Overview
Indispensible
More than ten years in the making, Perennials is the most comprehensive guide available to these popular plants. It includes descriptions of over 2,500 types of perennials, each variety described in detail and illustrated with a handsome color photograph.
After three decades of collaboration, Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix continue to expand their plant collections and hone their knowledge. Perennials includes expert information on:
- Cultivation and propagation
- Plant origins
- Natural planting associations
- Flowering times for every phase of the growing season
- Combinations for borders, island beds, meadow gardens
- Sedges, grasses, hostas and ferns
- Sources, gardens to visit around the world, and further readings.
With a wide variety of old favorites and an exciting selection of rarities, Perennials is widely recognized as the indispensable and inspiring reference for color and variety for all sites and soil conditions.
Synopsis
Comprehensive illustrated directory of 2,500 perennials. Includes planting tips, design ideas and sources. Illustrated throughout in color.
E-STREAMS - Peggy Dominy
The professional and amateur gardener alike will find this book especially useful for finding the right plant for the right location for the right effect.
Editorials
National Gardeners Magazine -
Encyclopedic in its depth.Argyle (Globe and Mail Supplement)
Since the warm spring months would be incomplete without a good gardening book, check out the updated editions of [these] two door-stopping classics of the genre. [featured with Encyclopedia of Plant Combinations]Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC)
A very helpful reference... Up to date and stuffed full of helpful plant suggestions to make your garden beds more interesting. What makes these books worth their weight in gold are the wonderful photographs that accompany each description.American Reference Book Annual
An attractive addition to a collection of garden books.E-Streams
The professional and amateur gardener alike will find this book especially useful for finding the right plant for the right location for the right effect.BookPage
Whopper of a reference work ... imagine the sheer effort required to collect eight different hellebores and photograph them all blooming at the same moment in one photograph.BookPage
A whopper of a reference work.Toronto Metro Today
Vivid photographs ... replete with useful information.Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Exquisitely photographed treasure troves of information ... must-have references for gardeners, novice or experienced.Peggy Dominy
The professional and amateur gardener alike will find this book especially useful for finding the right plant for the right location for the right effect.—E-STREAMS