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Regardless of whether one lives in the deep South or in an area of frigid winters, there is much to learn from the learned Armitage's latest effort: a wonderfully written resource chockablock with gardening information. Color photos and charming line drawings illustrate an encyclopedic compilation focusing on true annuals, along with a wealth of exciting garden specimens that will grow year-round in mild regions. In a format encompassing 245 genera as well as countless species and cultivated varieties, Armitage colors each chatty and enlightening entry with personal experience. Fragrant rosemary, architecturally striking castor oil plants, and angel's trumpet are found here alongside familiar summer bedding plants like begonias, impatiens, marigolds, and cockscombs. Detailed plant descriptions, pronunciations, suggestions for additional readings, and indexes of both botanical and common names are featured. Moreover, an endearing approach that goes against any form of "plant snobbery" ensures accessible guidance for all. REVWR
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"A complete book about temporal plants that grow in this region. There are more than 100 photos, but the information is the primary reason to get this tome."—Joel M. Lerner, Washington Post, May 3, 2003 (Joel M. Lerner The Washington Post )
"I have yet to see the perfect guide to annuals and tender perennials, but this new compendium by esteemed plantman Allan M. Armitage comes close ... [Gardeners] will need no other reference on the subject."—Steve Silk, Fine Gardening, May/June 2002 (Steve Silk Fine Gardening )
"True to form, Armitage's humor accompanies his sage advice throughout the text. I predict that this book will become holy writ on the subject of annuals. And I confess that when it comes to a book written by Allan Armitage, I buy it unhesitatingly for the authority associated with the name and then find out all about the subject within."—Russell Studebaker, Horticulture, November 2002 (Russell Studebaker Horticulture )
A complete book about temporal plants that grow in this region. There are more than 100 photos, but the information is the primary reason to get this tome.Joel M. Lerner, Washington Post, May 3, 2003 (The Washington Post )
Excellent throughout, this guide is a rich book for every plant lover. -- Diane M. Calabrese, American Reference Books Annual 2001
Finally, there is a definitive reference for annuals. -- Joel Lerner, The Washington Post, December 8, 2001
Gardeners have long needed a comprehensive and affordable encyclopedic reference to plants of brief longevity, and now we have it. -- Rand B. Lee, The American Gardener 2001
I finally have the reference I have been wanting and could not find. It has arrived [title]. -- Linda Askey, Garden Design, May 2002
I have yet to see the perfect guide to annuals and tender perennials, but this new compendium by esteemed plantman Allan M. Armitage comes close ... [Gardeners] will need no other reference on the subject.Steve Silk, Fine Gardening, May/June 2002 (Fine Gardening )
Invaluable. . . . It’s compendious, learned and chatty all at once, encyclopedic in coverage of these important plants. -- Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times Book Review, December 2, 2001
True to form, Armitage's humor accompanies his sage advice throughout the text. I predict that this book will become holy writ on the subject of annuals. And I confess that when it comes to a book written by Allan Armitage, I buy it unhesitatingly for the authority associated with the name and then find out all about the subject within.Russell Studebaker, Horticulture, November 2002 (Horticulture )
[Gardeners] will need no other reference on the subject. -- Steve Silk, Fine Gardening, June 2002
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Regardless of whether one lives in the deep South or in an area of frigid winters, there is much to learn from the learned Armitage's latest effort: a wonderfully written resource chockablock with gardening information. Color photos and charming line drawings illustrate an encyclopedic compilation focusing on true annuals, along with a wealth of exciting garden specimens that will grow year-round in mild regions. In a format encompassing 245 genera as well as countless species and cultivated varieties, Armitage colors each chatty and enlightening entry with personal experience. Fragrant rosemary, architecturally striking castor oil plants, and angel's trumpet are found here alongside familiar summer bedding plants like begonias, impatiens, marigolds, and cockscombs. Detailed plant descriptions, pronunciations, suggestions for additional readings, and indexes of both botanical and common names are featured. Moreover, an endearing approach that goes against any form of "plant snobbery" ensures accessible guidance for all. REVWR
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
"A complete book about temporal plants that grow in this region. There are more than 100 photos, but the information is the primary reason to get this tome."—Joel M. Lerner, Washington Post, May 3, 2003 (Joel M. Lerner The Washington Post )
