Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden - Hardcover

"A beautifully illustrated 'spam filter' for perennial-growers." --Library Journal "Enthusiastically recommended for both academic and public libraries and is an essential purchase for libraries where there is an interest in gardening." --Booklist "This is a valuable reference book that deserves a spot on your garden bookshelf." --Country Gardens "Useful and well written. . . . Will point you in the right direction--toward a home and garden that brings years of pleasure." --Garden Rant "Will incite further plant lust." --The American Gardener "One thing about Essential Perennials is that it's essential--maybe even mandatory--for every designer to have a copy." --Garden Design Online "The format is clear, it's easy to navigate around, and there's plenty of interesting and helpful detail interspersed with colour photos. . . . The authors write with authority yet accessibility, and their expertise leaps off the page, letting the reader know they're in good hands and can trust the information provided." --The English Garden "The photographs are beautiful in this volume, and the entries are quite thorough." --The News Gazette "A gorgeous book and a comprehensive A to Z guide for choosing, planting, tending, and enjoying perennials." --The Manhattan Mercury "A welcome addition to my bookshelf and it should be for yours too. Its wide-ranging and inclusive listing gives equal time to native woodlanders, ephemerals, exotic introductions, as well as time-honored favorites and takes the confusion out of the ever-growing world of perennials." --The Ottawa Citizen

A comprehensive reference guide to the colourful world of perennial plants. The entries comprise plant characteristics, cultivation advice and design tips for growing over 2700 of the most popular perennial plants.