Customer Review: This book is a must have for novice and expert gardeners alike. The illustrations are beautiful. This is a great reference guide to help one truly organize their gardens and the upkeep during all seasons. Would make a great gift...
Customer Review: This is a great book. If you want to grow unusual vegetables, this book has lots of possibilities for you. If you prefer perennial gardening to annually planting tomatoes and sweet corn, this book is for you. It has great descriptions of loads of different kinds of plants with full growing... more info
Customer Review: The biographers say that Aldous Huxley was no saint. But this is no reflection on his work and vision. Clearly, Huxley was one of the greatest intellects who ever lived, and he understood the meaning of life on a level with any of the greatest philosophers of posterity, even if he, as his own... more info
Customer Review: I have found this book to be a good resource for the care and planting of a fairly wide array of perennials. I appreciate the seasonal care guide for each plant. In addition, the photography is clear enough that you are able to get a good idea of what the plant looks like. In fact, I was able to... more info
Customer Review: This book is amazing!! It has everything you need - and then some! In addition to a complete encyclopedia of plants, it has diagrams for different types of gardens. It's also very well cross-referenced.
Customer Review: Good book for any gardener. Lots of information. The book has three main parts: Designing with perennials, Growing perennials, and the encyclopedia. The part that works best for me is the growing perennials. The encyclopedia is good, but needs to provide more information on each plant. Many, many... more info
Customer Review: The book was very nice, and arrived on time. However, there was a large crease in the cover, as though it had been bent backwards while being inserted into the envelope (it was a new book). What was otherwise a nice Mother's Day gift was effectively turned into a second-hand afterthought.
Customer Review: This beautiful book is simply useless if you live in the South. I had better luck reading Elizabeth Lawrence's 50 year old record of when her flowers bloomed. Too bad there is not a "When Perennials Bloom in the South" edition.
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