More than ten years in the making, Perennials is the most comprehensive guide to these popular plants available. Compiled by Martyn Rix and Roger Phillips, Perennials includes complete descriptions and photographs for over 2,500 types of perennials. Every variety is described and illustrated with a color photograph.
Perennials also includes: - growing tips and propagation - origins - plant combinations and flowering times for every phase of the growing season - natural planting associations - combinations for borders, island beds, meadow gardens - sedges and grasses, hostas, ferns - further reading, sources and gardens to visit around the world
With a wide variety of old favorites and an exciting selection of rarities, Perennials is an indispensable and inspiring reference for color and variety for all sites and soil conditions.
Roger Phillips has been photographing plants and flowers for many years. He has thirty books to his credit which have sold over three and a half million copies worldwide and has won numerous awards. He has also written and presented two major television series, BBC's The Quest for the Rose and Channel Four's The 3,000 Mile Garden.
Martyn Rix is a botanist, plant collector and gardener. He has written seventeen books and has collaborated with Roger Phillips since 1977. Martyn makes regular collecting expeditions to remote parts of the world, photographing and searching for new plants to bring into cultivation. Martyn has been awarded the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society.