The sensitive use of colour and foliage lies at the heart of gardening. Penelope Hobhouse explains the principles of colour, visual effects in changing light conditions, the interplay between colour and texture and the essential design factors that help the gardener to exploit these successfully.
It is a book that has stopped me in my tracks to look, think and experiment - Times
One of the most exciting gardening books for years . . . Keen gardeners will treasure it for its horticultural connoisseurship and the vigour of its author's ideas - World of Interiors