Paul Picton's new book on asters is a comprehensive study of these popular late-summer bloomers. A leading aster specialist, Picton offers detailed descriptions in the A-Z listing of species, revealing the vast range of plants available and enabling readers to identify the best for garden, container, and cut-flower use.
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One of two new titles in this popular series, written by an expert author who maintains the English national reference collection of autumn-flowering asters.
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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In Britain, the native Aster tripolium was the first Aster to be cultivated and it was used as a herbal remedy for eye ailments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golden disc florets, sturdy sprays, amellus cultivars, clumps compact, clumps vigorous, solitary flowerheads, yellow disc florets, frikartii cultivars, bear flowerheads, good winter drainage, erect sprays, most other asters, flowering sprays, wiry sprays, large flowerheads, neat sprays, violet ray florets, aster cultivars, sprays upright, pale yellow discs, sprays branch, aster species, compact branches, bushy branches, small flowerheads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New England, Ernest Ballard, Gayborder Nurseries, Baker's Nurseries, North America, North Carolina, Amos Perry, British Isles, Vicary Gibbs, Isabel Allen, New Jersey, New Brunswick, Barr's Nurseries, British Columbia, Gertrude Jekyll, Royal Horticultural Society, Ron Watts New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
In Britain, the native Aster tripolium was the first Aster to be cultivated and it was used as a herbal remedy for eye ailments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golden disc florets, sturdy sprays, amellus cultivars, clumps compact, clumps vigorous, solitary flowerheads, yellow disc florets, frikartii cultivars, bear flowerheads, good winter drainage, erect sprays, most other asters, flowering sprays, wiry sprays, large flowerheads, neat sprays, violet ray florets, aster cultivars, sprays upright, pale yellow discs, sprays branch, aster species, compact branches, bushy branches, small flowerheads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New England, Ernest Ballard, Gayborder Nurseries, Baker's Nurseries, North America, North Carolina, Amos Perry, British Isles, Vicary Gibbs, Isabel Allen, New Jersey, New Brunswick, Barr's Nurseries, British Columbia, Gertrude Jekyll, Royal Horticultural Society, Ron Watts New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The British Isles (Cambridge Regional Geography) by A. V. Hardy on 4 pages
- The History and Folklore of North American Wildflowers by Timothy Coffey on page 102, and page 133
- Color Your Garden: The Royal Horticultural Society (Rhs) by Jill Billington on page 119, and Back Matter
- The English Flower Garden by William Robinson on page 89, and Back Matter
- British Isles: 2 by W. Allen in Front Matter, and page 13
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- Time-Tested Plants: Thirty Years in a Four-Season Garden by Pamela Harper in Back Matter
- Restoring American Gardens: An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants, 1640-1940 by Denise Adams in Back Matter
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