Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers - Christopher Brickell

A little bit of history. The reasons for needing a book of this description in my case are clear. For many years, I had the idea that I wanted to create an Arboretum or collection of trees from all the corners of the earth, although having arrived at the age of 53, it was unlikely that, even if I fulfilled this ambition, I would live to see it in full glory. Trees are slow growing and as I have a four acre garden, I decided that I wanted to do something with that garden that I would indeed live to create and enjoy, and one of the most important aspects here was that I chose plants that were not only suitable to the positions I planted them, but to the ...  Read the complete review

I don’t claim to be an expert gardener – far from it - but I can recognise a fair number of plants and name them and I can make a reasonable job of looking after a quite large garden. I know what I like and recently, I have been quite successful at growing what I like. When I have a problem I look it up in one of my many gardening books. When it comes to gardening books, my favourite is The Royal Horticultural Society Gardeners’ Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers. It is to this book in particular that I turn when I find a space waiting for a special plant. What should I choose to plant here? For the main part it is very easy to find something from ...  Read the complete review