This book offers sound practical advice on cultivation and propagation as well as a catalog of species and cultivars of these favorites of rock and perennial gardeners.
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"This is a thorough treatment of the genus for the serious gardener."—Wisley Bookshop, Spring 2002 (Wisley Bookshop )
"Colour photographs accompanying the lively text could make a person weep with desire."—Helen Chesnut, Vancouver Province, November 28, 1999 (Helen Chesnut Vancouver Province )
"A comprehensive guide to the bellflowers available in cultivation, written for the gardener."—Ann Milovsoroff, Pappus, Spring 1999 (Ann Milovsoroff Pappus )
"Colour photographs accompanying the lively text could make a person weep with desire."—Helen Chesnut, Vancouver Province, November 28, 1999 (Helen Chesnut Vancouver Province )
"A comprehensive guide to the bellflowers available in cultivation, written for the gardener."—Ann Milovsoroff, Pappus, Spring 1999 (Ann Milovsoroff Pappus )
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A substantial revision, with new photographs, of the authors' 1989 book on these favorites of rock & perennial gardeners. It offers sound practical advice on cultivation & propagation as well as a catalog of species & cultivars. ###0-88192-423-7
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When, in Cymbeline Shakespeare extolled 'The azure bluebell like her veins' he was referring to what in England is called the Bluebell, Scilla non-scripta, an early spring bulb, and not a campanula. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alan Bloom, Flora Europaea, Botanical Magazine, Canterbury Bells, Coventry Bells, North America, Award of Merit, Clifford Crook, Miss Willmott, Awards of Merit, Margery Fish, Elizabeth Strangman, Henri Correvon, Robin Lane Fox, Will Ingwersen New!
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When, in Cymbeline Shakespeare extolled 'The azure bluebell like her veins' he was referring to what in England is called the Bluebell, Scilla non-scripta, an early spring bulb, and not a campanula. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alan Bloom, Flora Europaea, Botanical Magazine, Canterbury Bells, Coventry Bells, North America, Award of Merit, Clifford Crook, Miss Willmott, Awards of Merit, Margery Fish, Elizabeth Strangman, Henri Correvon, Robin Lane Fox, Will Ingwersen New!
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- English Rock Garden by Reginald Farrer on 4 pages
- Plants from the Past by James Sutherland on page 92, and Back Matter
- Ground Cover Plants by Margery Fish in Back Matter
- Flora of the British Isles by A. R. Clapham in Back Matter
- Color Your Garden: The Royal Horticultural Society (Rhs) by Jill Billington in Back Matter
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