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Taylor's Encyclopedia of Garden Plants: The Most Authoritative Guide to the Best Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs for North American Gardens (Taylor's Guides)

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You must read well into the description of a plant to find out if it's shade or sun lover. It's not something you can quickly discern.
Also missing is the distance needed between plants which is so helpful when developing a bed and purchasing more than one of each kind.

This encyclopedia has a broad scope on many of the plants used in the garden landscape. You will find information about how the plants are arranged, and how/ why the chosen plants came to be included in this book.
The plants are outlined alphabetically by botanic nomenclature. In the back of the book it also has a common name index which is immediately followed by the botanic equivalent.
Each entry starts with the botanic name, with a phonetic spelling and genus family. Followed by a general description and how to grow the species. Under each entry will be the individual cultivars with a description and zone tolerances.
This encyclopedia also has general info about propagation, a glossary and a hardiness zone map.
No single encyclopedia will have that one single plant you are looking for.
For any gardener, this book should be included in your library.
I have a landscape design and build company, and have several encyclopedias in my collection. This is one I reference, from time to time for its accuracy and authority.

Huge book with just about every plant you could think of - if you can't grow a particular plant in your area, they give you alternatives that are similar which I think is very helpful as I live in Southern California and need plants that are water-wise and heat tolerant.

This is a great resource for a veteran gardener or beginning level.

We got much more than we expected. I expected a small "manual" type book. Instead, we got a beautifully bound and illustrated folio. The information is clear, and the pictures are beautiful. We have looked up numerous plants from our yard and have checked out the suitability of others for our unique condition. I would recommend this book highly.

Excellent! No gardener should be without it. I have yet to have a plant not listed in this book. It is a large book, but worth it. Beautiful photos. Money well spent!

A great resource on plants. We use it for our nursery business. Love it!

THIS BOOK HAS EXCELLENT COLOR PHOTOS AND LOTS OF THEM. IT IS A GOOD COMPILATION BOOK TO REFERENCE FOR ABOUT ANY GARDEN PLANT. IT IS WELL LAID OUT AS FAR AS FORMAT AND EVEN A NICE COFFEE TABLE TYPE BOOK FOR THE PICTURES.

I already had bought this book for myself, and so I was happy to buy it as a gift. This book has great pictures, easy-to-understand and concise plant information, and, best of all for those of us without a degree in botany, the pronunciation for plant names. It is my go-to source of information for all things related to plants.

This encyclopedia of plants tells you about any plant you ever heard of. If you read this whole book you will know everything and I mean everything about every kind of plant. Every plant will be in your head like white on rice. This is the book you want to read for any kind of plant project. I prefer this book to ANYONE.

I use this book to look up plants, all the time. It tells you about anything you want to know about flowers, trees, shrubs, etc.