A-Z Encyclopedia Of Garden Plants

Updated to encompass hundreds of new photographs and entries, a comprehensive reference for the American gardener includes detailed, cross-referenced descriptions of more than fifteen thousand plants, along with cultivation data, for all the major regions of North America.

In this revision of a widely-used 1997 reference (edited by Brickell & Zuk), two veteran horticulturists present some 15,000 entries incorporating new plant introductions. While remaining about the same length and heft, this update adds herbs, vegetables, fruiting plants, and turf grasses to coverage of ornamental plant groups. An introduction to botany and plant cultivation prefaces the plant directory arranged alphabetically by botanical name. Indexing is by common plant name so that knowledge of scientific names is not required. Published in conjunction with the American Horticultural Society, the volume includes some 6,000 color photos, a visual glossary of flowers and leaves, and color US plant hardiness maps. Annotation Ź2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A comprehensive reference for the American gardener includes detailed, cross-referenced descriptions of more than fifteen thousand plants.