 'old-hand', the Vegetable & Herb Expert will shown How to get started.Where to grow your vegetables, and how.What types and varieties to grow.Looking after your plants.Grow your own herbs.Deal with pests and diseases.Reliable, easy-to-follow advice and information from EXPERT books - the world's best-selling gardening series.

"The complete garden expert" is a one-stop guide for all the garden - from fences to fuschias, from garden design to garden problems, from A to Z.

The House Plant Expert is one of the books in the Expert series written by the world's best-selling gardening author. Quite simply, the best-selling gardening book in the world. Over a million copies have been sold in the U.S, and nearly 14 million worldwide. According to one reviewer - "after the Bible, the best-selling reference book of all time." In a basketful of countries it has taught people how to choose and care for their indoor plants. Its style of dealing with each plant with drawings, photographs and no-nonsense text has become a legend in the publishing world. If you have house plants (and who doesn't?) you need this book.

The term 'evergreen' covers a huge variety of plants: bulbs, grasses, ferns, shrubs and conifers.What they have in common is that they will all give all-year-round interest to your garden.The Evergreen Expert will show you how to:Choose the right evergreen for your garden.Buy and care for your plants.Plant in the right place at the right time..Use evergreens for cover, screening and hedges.Deal with problems and pests.

A guide to choosing and caring for indoor plants. This aims to present information on a variety of plants in an easy-to-follow format.

A complete guide to the home, covering aspects of construction, home services, care, protection and furnishing. Designed to interest even the most reluctant odd jobber, it aims to present information on the home in an easy-to-follow format.

For all those who have neither the time nor the money to redo a faded, unattractive garden from scratch, here's a simple, realistic approach to restoring garden beauty. The Garden Revival Expert takes individual features, from lawns to flowers to fruit, and explains how to handle such common problems as one tree growing into another and the pond turning green. Find out what to do about weeds sprouting everywhere, a dull palette, or a poor design that needs some new features. There's no comparable book on the subject, and millions of Expert fans will be thrilled.

Every garden needs some extra colour at some point - whether it's to fill a gap in a border, place a hanging basket or even liven up wall with window boxes. The Bedding Plant Expert shows you the best way to add extra interest, with advice Buying and raising bedding plantsPicking the right bedding plants for your gardenHow to bed outFilling in, screening, containersUsing bedding plants all year-roundChoosing colour combinations

This updated edition of a text on lawns contains new chapters on the wild flower meadow, the semi-wild lawn, and ground cover plants with up-to-date information on weed control and seed mixes.

Provides instructions for installing and equiping greenhouses and discusses plants suited for growing under glass, the car of both the plants and the equipment, diseases and pests that can infect greenhouses, and related topics.

This guide provides information on all types of ornamental trees and shrubs for the ordinary garden including: choosing the right types, climbers and conifers, how to buy and plant, tree and shrub care and increasing your stock.

Reach for the world's most popular book on roses, newly revised and expanded, with over 3 million copies sold in earlier editions. You'll find 150 new varieties and ideas for care printed for the first time in any book. Yet the basics still a guided tour through the seasons, an encycopedic description of 388 popular roses; advice on purchase selections, planting locations, and pest and disease control; growing instructions; and an array of useful information.

"Roses are some of the most popular plants in the garden. Whether you plant them for colour, bloom or fragrance, The Rose Expert gives you all you need to know to get the most from your roses, with information on: Different types available. hoosing and buying. ow and where to plant. ow to mulch, train and feed. runing. ealing with pests and diseases. rowing roses as a hobby. Reliable, easy-to-follow advice and information from EXPERT books - the world's best-selling gardening series."

The essential guide to growing all types of fruit. Everything you need to know Choosing the best apples, pears and plums for your garden.Planting and caring for tree fruit.Buying and growing soft fruit.Getting the best taste from your fruit.How to prune.Dealing with fruit problems and pests.Shop-bought fruit.Reliable, easy-to-follow advice and information from EXPERT books - the world's best-selling gardening series.

Get - and keep - the lawn of your dreams. The lawn is an important part of a well-planned garden, one which is 'on show' at all times. If your patch of grass doesn't measure up then The Lawn Expert is here to help, with advice on: How to mow, dress and feed your lawn. Dealing with pests and weeds. How to repair your lawn. Renovation of neglected lawns. Growing lawns from seed. How to lay turf. Meadows, wildflower meadows and non-grass lawns. Reliable, easy-to-follow advice and information from EXPERT books - the world's best-selling gardening series.

