Kingfisher Guide to Garden Plants (Kingfisher field guides)

by Brian Davis (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1988

  $3.31

  This guide to over 1000 of the most attractive and interesting plants that can be grown in the world's temperate gardens, features summaries of cultivation, aftercare details, and concise descriptions of the plant's main features. Plants are arranged by season of interest.

• Used

  Paperback
  1988

  $3.31

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $3.31

  Arranged in seasonal order to help in planning a planting programme for all-year-round display, this is a guide to choosing and cultivating over a thousand garden plants that can be grown in the temperate regions of the world. Information is provided on bulbs and corms, annuals, biennials and perennials, ornamental grasses, alpines, and water plants. 300 of them are described in detail, and practical and botanical information is given in data-panels, to provide concise summaries of identification details, cultivation, after-care and garden use. The author is a horticultural consultant and Chelsea Gold Medal winner whose other books include The Gardener's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs and The Complete Guide to Garden Plants .