Perennials : [A Photographic Guide to More Than 1,000 Plants by Type, Size, Season of Interest, and Color.] [Delphiniums; Peonies; Phlox; Pelargoniums; Penstemons; Daylilies; Asters; Primroses; Carnations & Pinks; Hostas; Begonias; Grasses; Ferns]

Parker, Helen. [Bob Gordon, Francis Ritter, Derek Coombes, Mandy Inness, Sharon Southren, Linden Hawthorne, Michael Upward, Larry Barlow, Eric Catterall, Diana Grenfell, David Hitchcock, Hazel Key, Sidney Linnegar, David McClintock, Diana Milller, e

ISBN 10: 0789453401 / ISBN 13: 9780789453402

Published by New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2000., 2000

About this Item

1st American edition, 1st printing ; 352 pp. ; color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm. ; ISBN: 0789453401 ; LCCN: 99048242 ; LC: SB434 .P4733 2000 ; Dewey: 635.9/32 ; color photographic boards in similarly illustrated dustjacket ; "Each entry combines a plant portrait with a concise botanical description, plus cultivation and propagation details. Helpful symbols indicate preferred growing conditions and cold hardiness."--dustjacket ; scratch on back dustjacket just begins to cut through, else FINE/VG.

Seller Inventory # 4139

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perennials : [A Photographic Guide to More Than 1,000 Plants by Type, Size, Season of Interest, and Color.] [Delphiniums; Peonies; Phlox; Pelargoniums; Penstemons; Daylilies; Asters; Primroses; Carnations & Pinks; Hostas; Begonias; Grasses; Ferns]
• Publisher: New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789453401
• ISBN 13: 9780789453402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalog 74 - Gardening

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Synopsis

A large-format photographic handbook illustrates and describes more than one thousand perennial plants for the garden, with special sections on garden design, cultivation and plant maintenance tips, plant selection advice, and sections organized by size, season of bloom, and flower color.

Review

Dorling Kindersley's new garden guides are excellently produced and well laid-out quick reference guides to four popular subjects - shrubs and climbers, perennials, annuals and biennials, and fuchsias. As befits as DK publications, they are lavishly illustrated and clearly written, making them ideal for beginner gardeners or as dip-into or look-up references for more advanced greenfingers. Commencing with an illustrated look at choosing, planting, propagating and general aftercare, the book then proceeds to an A-Z colour photographed directory of the plants themselves. Each given their own page, full descriptions and cultivation requirements are given alongside a list of alternative varieties. Cheap and indispensable, they would make the perfect gift for the novice gardener or to yourself, to carry round as an aide memoire in the garden centres. - Lucy Watson