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Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants - Christopher Brickell

Description: ISBN 0751345202 / Genre: House / Garden

Newest Review: ... are suitable for your soil, your area. It doesn’t pull its punches. The hardiness ratings it gives are about the most ... more

... realistic I’ve come across – and that’s praise indeed from me, because I have a big chip on my shoulder about things like hardiness and sowing times. The garbage on the back of most seed packets assumes we all live in Kent. I digress. The RHS A-Z gives every plant’s likes and dislikes as far as soil and growing conditions go, along with heights, spreads, flower and leaf features, origins (very useful to gauge hardiness) and methods of propagation. But it’s much more than an A-Z. It has ...more

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	RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants Collecting contributions from 100 distinguished horticulturists, ... Last Update 29.11.2009 05:47	£ 25.00
	RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants Collecting contributions from 100 distinguished horticulturists, ... Last Update 29.11.2009 05:47	£ 28.00
	RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (Dk RhsEncyclopedias) Collecting contributions from 100 distinguished horticulturists, ... Last Update 29.11.2009 05:47	£ 44.95
	RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (boxset of 2 volumes) Collecting contributions from 100 distinguished horticulturists, ... Last Update 29.11.2009 05:47	£ 37.99

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Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants - Christopher Brickell: Well Worth the Weight (579 words)
by - written on 29/12/00 (Very useful, 97 readings)
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I’m so sorry this review has come too late for you to include this book in your Santa list. Because whether gardening is your job, your passion, your hobby, or just a passing interest in keeping your property respectable, this book has something for you. First and foremost it is a reference book. If you’re an enthusiast, you will actually sit down with it and read it. I do from time to time. But don’t use me as a yardstick. I can sit down with a map and read it like a novel. I may be a bit odd. No, it’s one of those books which is there when you need it. It lists over 15,000 plants, nearly half of them photographed which makes ... Read the complete review

Almost overwhelming (348 words)
by - written on 14/09/00 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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You think you know about garden plants? This will soon put paid to that idea! I had no idea how little I knew until I got this book. Basically, it's just the most amazingly comprehensive guide to just about anything and everything that anyone's ever cultivated in a garden. It has a staggering 15,000 entries (no, I didn't count them!) of absolutely all kinds of flowers, shrubs, bulbs, bushes - you name it. I'd just about go as far as to suggest that there isn't anything that's not included - we certainly spent some time trying to think of plants to check if they were there - and they always were. Each plant comes with ... Read the complete review

Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants - Christopher Brickell: All the plants you'll ever need (132 words)
by - written on 12/07/00 (Useful, 41 readings)
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This mammoth book lists over 15,000 different plants. Listed by their botanical names, each plant entry includes all the cultivars, arranged again in alphabetical order. Additionally, plants are cross referenced under their more common names, so looking up Daffodil would send you to Narcissi. Each entry contains a brief description of the species, how many cultivars there are, how hardy they are and so on. Under each cultivar entry are the exact details of that plant, its leaf and flower characteristics, methods of propogation, prefered siting, and what ailments it is prone to. This is incredibly useful, especially after a spending spree at a garden centre. ... Read the complete review