This guide to planting features the gardens of Beth Chatto, Christopher Lloyd, Penelope Hobhouse, Rosemary Verey and others, showing the planting schemes of these gardens. It explains why the gardeners used particular plants and the philosophies behind the plant associations they have created. Arranged thematically, the book covers seasonal planting as well as border planting, planting with water, ornaments and containers, planting a kitchen garden, wall planting, woodland planting and formal planting.