Annuals and Biennials: The Definitive Reference With over 1,000 Photographs - Softcover

Phillips, Roger; Rix, Martyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552975665 ISBN 13: 9781552975664

Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Over ten years in the making, Annuals and Biennials is the most comprehensive guide available to these favorite and useful plants. Compiled by Martyn Rix and Roger Phillips, Annuals and Biennials includes over 1,000 types of annuals and biennials, each described and illustrated with a color photograph.

Annuals and Biennials also includes:

creating a natural look in a very short time
growing tips for successful cultivation
propagation advice
origins of plants and their varieties
plant combinations and flowering times for every phase of the growing season
natural planting associations
combinations for borders, island beds, meadow gardens
further reading and sources

With a wide variety of old favorites and an exciting selection of rarities, Annuals and Biennials is an indispensable and inspiring reference for color and variety in all sites and soil conditions.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Roger Phillips has been photographing plants and flowers for many years. He has thirty books to his credit which have sold over three and a half million copies worldwide and has won numerous awards. He has also written and presented two major television series, BBC's The Quest for the Rose and Channel Four's The 3,000 Mile Garden.

Martyn Rix is a botanist, plant collector and gardener. He has written seventeen books and has collaborated with Roger Phillips since 1977. Martyn makes regular collecting expeditions to remote parts of the world, photographing and searching for new plants to bring into cultivation. Martyn has been awarded the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1552975665
• ISBN 13: 9781552975664
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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