Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25791 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 496 pages

Synopsis
This is the definitive practical guide to choosing, planting and combining herbaceous perennials - an essential tool for gardeners of all levels, from the experts at the RHS. From Acaena to Zizia, an A-Z guide to over 5,000 perennials, this book: includes the vast numbers of new perennials made available in the last 10 years; tells you how to choose the right ones for your garden with cultivation, propagation and hardiness information to help you grow them successfully; and gives inspirational ideas for planting schemes and expert tips on how to get the best from your plants and your garden. You can make a perennially beautiful garden with this essential guide.

Customer Reviews

A Real Stunner
I bought this book over a year ago and it is an absolute stunner of a reference guide for the beginner as well as the more knowledgeable. Not only is a full description given of each plant with pictures, but also a great deal of information on plant combinations - a lot of good ideas to pinch and put in your own garden. The large photographs at the beginning of each chapter are superb. I wouldn't be without this classic.

Easy to use and above all helpful
The photos are good, and large enough to be useful. Every few pages there is a gardenscape picture showing how various plants look in combination, which I have found really helpful in deciding which cultivar would 'fit in' best. A great book to browse

The new bible of garden perennials
I saw an advance copy of this encyclopedia and it is spectacular. It says there are over 5000 plants described, but it's actually almost 7000! It's the only perennials encyclopedia written in such an easy and accessible manner, without all the technical jargon and botanical terms that trip you up - you can actually read the descriptions and enjoy them, with the writers the most knowledgable in their fields. The book is enhanced throughout with sidebar boxes that add a lot of new details and help you understand new trends, invasive plants, orchids, name changes and so much more. Thousands of excellent pictures let you see what's being talked about. Editor Graham Rice has done the impossible and created a new classic. This is an absolute must for the bookshelf, and will be used over and over and over again.