The Protea Book: A Guide to Cultivated Proteaceae - Softcover

Lewis Matthews

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881925535 ISBN 13: 9780881925531

Publisher: Timber Press, 2002

Synopsis

This spectacular guidebook details most of the cultivated members of this intriguing family, from Banksia to Grevillea to Mimetes, not just the single genus Protea. The author's expertise and lifelong passion for proteas is clear in both the text descriptions and photographs accompanying these entries. Essential advice on cultivation, propagation, and garden uses helps readers in the pursuit of growing their own proteas, and a section on commercial cut flower production previews a future of exciting new varieties.

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Review:

Gardeners wishing to take on the challenge of growing these unusual plants in their own gardens will profit from Matthews' decades of esperience, translated here into savvy counsel on plant culture and helpful suggestions for using proteas in the landscape. -- Alice Joyce Booklist 20020915 Matthews has fulfilled a great need to identify these plants in this book with beautiful photographs ... Growers of proteaaceae will benefit by his expertise and advice. -- Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener 20020904 Essential advice on cultivation, propagation, and garden uses help the reader in the pursuit of growing their own proteas, and a section on commercial cut flower production previews a future of exciting new varieties. -- John Schmitz Capital Press 20020816 Detailed descriptions, photographs, and variety information for the most important cultivated species. FloraCulture International 20020914 Lewis Matthews' book covers more than just the single genus Protea: it is a comprehensive work on the family Proteaceae. Informative and easy to read, The Protea Book is written in a clear and concise style, and suitable for beginners and experts alike... Overall, this is a book to be recommended. -- Brian Hiley Garden (Peterborough) 20030116 The book to have in your library for those who have even a passing interest in proteas. -- Ray Gray Cut Flower Quarterly 20021022 Offers outstanding color-illustrated descriptions of more than 250 taxa or cultivars that are in cultivation. Choice 20030124 The photographs are the star performers. Page after page of beautiful pictures make [this book] worth owning. In practical terms, the cultivation notes and propagation information are excellent. -- William Grant University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum Bulletin 20020204 Matthews' expertise and lifelong passion for proteas are clear in both the text descriptions and photographs accompanying these entries. He provides essential advice. Biology Digest 20030118 This is a must book for anyone interested in Proteas. Sida, Contributions to Botany 20020303 Lewis Matthews [is] an expert in South African and New Zealand plants. Florist and Wholesale Buyer 20030204 Matthews has fulfilled a great need. -- Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener 20030326 This wonderful book on the plant family Proteaceae is worth the price for the lavish color plates alone, but this volume has far more to offer than just terrific photography... This book is recommended. -- Paul Mogren American Reference Books Annual 20030327 Matthews has fulfilled a great need to identify these plants with beautiful photographs. The reader will be amazed at the number, beauty, size, and shape of these plants, and floral designers can find inspiration or grow a wider variety of them for distinguished and beautiful, long-lasting arrangements. -- Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener 20021107 Protea specialist Lewis Matthews offers a valuable and much-needed treatment of the family Proteeaceae. SciTech Book News 20030602

Synopsis:

Protea specialist Lewis Matthews offers a valuable and much-needed treatment of the family Proteaceae , focusing on some of the most popular and attractive 24 genera including Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea, Knightia, Leucospermum, Macadamia, Protea, and others. Covers cultivation requirements, as well as the origin, pests and diseases, propagation

About this edition

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0881925535
• ISBN 13: 9780881925531
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184