Simon & Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers is the perfect complement to the popular Complete Guide to Plants & Flowers, also available in the series. Aside from the pure pleasure of seeing the most exquisite flowers in the world in full color and reading about them, gardeners and flower lovers are here offered a history of flower gardens, gardening techniques, and suggestions on how to create and maintain a blooming garden. The entries for 369 species of garden flowers present full-color illustrations and detailed descriptions, and are arranged alphabetically by genus (with synonyms and common names as well). Full-color symbols illustrate the plant types and how they can best be used in the garden, and maps show the origin of the species and their natural distribution. This is one of the most stunning and informative books a gardener can own.
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Working Person's Gardner,
By Diana Escobedo (Grants Pass, Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Simon & Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers (Nature Guide Series) (Paperback)
Finally, a book small enough to carry out to the garden with me for reference yet compact with enough information to enable me to find answers to my basic questions regarding best locations, season, size, appearance, care, possible difficulties, etc. I found the illustrated key next to each written description and picture of each plant to be extremely helpful and time saving for quick reference as to whether or not I want a plant based on its's being suitable for the location I want and the purpose intended for the blooms. All I have to do is flip open the book to the desired page, glance at the illustrated key symbols, slide my eyes over to the colored photograph of the actual plant and I know in less than 10 seconds if the plant may be suitable for my needs. I can then read the clarifying information and firm up my choice. The photography is very clear and the write-ups simple enough for a beginning gardener, such as myself, to understand.
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Good, but not as intended,
By wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Simon & Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers (Nature Guide Series) (Paperback)
The real strength of this book is its profuse illustration. Every flower is shown in a good-sized photo, and there are hundreds of them. That makes the book useful as a visual reference for someone drawing or painting, giving plenty of color and variety.As a gardening guide, though, I'm not sure how successful it is. The descriptions of each plant and its culture are very brief, possibly too brief to ensure good understanding of the plant and its needs.
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I have had a copy of this book for years. Last year, I loaned it to someone and couldn't remember them returning it. I frantically ordered another copy of the book as I wouldn't want to be without it. Each flower is pictured and concisely described including height, flower size, flowering time,cultivation and propagation.
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Description Shrub with slender branches, often pendulous. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
numerous fragrant flowers, woodland mold, sheltered nursery bed, very bright position, erect ramifications, spring seed sowing, plentiful watering, complete mineral fertilizer, terminal capitula, withstand heavy frosts, clump division, floral scape, likes regular watering, various fungus diseases, very sunny position, flowering site, corymbiform cymes, slender ramifications, semishaded position, few light frosts, temperate greenhouse, moist garden soil, various rots, sandy compost, limited watering Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Qualities Hardy, Cultivation Full, Qualities Half-hardy, Carolus Linnaeus Common, Family Compositae, South Africa, Family Liliaceae, Cultivation Sunny, Augustin Pyramus, Family Rosaceae, Qualities Very, John Lindley, Cultivation Partial, Family Labiatae, Family Ranunculaceae, Cultivation Shady, Family Papilionaceae, Carl Peter Thunberg, Family Ericaceae, Family Iridaceae, Family Solanaceae, Eastern United States, Family Amaryllidaceae, Family Cruciferae, Family Scrophulariaceae New!
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Description Shrub with slender branches, often pendulous. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
numerous fragrant flowers, woodland mold, sheltered nursery bed, very bright position, erect ramifications, spring seed sowing, plentiful watering, complete mineral fertilizer, terminal capitula, withstand heavy frosts, clump division, floral scape, likes regular watering, various fungus diseases, very sunny position, flowering site, corymbiform cymes, slender ramifications, semishaded position, few light frosts, temperate greenhouse, moist garden soil, various rots, sandy compost, limited watering Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Qualities Hardy, Cultivation Full, Qualities Half-hardy, Carolus Linnaeus Common, Family Compositae, South Africa, Family Liliaceae, Cultivation Sunny, Augustin Pyramus, Family Rosaceae, Qualities Very, John Lindley, Cultivation Partial, Family Labiatae, Family Ranunculaceae, Cultivation Shady, Family Papilionaceae, Carl Peter Thunberg, Family Ericaceae, Family Iridaceae, Family Solanaceae, Eastern United States, Family Amaryllidaceae, Family Cruciferae, Family Scrophulariaceae New!
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- Rocks and Minerals (Spotlights) by Neil Curtis in Back Matter
- Princess Grace by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture by Liberty H. Bailey in Back Matter
- My Book of Flowers by Princess of Monaco Grace in Back Matter
- An Illustrated History of Gardening (Horticulture Garden Classic) by Anthony Huxley in Back Matter
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