You know what you want, but you're not sure what it's called. Eyewitness Garden Handbooks solve this problem via lavishly illustrated user-friendly coverage of every type of garden plant.
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These two volumes pack a great deal of information into a small space, with the distinctive design and high-quality illustrations that are DK's hallmark. Perennials is a small, attractive reference guide "to selecting and identifying perennials." The plants are grouped first by size, then by season of interest, and then by color. Major garden plants like peonies and chrysanthemums are grouped together in boxed spreads. There are brief descriptions of the plants, their preferred habitat, and their cultivation, with U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zone information. Despite this effort to accommodate American gardeners, many of the named varieties listed seem to be of British origin and are not common in the American trade. However, this book would make a nice supplement to a more authoritative work like Ellen Phillips and C. Colston Burrell's Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials (LJ 12/95). Roses describes over 300 varieties, arranged by type (Modern Bush, Old Garden and Species, Miniature, etc.) and then color. Following is a brief guide to rose care. Although it describes more varieties than Judith McKeon's Encyclopedia of Roses (LJ 9/1/95), the latter provides more information on each variety and is far stronger on rose garden design, care, and disease control. Recommended as a supplement to more comprehensive works.?Molly Newling, Piscataway P.L., N.J.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book for perennial lovers,
By ByrneBunch@aol.com (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Perennials (Eyewitness Garden Handbooks) (Paperback)
What makes this book so terrific is the way it's laid out. Plants are grouped by size, season of bloom, and color. For example, you want to find a tall yellow plant that blooms in summer. Just turn to the part of the book that says, "Tall, summer interest," and look for the yellow flowers grouped together. Then choose from among those possibilities something that will grow in your garden. Every plant is further described for hardiness, care, use, and propagation. Further, it is not limited to a few selected plants, but is quite complete. The only perennial that I could think of not mentioned was lavender.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eyewitness does it again!,
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Eyewitness Handbooks are simply the best. I have several, including one on horses, aquarium fish and the annuals/biennials garden book. (I'm planning to purchase the other Eyewitness Garden Handbooks shortly.) There is just no substitute for seeing a full color picture of the adult plant. Although quite comprehensive (over 1000 photos and plants), it was organized by the size of the plant (large, medium, small) and then the season of bloom. I'm probably spoiled with computer CD ROMs that are searchable by any criteria: I wanted to find plants based on recommended sun exposure. But this wasn't really a big problem for me. Besides the beautiful clear photograhy, one of its best features was the index. It was basically organized by the scientific names, but the common names were also listed, with a "see ...." reference. This is not always the case in plant/animal books, and I appreciated it very much. I recommend that you buy this book. There's nothing better, unless Eyewitness comes out with a searchable CD ROM.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very useful, with a landscape based look at perennials.,
By "vera_lynn" (Southeastern VA, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Perennials (Eyewitness Garden Handbooks) (Paperback)
This is a workhouse reference, filled from cover to cover with solid information. Entries start with family name, common name where applicable, and botanical name of the plant under discussion. Each variety has a picture, a description of form, flowers, and leaves, plus notes on the plant's origins, growing requirements, and propagation. The pictures themselves are relatively small but well shot, a good percentage of them include leaves and/or clumps of plants as well the flowers themselves.This book covers all of the basics normally found in a plant reference, including propagation, maintenance care, and basic planting principals. The layout, however, betrays its real focus, which is landscaping. Landscaping and cultivation are so closely tied that many gardeners forget the difference. However, one focuses on growing a single plant to its maximum potential while the other concerns itself with presenting plants in a setting. Whereas a book on cultivation will present species either alphabetically or by color, this book presents flowers in terms of their 'social' attributes: Size, season, and color. Bottom line: Excellent perusing material for people who like to plan ahead. It includes all the basics of cultivation, and pulls it together in a format designed to help you think in terms of beds rather than just flowers.
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habit upright, habit vigorous, leaves oval, flowers tiny, flowers tubular, habit compact, habit dense, flowers nodding, leaves deciduous, flowers double, flowers pendent, leaves linear, leaves fleshy, candelabra primrose, leaves palmate, leaves oblong, leaves toothed, leaves elliptic, flowers inconspicuous, flowers minute, leaves leathery, leaves medium, young growth from slugs, replant every third year, cut flowers last well Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Flowers Small, Leaves Evergreen, Habit Clump-forming, Flowers Large, Flowers Single, Leaves Divided, Flowers Fully, Leaves Lance-shaped, Habit Bushy, Leaves Large, North America, Habit Robust, Leaves Semi-evergreen, Habit Rhizomatous, Leaves Deeply, Leaves Narrowly, Habit Rosette-forming, Habit Spreading, Leaves Rounded, Leaves Coarse, Habit Neat, Habit Creeping, Leaves Aromatic, Habit Mat-forming, Habit Mound-forming Browse Sample Pages:
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habit upright, habit vigorous, leaves oval, flowers tiny, flowers tubular, habit compact, habit dense, flowers nodding, leaves deciduous, flowers double, flowers pendent, leaves linear, leaves fleshy, candelabra primrose, leaves palmate, leaves oblong, leaves toothed, leaves elliptic, flowers inconspicuous, flowers minute, leaves leathery, leaves medium, young growth from slugs, replant every third year, cut flowers last well Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Flowers Small, Leaves Evergreen, Habit Clump-forming, Flowers Large, Flowers Single, Leaves Divided, Flowers Fully, Leaves Lance-shaped, Habit Bushy, Leaves Large, North America, Habit Robust, Leaves Semi-evergreen, Habit Rhizomatous, Leaves Deeply, Leaves Narrowly, Habit Rosette-forming, Habit Spreading, Leaves Rounded, Leaves Coarse, Habit Neat, Habit Creeping, Leaves Aromatic, Habit Mat-forming, Habit Mound-forming Browse Sample Pages:
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