Agapanthus: A Revision of the Genus [Hardcover]

W Snoeijer (Author)

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Hardcover: 372 pages
Publisher: Timber Press; annotated edition edition (15 Jun 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0881926310
ISBN-13: 978-0881926316
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,060,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #44 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening > Plants > Flowers > Bulbs

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"Anyone picking up the book just to look at the photographs will be won over immediately to the variety and beauty of the plants." -- William Grant "University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum Bulletin"

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Known as "lilies of the Nile" (though they're native to South Africa), the showy perennials in the genus "Agapanthus" have been avidly collected and grown since they were discovered by Dutch explorers in the 17th century. The few species in the genus have been hybridized intensively, yielding hundreds of interesting and dramatic cultivars. Despite their huge popularity among gardeners, however, there has never been a truly comprehensive book on the genus, an oversight that has finally been corrected by author Wim Snoeijer, working in concert with Holland's Royal Boskoop Horticultural Society. With keys and more than 100 color photos as an aid to identification, this groundbreaking book is one no devotee of these plants can afford to be without.

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The first mention in The Netherlands of a cultivated Agapanthus is a description by Jacob Breyne (Breynius) in 1680, of a flowering plant in the garden of Hieronymus van Beverningk in Warmond, The Netherlands, in 1679. Read the first page

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Better than I expected. 30 Oct 2008

By F. Rogers - Published on Amazon.com

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Well, I ordered this book and then discovered it was probably more scientific than I wanted, and then, ultimately, found that it was very well written, very informative, and actually just the information I needed as a plain-dirt gardener type who is crazy for agapanthus. I won't become a grower or hybridizer, but now I have a feast of information about some of my very favorite plants.

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