A guide to flower arranging. Topics covered include: what you need, advice on all the various styles of arrangement, and how to make flowers last longer. It also includes a plant dictionary which features information on topics such as vase-life and drying methods.

Cut in half your time and effort tackling garden tasks Gardeners throughout the world have turned to Dr. D.G. Hessayon for authoritative guidance on everything from planting fruits and vegetables to house plants and flower arranging. His best-selling Expert series, which has sold more than 39 million copies, continues with expert tips on trouble-free gardening.Easy-Care Gardening Expert gives you solutions and shortcuts you never knew existed -- it's like having a professional gardener looking over your shoulder to share with you his years of hard-earned wisdom Pick shrubs and trees to create a "skeleton" for great shape year-round; discover which herbs are practically worry-free, and where to plant them; or try the hundreds of other amazingly useful and easy-to-follow pieces of advice. Complete with gorgeous full-color photos ad illustrations of healthy blooms and gardens, this isn't just another gardening guide.

From the author of the "Expert" series of gardening books, this is a collection of horticultural lore and facts.

Covers a whole range of bulbs which can provide indoor and outdoor displays all the year round.

This guide includes information about rock gardens and plants, water, water features, lighting, aquatic plants and fish. It provides simple-to-follow guidance on how to build or improve a rockery or pond, how to make a scree or sink garden and how to choose the plants.

There are times when we simply wish to read about our hobby and not be badgered by advice. If you enjoy reading about plants whether or not you can grow them, or enjoy discovering gardens you may never visit and could never hope to match, or are keen to learn how people gardened in the past and what they have contributed to our gardens today, then this is the book for you. It includes sections on the great gardeners in history; extraordinary and surprising plants; remarkable gardens around the world; key gardening moments in history; the wildlife in our gardens; things for the plant lover to do indoors, and other 'this and that' trivia, statistics and fascinating things you never knew, all illustrated with charming line drawings.The perfect gift and as the title says, the perfect bedside read for a nation of gardeners.

The Container Expert is one of the books in the Expert series written by the world’s best-selling gardening author.Containers are a basic part of the gardening scene, from the windowsills of small apartments to the terraces of millionaire mansions. In this book there are container suggestions for all types of situations - you will find tyres and troughs, hanging baskets and mini-ponds, flower pots and tubs, urns and bowls.The bewildering range of containers is matched by the variety of plants which can be grown - alpines, annuals, trees and shrubs, fruits and vegetables, bulbs and roses ... so many types of container, so many different types of plants, how do you choose and how do you produce a great display?That is the job of this book - in the drawings, photographs and no-nonsense Expert-style information you will find all the answers.

Niniejszy tom gromadzi w swojej pierwszej części utwory nieznane wsp�łczesnemu Czytelnikowi - niedawno odszukane wiersze, felietony, słuchowiska radiowe, pisane gł�wnie w okresie wileńskim. Ale nie tylko. Znajdziemy tu bowiem pierwsze wyznania miłosne młodziutkiego Kostka nastolatka. A więc trochę liryki, nieco groteski, odrobina kpiny. W drugiej części tomu szeroki wyb�r niemal zapomnianych dzisiaj List�w z fiołkiem, znakomicie uzupełniających część pierwszą.

Okrasné dřeviny jsou rozděleny do čtyř základních skupin, každé skupině je věnována samostatná kapitola, uvnitř kapitol jsou jednotlivé rody seřazeny abecedně. U každého rodu jsou kromě charakteristiky uvedeny druhy a informace o vhodném stanovišti, způsobu řezu a množení. Samostatné kapitoly se zabývají výsadbou, ošetřováním, rozmnožováním a využitím těchto okrasných dřevin. V závěrečné kapitole jsou popsány choroby a škůdci okrasných dřevin a způsoby obrany proti nim. Kniha je doplněna slovníkem základních pojmů a rejstříkem českých a latinských názvů a je doplněna četnými barevnými ilustracemi.

Pěstování, ošetřování a výběr pokojových rostlin.

