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Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas
Boasting diverse leaf shape, size, color, and texture, hostas are the supreme plant for shade. This guide features 280 of the best new and old hostas, each handpicked by veteran plantswoman Diana Grenfell for its superb performance in the landscape. The descriptions include botanical details to aid in plant identification and selection, succinct cultivation notes, and brief comparisons to 545 similar and related hostas. Fabulous photographs by Michael Shadrack accompany the descriptions. Gardeners will find this a practical reference for taking to the nursery or garden center and a valuable complement to the authors' comprehensive Color Encyclopedia of Hostas.
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Media reviews of this book:
"One of the most important reference books a gardener can own."
—Jill Sell, Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 15, 2007
"This compact book by Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack describes 280 old and new cultivars, with ample advice for selecting and caring for them."
—Beth Botts, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 5, 2007
Format:
Flexibind
Pages:
212 pp.
Book dimensions:
5.75 x 8.25 in
(210 x 145 mm)
Illustrations:
298 color photos, 2 maps
ISBN-13:
9780881928471
ISBN-10:
088192847X
About Diana Grenfell
Diana Grenfell
Diana Grenfell, a co-founder of the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society, is the author of The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas, The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hostas and The Gardener's Guide to Growing Daylilies. She operates the well-known nursery, Apple Court, at Lymington in Hampshire with her husband, Roger Grounds, author of The Plantfinder's Guide to Ornamental Grasses.
Other books by Diana Grenfell
- The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas (hardcover)
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