Gardeners who seek an up-to-date, authoritative guide to the wealth of garden-worthy ferns available today will find none better than Sue Olsen. Drawing from four decades of experience as a fern specialist, Olsen leads the reader through every genus with horticultural merit, focusing primarily on the temperate species but also including tropical ones. The remarkably comprehensive plant directory presents succinct descriptions for nearly 1000 ferns and fern allies from Acrostichum to Woodwardia, with habitat information, cultural recommendations, and help on plant identification. Chapters on the history, cultivation, propagation, and structure of ferns; a series of appendices highlighting plants mostly likely to thrive in various locations throughout the world and in special conditions; and lists (with contact information) of fern societies, places to see ferns, and specialty nurseries provide readers with everything they need to know to deepen their knowledge and appreciation of ferns. This expansive, well-organized reference is enriched with anecdotal insight and lavishly illustrated with 700 photographs.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Olsen's comprehensive guide describes nearly 1,000 ferns, of which 692 are shown in color photographs. The author presents the fact that ferns grew 345 million years ago, when they were among the dominant plants on the earth. Among other topics, she offers instructions on cultivating ferns in woodland and rock gardens, in containers, on walls, in bogs, and indoors, giving details regarding colors, pests (watch out for aphids), and companion plants. Other chapters deal with propagation and structure. Included are two hardiness-zone maps, a list of award-winning ferns, and a glossary. George Cohen
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
“This comprehensive volume is a superb reference on the subject.”
(Smith Mountain Laker Magazine )
(Smith Mountain Laker Magazine )
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book on garden ferns,
By
This review is from: Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns (Hardcover)
Although not comprehensive Sue Olsen's encyclopedia of garden ferns certainly is one of the most complete volumes on this subject. Good descriptions, interesting background information, generally very clear and to the point photography enabling identification of species at first glance.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Buy! Best Buy! Must Buy!,
By
This review is from: Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns (Hardcover)
Information on the individual ferns are detailed enough for fern selection consideration for your garden. Photos taken are fantastically clear. The only small defect is that commonly used ferns such as Angiopteris and Cyathea cannot be found in this book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent .,
By
This review is from: Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns (Hardcover)
The photogrsphy is the best I've seen in books about ferns making it easy to use for identifying ferns. The descriptions are thorough and include necessary information for growing most of the ferns.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
grooved stipes, tripinnate blades, frond length, bipinnate blades, peltate indusia, upper frond surface, sori without indusia, frond apices, pinnae edges, linear indusia, shield fronds, large terminal crests, pinnae midribs, russet scales, bud constrictions, composty soil, green stipes, stipe scales, young crosiers, old stipe bases, false indusia, pinnae margins, brittle stipes, innermost pinnules, woodland duff Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, United States, North America, George Schenk, Pacific Northwest, South America, Miller Botanical Garden, Washington State, British Columbia, Southern California, East Coast, Richie Steffen, Central America, British Isles, New Jersey, South Africa, Southern Hemisphere, Morris Arboretum, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, South Pacific, University of California Botanical Garden, New England, South Island, Baja California, David Schwartz New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
grooved stipes, tripinnate blades, frond length, bipinnate blades, peltate indusia, upper frond surface, sori without indusia, frond apices, pinnae edges, linear indusia, shield fronds, large terminal crests, pinnae midribs, russet scales, bud constrictions, composty soil, green stipes, stipe scales, young crosiers, old stipe bases, false indusia, pinnae margins, brittle stipes, innermost pinnules, woodland duff Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, United States, North America, George Schenk, Pacific Northwest, South America, Miller Botanical Garden, Washington State, British Columbia, Southern California, East Coast, Richie Steffen, Central America, British Isles, New Jersey, South Africa, Southern Hemisphere, Morris Arboretum, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, South Pacific, University of California Botanical Garden, New England, South Island, Baja California, David Schwartz New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
