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.

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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

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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

This stunning reference book is as gorgeous on the coffee table as it is handy in the garden. Perennials provides detailed information about this enormous category, and while it's hard not to love everything about this title, the most useful feature is its thoughtful organization. Divided up first into areas of "tall," "medium," and "short" plants, each area is then subdivided into season of blooming. For gardeners looking to fill a specific need such as "summer ground cover" or "autumn background," this arrangement allows you to flip right to a particular section with ease. Go deeper into each category, and you discover the nitty-gritty detail of each specific plant--under "tall, summer," you'll find a multipage spread of many different irises, while lovely primroses are featured in "short, spring." Each of these smaller subgroupings follow the same color wheel--if you're in the market for cheery yellow blooms, you'll have all your season-and-height-appropriate choices within pages of each other. The "Winter" section includes a handful of plants that are especially appealing year-round, such as sturdy ivies and bright foliage plants. This is also the section that focuses on house-appropriate plants like African violets, spider plants, and flowering bananas. Colors are bright and photos are clear and detailed. With this book at hand, choosing new plants will be quite a treat. Make sure to include the "how to use this book" in your first skim through--the code for various symbols is deciphered there, and you'll want to remember these, or at least mark the page. --Jill Lightner

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