The distinctive rounded daisy head acts as a useful foil to plants with more upright forms, making it a useful member of the herbaceous border. This book details the variations on the daisy flowerhead from genus to genus, providing growing and buying information.
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How could there possibly be an entire book about daisies? Aren't they just those "he loves me, he loves me not" flowers? Hardly. From asters to zinnias, virtually hundreds of plants make up the daisy family, the largest in the entire spectrum of flowering plants. In this guide, another in an excellent series of in-depth plant profiles from Timber Press, Sutton reveals the complexity and diversity of these familiar favorites. Bright, sparkling photos remind readers just why daisies and their ilk are so beloved, playing, as they do, such an integral part in the perennial border and as florists' stock-in-trade. Sutton presents chapters focused on history, botany, and propagation, followed by an extensive catalog of the many daisy genera, species, and varieties, providing welcome cultural information in a directory divided into 13 chapters, each detailing a specific group. Leucanthemum, Chrysanthemum, Anthemis: a gardener might wonder which is the one, true daisy, but it really doesn't matter since, as Sutton proves, one isn't nearly enough. Carol Haggas
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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A remarkably diverse group is fully and handsomely treated in The Plantfinder’s Guide to Daisies. -- The Avant Gardener, June 2001
Another in an excellent series of in–depth plant profiles from Timber Press. -- Carol Haggas, Booklist, May 2001
Sutton is your expert guide -- Sharon Wootton, The Herald, April 26, 2001 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Another in an excellent series of in–depth plant profiles from Timber Press. -- Carol Haggas, Booklist, May 2001
Sutton is your expert guide -- Sharon Wootton, The Herald, April 26, 2001 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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For anyone interested in raising a garden with daisies,
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This review is from: The Plantfinder's Guide to Daisies (Hardcover)
John Sutton's The Plantfinder's Guide To Daisies is a well-rounded compendium of one of the most popular and well-known garden plants. Horticulturalist John Sutton not only offers the reader extensive information on the history, botany, and propagation of the varieties of daisies, from sunflowers to dahlias to annuals, but also many tidbits and subtle details especially useful to gardeners - such as variations of flower head and foliage, and which daisies make especially good cut flowers. The Plantfinder's Guide To Daisies is enthusiastically recommended for anyone interested in raising a flower garden with daisies.
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Where herbaceous perennials and annuals can be used in gardens - which is almost everywhere - some member or another of the daisy family can be placed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
solitary flowerheads, individual flowerheads, ray florets, sunflower tribe, small flowerheads, double flowerheads, yellow flowerheads, larger flowerheads, outer florets, white flowerheads, hardy herbaceous perennials, daisy family, large rock garden, disc florets, garden hybrids, tubular florets, good cut flowers, yellow disc, taller cultivars, midsummer onwards, chipped bark, sunny position, half hardy annuals, rock garden plants, tall species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Isles, New Zealand, North American, Galaxy Hybrids, Fleuroselect Gold Medal, Plant Finder, Some Key Annuals, Selection of Perennials, Beth Chatto, Oxford Botanic Garden, Size New, Swan River, The Cultivation of Daisies New!
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Where herbaceous perennials and annuals can be used in gardens - which is almost everywhere - some member or another of the daisy family can be placed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
solitary flowerheads, individual flowerheads, ray florets, sunflower tribe, small flowerheads, double flowerheads, yellow flowerheads, larger flowerheads, outer florets, white flowerheads, hardy herbaceous perennials, daisy family, large rock garden, disc florets, garden hybrids, tubular florets, good cut flowers, yellow disc, taller cultivars, midsummer onwards, chipped bark, sunny position, half hardy annuals, rock garden plants, tall species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Isles, New Zealand, North American, Galaxy Hybrids, Fleuroselect Gold Medal, Plant Finder, Some Key Annuals, Selection of Perennials, Beth Chatto, Oxford Botanic Garden, Size New, Swan River, The Cultivation of Daisies New!
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