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The Explorer's Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials

The Explorer's Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials

by Daniel J . Hinkley (Author)

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    Hardcover 1999

    $17.45

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    Paperback 2009

    $9.62
Synopsis

Hinkley''s quest for distinctive plants has led him on dozens of expeditions. This work, illustrated with photographs, presents his choice of some of the most interesting perennials he has found in the wilds, or that friends have introduced to him.'

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 380
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 15 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0881924261
ISBN 13: 9780881924268

Media Reviews
Hinkley has written a delightful and very informative book.

...Uncommon but striking species...are presented with descriptions that convey why they have so thoroughly charmed the author. Many beautifully-printed color photographs are an additional, powerful attraction for the reader.

...Highly recommended.


Clearly any book containing so much that is new yet detailed, scholarly yet personal, is going to be indispensable for any serious gardener with suitable conditions--and few of us lack at least one moist and shady corner in which to experiment with some of Hinkley's recommendations.

...It hasn't been pre-packaged. It isn't formulaic. And, by heaven! It positively heaves and throbs with a love and knowledge of 'his' plants.


To review a book so meticulously compiled and so competently and wonderfully written is hardly a challenge. No biting criticisms are needed here. Quite simply, this book stands far and away from a(n)... ever-burgeoning mass of garden-oriented books.

...Even the omnipresent hardy geraniums are treated unconventionally, exposing the reader to new and unfamiliar cultivars.

...In short, buy this book for your horticultural library. Buy it for your friends. Buy it for Lynn Harrison's (and Dan's) sumptuous, flawless, and artistic photography. Buy it so Dan can write the follow-up woody plant volume! Most of all, however, buy this book to gain a better understanding of our lone planet's marvelous and awe-inspiring plant diversity and of each constituent species' uniqueness--this all contributing to a constant enrichment of our gardens. -- Todd Lasseigne Trillium (02/01/2000)


The armchair traveler will relish the quotes from [Hinkley's] travel journal which introduce each chapter; the horticulturalist will be caught up in the text, which describes the origins and hybrids of an array of perennials.