"I have yet to see the perfect guide to annuals and tender perennials, but this new compendium by esteemed plantman Allan M. Armitage comes close ... [Gardeners] will need no other reference on the subject."—Steve Silk, Fine Gardening, May/June 2002 (Steve Silk Fine Gardening )
"True to form, Armitage's humor accompanies his sage advice throughout the text. I predict that this book will become holy writ on the subject of annuals. And I confess that when it comes to a book written by Allan Armitage, I buy it unhesitatingly for the authority associated with the name and then find out all about the subject within."—Russell Studebaker, Horticulture, November 2002 (Russell Studebaker Horticulture )
A complete book about temporal plants that grow in this region. There are more than 100 photos, but the information is the primary reason to get this tome.Joel M. Lerner, Washington Post, May 3, 2003 (The Washington Post )
Excellent throughout, this guide is a rich book for every plant lover. -- Diane M. Calabrese, American Reference Books Annual 2001
Finally, there is a definitive reference for annuals. -- Joel Lerner, The Washington Post, December 8, 2001
Gardeners have long needed a comprehensive and affordable encyclopedic reference to plants of brief longevity, and now we have it. -- Rand B. Lee, The American Gardener 2001
I finally have the reference I have been wanting and could not find. It has arrived [title]. -- Linda Askey, Garden Design, May 2002
I have yet to see the perfect guide to annuals and tender perennials, but this new compendium by esteemed plantman Allan M. Armitage comes close ... [Gardeners] will need no other reference on the subject.Steve Silk, Fine Gardening, May/June 2002 (Fine Gardening )
Invaluable. . . . It’s compendious, learned and chatty all at once, encyclopedic in coverage of these important plants. -- Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times Book Review, December 2, 2001
True to form, Armitage's humor accompanies his sage advice throughout the text. I predict that this book will become holy writ on the subject of annuals. And I confess that when it comes to a book written by Allan Armitage, I buy it unhesitatingly for the authority associated with the name and then find out all about the subject within.Russell Studebaker, Horticulture, November 2002 (Horticulture )
[Gardeners] will need no other reference on the subject. -- Steve Silk, Fine Gardening, June 2002
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The generic name comes from the Arabic, abu-i-misk ("the father of musk"), an allusion to the smell of Abelmoschus moschatus (musk mallow) seeds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ornamental okra, summer many colors, blotched forms, terrific plant, terminal cuttings, clean white flowers, wide yellow flowers, strong zonation, weather tolerance, maroon edges, bicolor flowers, cultural recommendations, wide flowers, upper axils, salmon flowers, cut flower growers, whorled flowers, bedding forms, ray flowers, plants overwinter, greenhouse grower, rosy red flowers, carmine flowers, bicolored flowers, bears white flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The generic name comes from the Arabic, abu-i-misk ("the father of musk"), an allusion to the smell of Abelmoschus moschatus (musk mallow) seeds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ornamental okra, summer many colors, blotched forms, terrific plant, terminal cuttings, clean white flowers, wide yellow flowers, strong zonation, weather tolerance, maroon edges, bicolor flowers, cultural recommendations, wide flowers, upper axils, salmon flowers, cut flower growers, whorled flowers, bedding forms, ray flowers, plants overwinter, greenhouse grower, rosy red flowers, carmine flowers, bicolored flowers, bears white flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
All-America Selection, United States, University of Georgia, South America, North America, Horticulture Gardens, Central America, South African, Southern Living, American Cottage Gardener, Flowerand Garden, British Isles, Deep South, Timber Press, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand, San Felasco Nurseries, Habit Flower, King's Park, New York, Organic Gardening, Specialty Cut Flowers, Stokes Tropicals, Butchart Gardens New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Tropical Look: Encyclopaedia of Landscape Plants for Worldwide Use by Robert Lee Riffle on page 28, and Back Matter
- The British Isles (Cambridge Regional Geography) by A. V. Hardy on page 309
- Wild Flowers (Piccolo Spotters) by Bob Press in Back Matter
- Indian Summer (New York Review Books Classics) by William Dean Howells on page 420
- The Pacific Coast (Ecosystems of North America) by Maria Mudd-Ruth on page 414
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- Month-By-Month Gardening in Tennessee and Kentucky: What To Do Each Month To Have a Beautiful Garden All Year (Month-By-Month Gardening in Tennessee & Kentucky) by Judy Lowe in Back Matter
- Restoring American Gardens: An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants, 1640-1940 by Denise Wiles Adams in Back Matter
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