Anthony Paul

Plant and Flower Books

Famed for their durability, beauty, and diversity, hydrangeas are enjoying a renaissance in today's gardens. These classic garden shrubs provide bold color - from pink to purple, blue to white - in midsummer to midautumn, when few other plants are in bloom. Many hundreds of dramatic species, hybrids, and horticultural selections are available to the enthusiast to fill every possible niche in the garden. For the first time, a thorough encyclopedia shows in full color the range of flowering treasures available.

Camellias are valued for their lovely flowers, which bloom when other flowering plants are resting, for their generally compact, formal habit, and for their evergreen leaves. Books about flowers are valued for stunning photographs, good organization and writing, and useful cultivation information, and this encyclopedia meets those requirements. Internationally recognized Australian author and gardener Macoboy presents here more than 1000 of the world's most popular camellias, with every entry illustrated by a color photograph.

Irises bring color and elegance to a garden and are surprisingly easy to grow. In this book designed for the home gardener, William Shear, a 40-year veteran of iris growing, shares his expertise in choosing, planting, growing, and propagating exquisite irises. All of the essentials on iris care are carefully and simply explained, along with tips to ensure a stunning display from healthy plants.

This book features a wealth of practical advice on irises' special garden use, cultivation, propagation, and pest and disease control. Illustrated with superbly detailed photographs, it will delight iris lovers and perhaps even inspire a new generation of iris growers.

Guides readers through the limitless variety... excels with its clear concise format, detailed descriptions, and superlative color photography.

Heims and Ware offer horticultural data on coral bells and foamy bells and their hybrids as well as information about their history and ethnobotany, but their detailed and lavish book is chiefly devoted to a listing of hundreds of these lovely perennials. Each listing describes the flower's color, size, and the month it blooms.

Offers advice on cultivation, propagation, and garden uses, including wild lily species, hybridization techniques, and currently available varieties.

An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Clematis is a lavishley illustrated book and made up of two sections. One section covers the care and cultivation of the clematis, the other having an alphabetical list of over 550 plants.

This guide to cannas provides information on aspects of cultivation, propagation and controlling pests and diseases. It also includes an insight into the botany and history of cannas, and advice on the best use of the plants in garden setting.

This title lists readily available plants, including houseplants and trees. It includes detailed information on where to plant, both inside and outside.

Provides information on selecting plants and includes cultivation descriptions for each plant.

While called Architectural plants- this book is a real find for those of us who grow tropical or tender plants outside in the country. When looking around at the choice of books available to the exotic garder (The Exotic Gardener or Large leaved Perennials by Myles Chalis, The New Exotic Garden by Will Giles) there really isnt a better book to be found on the subject as this one.

With their dramatically showy flowers, peonies are among the most sumptuous blooms in the garden. These lush perennials work their enchantment every day of the year in this gorgeous-and practical-full-color gardening book. Award-winning garden designer Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall provides advice on planting 200 varieties of peonies; extensive lists detailing size, flower shape, and color of both tree and herbaceous peonies; garden plans; and a Top Ten list selecting peonies for fragrance, cut flowers, autumn color, early, late, and long flowering, robustness, and much more.

A practical guide to raising rhododendrons and azaleas for both the novice and the more seasoned gardener. Explains in detail all the techniques needed to keep rhododendrons and azaleas in good shape, from cultivation and hybridization to pests and diseases. Step-by-step photographs and illustrations ensure perfect results every time.

Part field guide, part monograph, and part gardener's handbook, an in- depth look at the Asian and North American woodland flowers so close to the heart naturalists, botanists, horticulturists, and forest lovers. Discusses the history of the genus, structure, pollination, seed germination and development.

A full account of the genus Geranium, for gardeners and botanists. With full descriptions, photographs and artwork, it covers 140 types and provides up-to-date information with practical guidance on hybrids, new cultivars and new discoveries in the wild.

While tulips planted in uninspired rows lack charm and look old-fashioned, resulting in a gardening cliche, skillful designers like King recognize the beauty and allure of a landscape in which tulips in myriad forms, scents, and colors emerge. Gardeners wishing to learn about the fascinating history and classifications of tulips will savor King's enthusiastic writing, and relish his expert advice on how to use perennials, shrubs, and grasses inventively to allow tulips to shine.

Beginning with an insight into the early cultivation of bulbs, this text shows you the techniques of planting and growing with step-by-step sequences explaning how to plant bulbs in beds and borders, beneath trees, in grass and in different containers, window boxes and hanging baskets. Practical advice on lifting and over-wintering, on propagation and watering, feeding and dead-heading provides all you need to know to garden successfully with bulbs.

The distinctive rounded daisy head acts as a useful foil to plants with more upright forms, making it a useful member of the herbaceous border. This book details the variations on the daisy flowerhead from genus to genus, providing growing and buying information.