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D. G. Hessayon

    January 1, 1928
    The home expert
    The House Plnat Expert
    The house plant expert
    The vegetable and herb expert
    The New Flower Expert
    The Pocket Flower Expert
    • 2012

      The Complete Garden Expert

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      "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 Complete Garden Expert
    • 2008

      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 Bedside Book of the Garden
    • 2004

      The Garden Revival Expert

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      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.

      The Garden Revival Expert
    • 2001

      The Pocket Garden Troubles Expert

      • 127 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      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!

      The Pocket Garden Troubles Expert
    • 2001

      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!

      The Pocket Flower Expert
    • 1999
    • 1998

      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.

      The Evergreen Expert
    • 1997

      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.

      The New Lawn Expert
    • 1997

      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 vegetable and herb expert
    • 1996

      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.

      The New Rose Expert