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| Perennials: The Gardener's Reference | 
| Authors: Susan Carter, Carrie Becker, Bob Lilly
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 114860
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 536
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.8 x 1.6
ISBN: 0881928208
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.932
EAN: 9780881928204
ASIN: 0881928208
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Product Description
Perennials play a central role in today's gardens. Choosing specific plants, however, can be daunting. Is this plant hardy in my area? How big does it get? When does it bloom? Perennials: A Gardener's Reference answers these and many other questions for more than 2,700 species and cultivars in 250 genera, making it one of the most comprehensive guides available. The informative text is enlivened throughout by the authors' wide-ranging experience with perennials and by Lynne Harrison's sumptuous photographs. Whether you're a beginning gardener, a seasoned expert, or a green-industry professional, Perennials: A Gardener's Reference will be the book you turn to again and again for essential information about these supremely beautiful and useful plants.
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Perennials; The Gardener's Reference August 2, 2008
In general it is a very good book. I was a little disappointed in some of the flowers that weren't included in the book.
 Just what I needed! October 4, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For all the information there is about plants, this book cuts to the core, and renders mini autobiographies of each plant in wondrous detail. This is no overview, but rather specific traits and needs of specific plants, and how to love them and make them happy. The photos are sensitive and detailed, and the individual plant descriptions are concise, clear and readable. This book has style and substance, and is sure to enrich the expert and instruct the rest of us.
Learning to Garden September 21, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love this book. I have always enjoyed gardens and have done some gardening in the past - I finally have a little space to start from scratch and this has been a great help. The book lists the perennials by botanical latin but also has a very handy cross reference by common name. While the author's are from the Northwest, most of the plants listed can be used in USDA zones 3-9. I guess I might not buy this book if I gardened in Alaska, Hawaii or the extremely cold areas of the northern states. I like that the photo's are very clear and that each plant has a paragraph plus information regarding: Origin, preferred conditions, Management, propagation, pests and diseases, companion plants and notes.
This book has over 500 pages of great information about over 2700 spiecies and cultivars and has helped me both decide for and against some of them this summer.
 More for the serious gardener September 11, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although packed with information, this book is almost too much for the backyard gardener. A couple of specific things I noted were: the plants are listed by their scientific name instead of their common name, and a lot of the focus seems to be on varieties from the northwest instead of the entire country. This should be stated somewhere obvious so purchasers have an idea of exactly what they are getting. Still muddling through the entire book; I was expecting something different.
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