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The Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers
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chill xlibris - AvailableFrom the front cover: THE GARDENER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS & FLOWERS A comprehensive illustrated guide to more than 8,000 trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, foliage and water plants, and cacti and succulents. Contains more than 4,000 full-color photographs. Editor-in-chief CHRISTOPHER BRICKELL From the back cover: THE GARDENER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS & FLOWERS The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and lavish guide to garden plants available today, this extensive encyclopedia includes more than 8,000 plants, 4,000 of which are featured in exquisite full-color photographs. Written by a team of plant experts, this superb book is designed to be the gardener's bible, a standard work of reference for every gardening bookshelf. It is organized into the following sections: Creating a Garden This is a simple guide to garden planning by John Brookes, the world-renowned landscape designer. Choice of plants in relation to garden style, scale, and proportion, and use of color and texture are all explained and illustrated with a host of gardens. Extensive lists suggest plants for particular sites. The Plant Catalog Organized in a unique, easy-to-use format, this section is arranged by plant type, size, season of interest, and color of flower or foliage. More than 4,000 plants are individually described, each with its own full-color photograph, symbols indicating cultivation requirements, hardiness zone numbers, and, for a tree or shrub, a scale drawing of mature size and shape. The Plant Dictionary A complete A-Z guide to more than 8,000 plants, this section also functions as an index to the encyclopedia. It describes every genus in the book and provides information about thousands of other recommended plants. Plus a complete index of more than 2,500 common names for easy cross-reference and a glossary of straightforward definitions of the technical terms used in the book. Reader's Digest |
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