Komplexní informace o pěstování, odrůdách, ochraně před škůdci i kuchyňském použití běžných i méně známých druhů zeleniny a bylinek. Příručka se podrobně zabývá jednotlivými druhy zeleniny od artyčoku až po vodnici.Radí, jaká půda je pro jednotlivé druhy nejvhodnější, jak jednotlivé zeleniny ošetřovat i sklízet.U každézeleniny jsou informace o jejím použití v kuchyni (mražení, vaření, skladování).Poslední kapitola pojednává o pěstování a využití bylinek v kuchyni.

Příručka z ediční řady Expert. Rady a zkušenosti pro jednoduché uspořádání zahrady, výběr a pěstování nenáročných rostlin. Tato publikace je věnovaná "víkendovým" zahrádkářům, kteří na úpravu zahrady nemají dostatek času nebo sil. Základním pravidlem snadnější péče je jednodušší uspořádání zahrady, kvalitní půda, pečlivá práce a výběr nenáročných rostlin. Autor nabízí výběr kvalitních druhů stromů a keřů, trvalky, skalničky a bylinky se snadnou péčí. Nevylučuje ani pěstování ovoce a zeleniny. Publikace řady Expert jsou vybavené barevnými fotografiemi, tabulkami a návody.

Pestovanie, ošetrovanie a výber izbových rastlín.

Komplexní, podrobné informace o zakládání skalek a vodních nádrží na zahradě a o rostlinách vhodných k jejich osázení.

Přehledná, metodická a bohatě ilustrovaná příručka popisuje druhy ovoce v zahradě. Rady pro pěstitele ovocných stromů a keřů a dalších rostlin, jejichž plody se kuchyňsky zpracovávají nebo konzumují čerstvé. Kniha nabízí široký sortiment druhů a odrůd ovoce a přehled podmínek k jeho úspěšnému pěstování. Součástí je i podrobný popis chorob a škůdců a návody k jejich odstranění a likvidaci. Kniha je vybavena řadou barevných tabulek a fotografií, seznamem různých druhů ovoce v obchodech, slovníčkem pojmů a rejstříkem.

Přehledné informace o práci na zahrádce, o půdě, rostlinách, zahradnickém nářadí i o některých zahradních stavbách.

Příručka pro zahrádkáře pro rychlou informaci o problémech při pěstování různých druhů rostlin. Užitečné rady pro začátečníky i zkušené pěstitele, jak účinně zasáhnout proti obtížným škůdcům a chorobám rostlin. Týká se květin, zeleniny, drobného ovoce, stromů, keřů i trávníku.

Styly a techniky květinových úprav a přehled rostlinného materiálu vhodného pro aranžování.

Bohatá obrazová příručka pro správné volby a osazování nádob, volbu rostlin pro dané prostředí a jak vyhovět jejich potřebám. Jedná se o návody nejenom pro rostliny v nádobách, ale i pro vhodné druhy ovoce, zeleniny, okrasných keřů a bylinek.

Vypestovanie pekného travného porastu je spojené s množstvom námahy s nejistým výsledkom. Mnoho majiteľov záhrad hľadá každoročne odpoveď na otázky týkajúce sa práve tajomstva úspechu krásneho zeleného trávnika. Odpovede spolu s drobnými radami nájdete na strankach tejto knihy.

Návod ke stavbě a uspořádání neživých částí zahrady, ať už se jedná o zahradní domky, pergoly, skleníky, ploty, cesty, terasy, dětská pískoviště, zahradní jezírka apod. Doporučuje například vhodné osvětlení, zahradní nábytek, uvádí popis příslušných stavebních materiálů a jejich zpracování. Celobarevné, bohatý ilustrační doprovod.

Příručka z oblíbené řady Expert. Stálezelené rostliny vám pomohou přetvořit zahradu, která by bez nich působila od listopadu do března smutně. Tato příručka obsahuje úplný popis rostlin, které vám pomohou naplnit záměr mít krásnou a barevnou zahradu po celý rok. Zahrnuje více než 200 rodů ve výškovém rozsahu od mohutné sekvoje až k nízké mateřídoušce. Dozvíte se, jak si rostliny správně vybrat i jak je ošetřovat, aby vám trvale přinášely krásu a radost. Celobarevné, bohatý ilustrační doprovod.... celý text