The hybrids of Hippeastrum, also known by gardeners as amaryllis, have long been popular indoor plants, their flamboyant blooms bringing cheer during the dark winter months. Published in association with the Royal Horticultural Society as part of our Plant Collector Guide series, this book for gardeners describes the astonishing range of hybrids now available and explains how to get the best results from these rewarding plants. A wealth of practical advice accompanies the plant descriptions, including a specially formulated growing medium used by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, an effective "hot water treatment" for pests, and essential advice on feeding, watering, and lighting.
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"An outstanding book."
—Veronica Read, National Gardener, July 2004 (National Gardener )
—Veronica Read, National Gardener, July 2004 (National Gardener )
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The hybrids of Hippeastrum, also known by gardeners as amaryllis, have long been popular indoor plants, their flamboyant blooms bringing cheer during the dark winter months. This book describes the astonishing range of hybrids available and explains how to get the best results from these rewarding plants.
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More (and less) than you want to know,
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This review is from: Hippeastrum: The Gardener's Amaryllis (Royal Horticultural Society/Timber Press Plant Collectors Guides Series) (Hardcover)
Timber Press's horticultural books always present beautifully: glossy paper, colored plates, and densely-packed text that makes you think you'll learn all you ever wanted to know about a particular plant family. Many appear to be written by British horticulturalists associated with some Royal garden or another. And, many appear to be written FOR other British horticulturalists of some Royal garden or another. I was excited to get this book, because I love hippeastrums; but I found many pages that I needn't spend much time on, such as long descriptions of research and researchers in countries around the world. As for learning more about how to grow them, you'll glean a few ideas, but unless you have a tissue culture laboratory, a climate-controlled greenhouse, and access to all the soil and chemical products that are available in the UK (or only given by their UK name or description), you'll probably not do much with the rest of the cultural information.
I've looked over a number of the Timber Press plant guides, and this one seems to be typical of their presentation. The pictures are a joy to look at. But these books are often heavy on varieties and products that the average person will never come across, even in the age of the internet. I'm not saying they'll not be valuable to someone; only that I find they don't live up to their promise to me, and I suspect to most average plant lovers.
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Dedicated to the hybrids of this popular indoor plant,
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This review is from: Hippeastrum: The Gardener's Amaryllis (Royal Horticultural Society/Timber Press Plant Collectors Guides Series) (Hardcover)
Hippeastrum: The Gardener's Amaryllis by Veronica M. Read is a 344-page compendium dedicated to the hybrids of this popular indoor plant (commonly called amaryllis) that exhibits flamboyant blooms during dark winter months. An internationally recognized expert who draws upon more than ten years of personal experience, Veronica Read explains how gardeners and horticulturalists can get the best results from their efforts with a wealth of plant descriptions (including more than one hundred beautiful, full color photographs), practical advice, specially formulated growing medium used by the Royal Botanic Gardens, propagation instructions, and even an effective hot water treatment for pests! Hippeastrum is an impressive and strongly recommended specialized addition for personal gardening, professional horticultural reference collections.
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A nice book, though not a photo catalog,
This review is from: Hippeastrum: The Gardener's Amaryllis (Royal Horticultural Society/Timber Press Plant Collectors Guides Series) (Hardcover)
This book is a nice book for those who like Hippeastrums. I ordered it hoping to get a photo catalog of all hybrids (as they were listed in the index). However, for each of hybrids there is only text information (though rather full), but no photos. There are also some nice photos in the colourful middle of the book with some rare varieties and hybrids.
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The true identities of the South African Amaryllis belladonna Linnaeus and South American Hippeastrum Herbert have attracted the attention of eminent European and North American botanists and taxonomists since their introduction into European cultivation in the mid 18th century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
circumference bulbs, feed containing trace elements, hippeastrum breeding, outer leaf bases, feathery venation, smaller flowering types, tepal tubes, bulb circumference, lowermost tepal, flowering hippeastrums, robust scapes, tepal tips, pot plant cultivation, yellow hippeastrums, twin scaling, lime green throat, bright green throat, twin scales, red picotee, wispy blooms, more scapes, new hybrid groups, scape production, rounded tepals, green scapes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Ian Woolley, Great Britain, Penning Breeding, United States, Ion Woolley, Nieuwkerk Amaryllis, Northern Hemisphere, Royal Botanic Gardens, Large Double, Miyake Nursery, Harry Deleeuw Ltd, Maguire's Hippeastrum Farm, South American, National Plant Collection of Hippeastrum, Isamu Miyake, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Southern Hemisphere, Star of the Knight, American Amaryllis Society, Kew Library, Penning Freesia, Queen of the Knight, Richard Maguire, Cathy Osselton New!
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The true identities of the South African Amaryllis belladonna Linnaeus and South American Hippeastrum Herbert have attracted the attention of eminent European and North American botanists and taxonomists since their introduction into European cultivation in the mid 18th century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
circumference bulbs, feed containing trace elements, hippeastrum breeding, outer leaf bases, feathery venation, smaller flowering types, tepal tubes, bulb circumference, lowermost tepal, flowering hippeastrums, robust scapes, tepal tips, pot plant cultivation, yellow hippeastrums, twin scaling, lime green throat, bright green throat, twin scales, red picotee, wispy blooms, more scapes, new hybrid groups, scape production, rounded tepals, green scapes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Ian Woolley, Great Britain, Penning Breeding, United States, Ion Woolley, Nieuwkerk Amaryllis, Northern Hemisphere, Royal Botanic Gardens, Large Double, Miyake Nursery, Harry Deleeuw Ltd, Maguire's Hippeastrum Farm, South American, National Plant Collection of Hippeastrum, Isamu Miyake, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Southern Hemisphere, Star of the Knight, American Amaryllis Society, Kew Library, Penning Freesia, Queen of the Knight, Richard Maguire, Cathy Osselton New!
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- Handbook of the Amaryllideae by J G Baker on page 4, and Back Matter
- Diseases of Floral Crops (Vol. 1): by D. L. Strider on page 256, and Back Matter
- A Color Atlas of Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers by David V. Alford on page 256, and Back Matter
- Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants (Collins Complete Photo Guides) by Stefan Buczacki on page 256, and Back Matter
- Hortus Cliffortianus by Carl Linnaeus on page 1, and Back Matter
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