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Introducing climbers to your garden is a wonderful way to beautify your space and creative ambiance. The "Climbing Plants" ebook shows the different ways in which climbers can be used to add another dimension to a garden and the different plants that can be used as climbers. With 102 pages, this ebook is a great reference source for any gardener.

Use climbers to:

Hide unsightly wall
Bring in splashes of colour with flowering climbers
As an outdoors pot plant climbers can bring an element of nature into an urban environment
Provide privacy if you grow them on a trellis
Fence off boundaries
Provide shelter or shade if you use them to grow over structures such as pergolas, arches and arbours

And best of all climbers won't take up much space.

This ebook is a fantastic guide to climbers complete with attractive full colour photographs, ideal for everyone from the gardening enthusiast to landscape designers.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND GROWING CLIMBERS

Twining stems
Tendrils
Adhesive aerial roots
Hooks
Climbers grown frequently in hot climates
Commonly used climbers in temperate climates

CHAPTER 2 ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF CLIMBERS

Philodendron

CHAPTER 3 USING CLIMBERS

Climbers for cottage gardens
Climbers for coastal areas
Climbers to grow on trees
Climbers to grow on walls
Trellis
Why trellis?
Different ways of using trellis
Materials
Supports
Warning
Landscaping with trellis
Choosing plants to grow on trellis

CHAPTER 4 BOUGAINVILLEAS

How to grow bougainvilleas
What climate is best?
Different ways to grow bougainvilleas
Tub plants
Topiary and hedging
Shrubs
Indoor plants
Bonsai specimens
Cover a pergola or fence
Fertiliser

CHAPTER 5 CLEMATIS

APPENDIX

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