plantsmanshipn.

1940 Los Angeles Times 30 June (Southland Homes & Gardens section) 17/2 Have you ever heard of a Terrarium? Maybe the word isn't in your dictionary but it's a new idea of plantsmanship.

1953 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 10 June 584/1 Superb plantsmanship, artistic colour-blending and skilful staging was to be seen on all sides, but nowhere to greater advantage than in the massive groups of florists' flowers put up by the leading seed firms.

1962 Amateur Gardening 21 Apr. 21/1 Actinidia polygama..has fruit of unpleasant flavour, but this should not..deter those who practise plantsmanship from planting a ‘bower of bliss’ with a few prominently labelled specimens.

1972 Times 15 Apr. 6/4 This is a far cry from lazier days, with larger areas to be laid out and cared for by one gardener or more; the garden seen as an essay in plantsmanship, a descendant of the eighteenth century contemplative landscape.

1979 J. Harvey in J. Harris Garden 8/1 The abbeys, priories and hospitals were particularly concerned with plantsmanship, cultivation and improvement.

1996 Pract. Gardening June 67/1 Those National Trust dustbin-sized terracotta pots piled high with name-teasing tender perennials represent the best of both worlds—artistry with plantsmanship, high fashion with enviable backdrops.