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The gardener's book of colour / Andrew Lawson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London Pimpernel Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Revised editionDescription: 232 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781910258026
  • 1910258024
Subject(s): Summary: First published in 1996, this Pimpernel Classic edition has been completely redesigned and includes a new foreword by Andrew Lawson. Using his artist's eye and scientist's training, distinguished garden photographer and writer Andrew Lawson shines a new light on using colour in the garden. This book shows myriad ways to put colours together, and demonstrates the extraordinary power of colour to change the sense of space, to suggest coolness or warmth and to evoke different moods. The basis of creating harmonizing and contrasting schemes is explained and illustrated with dramatic examples. All the major schemes are supported by keyline drawings giving full planting details. In addition, illustrated plant directories, arranged by colour and flowering season, provide cultivation details for over 850 plants, enabling you to assemble the right plants for your chosen scheme and to carry that scheme through the year.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

First published in 1996, this Pimpernel Classic edition has been completely redesigned and includes a new foreword by Andrew Lawson. Using his artist's eye and scientist's training, distinguished garden photographer and writer Andrew Lawson shines a new light on using colour in the garden. This book shows myriad ways to put colours together, and demonstrates the extraordinary power of colour to change the sense of space, to suggest coolness or warmth and to evoke different moods. The basis of creating harmonizing and contrasting schemes is explained and illustrated with dramatic examples. All the major schemes are supported by keyline drawings giving full planting details. In addition, illustrated plant directories, arranged by colour and flowering season, provide cultivation details for over 850 plants, enabling you to assemble the right plants for your chosen scheme and to carry that scheme through the year.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First published in 1996, this Pimpernel Classic edition has been completely redesigned and includes a new foreword by Andrew Lawson. Using his artist's eye and scientist's training, distinguished garden photographer and writer Andrew Lawson shines a new light on using colour in the garden. This book shows myriad ways to put colours together, and demonstrates the extraordinary power of colour to change the sense of space, to suggest coolness or warmth and to evoke different moods. The basis of creating harmonizing and contrasting schemes is explained and illustrated with dramatic examples. All the major schemes are supported by keyline drawings giving full planting details. In addition, illustrated plant directories, arranged by colour and flowering season, provide cultivation details for over 850 plants, enabling you to assemble the right plants for your chosen scheme and to carry that scheme through the year.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. 7)
  • The Power of Colour (p. 8)
  • Understanding Colour (p. 14)
  • The colour wheel (p. 16)
  • Saturation (p. 18)
  • Light and dark tones (p. 20)
  • The influence of light (p. 22)
  • Colour distribution (p. 24)
  • Density, shape and texture (p. 27)
  • Gardening With Colour (p. 30)
  • Single Colours (p. 32)
  • Yellows (p. 32)
  • Oranges (p. 44)
  • Reds (p. 52)
  • Pinks (p. 62)
  • Violets (p. 74)
  • Blues (p. 84)
  • Greens (p. 96)
  • Silver-Greys (p. 114)
  • Whites (p. 120)
  • Harmonies (p. 136)
  • Harmonies with blue (p. 138)
  • Harmonies with pink (p. 142)
  • Harmonies with red (p. 154)
  • Contrasts (p. 158)
  • Mixed Colours (p. 184)
  • Keyline Drawings (p. 206)
  • Hardiness zones (p. 220)
  • Bibliography (p. 220)
  • Index (p. 221)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 232)

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