Lathyrus: The Complete Guide - Hardcover

Kenicer, Greg; Parsons, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1911666126 ISBN 13: 9781911666127

Publisher: RHS Media, 2021

Synopsis

An RHS horticultural monograph on the species and cultivars of Lathyrus. The fascinating horticulture, botany and history of glorious sweet peas, their hundreds of cultivars and many related species. ✤ All 150 species described, with detailed information on the cultivated species. ✤ More than 500 sweet pea cultivars and 25 other Lathyrus cultivars illustrated and fully described. ✤ Detailed history of the introduction of sweet pea and other species to cultivation. ✤ Comprehensive account of breeders and how they developed sweet peas into their modern types. ✤ The botany and classification of the genus including its world distribution and habitats. ✤ Checklists of around 1,200 cultivars, 750 scientific names, and 450 raisers who have bred sweet peas. ✤ Synonymy and other valuable information including introducers, dates and descriptions. ✤ Advice on how to grow sweet peas to get the best garden display every year. ✤ The most effective ways to use sweet peas and other Lathyrus in gardens.

About this title

About the Author

Greg Kenicer is based at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and is a specialist in wild Lathyrus diversity. He did a PhD on the South American species and with international collaborators has studied the biogeography, evolution and taxonomy of Lathyrus. He also oversees a National Plant Collection of the genus. He is the author of Plant Magic (2020) and Scottish Plant Lore (2018). Roger Parsons owns a Lathyrus nursery, Roger Parsons Sweet Peas, near Chichester in West Sussex. He holds a National Plant Collection of the genus and specialises in maintaining cultivars, breeding new ones, and improving the quality of seed available to gardeners. He was Chairman of the National Sweet Pea Society from 2017 to 2020 and is the author of Sweet Peas: An Essential Guide (2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: RHS Media
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911666126
• ISBN 13: 9781911666127
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512