- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (13 Oct 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330302531
- ISBN-13: 978-0330302531
- Product Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #18 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening > Plants > Flowers > Bulbs
- #30 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening > Encyclopedias > Plants
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This guide and reference book includes over 800 hardy bulbs, photographed to show both flower and bulb. The book is arranged in seasonal order to guide gardeners on how to choose size and colour, how to plan and grow bulbs and how to select the right plant for soil conditions and flowering time. Roger Phillips is a professional photographer. Martyn Rix is a botanist and was Chief Botanist at the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone who has used any of the Phillips/Rix Pan Series volumes knows the depth of the authors knowledge and sheer dedication. Integrity in plant and garden books is a rare offering, and for anyone investigating bulbs, this should provide an indispensable archive classic.
Although scientific, this is very approachable, with an all-encompassing attitude towards all aspects of bulb growing - from collecting, through propagation to suppliers and a brave index indeed.
The presentation is bold. And contrasting the large-scale studio layouts with the natural habitat photographs is a brilliant concept. However, the reader won't find anything here to do with garden growing, or colour combinations, or cultural context in cultivation: Phillips & Rix have simply left that for the mainstream...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If, like me, you have a weakness for browsing through the more obscure bulb catalogues, salivating over unusual species and wondering if you'd be throwing your money away, then you, too, need this book by your side. Over 1000 bulbs are illustrated, most in the "herbarium specimen" style (roots and all, laid on a plain white background) that Phillips originated. Others are shown growing, sometimes in gardens; sometimes, fascinatingly, in the wild - for example "Tulips in the Chimgan valley, near Tashkent, Uzbekistan", with boulder-strewn scree, patches of melting snow and sheer cliffs looming out of the mist. Not just romantic atmosphere; if that's what it likes, you can have a fairly good idea if you're going to be able to grow it.
There are cultivation notes, brief and to the point, for most bulbs. For Iris persica, which I nearly ordered last year, Martyn Rix says "The leaves should be kept as dry as possible at all times, dead flowers removed, and the centre of the leaves dusted with captan to prevent infection by botrytis." Hmmmm. Fortunately, other species are described as "easily grown in any well-drained soil".
There are, of course, also pages and pages of daffodils and tulips (the garden varieties are given the date they were introduced, useful if you are looking for old-fashioned cultivars), and every other familiar garden bulb - so even if you're not chasing the rare and tricky, this is a handy book to have. There is a compact section at the front on cultivation, and a handy bit on pests and diseases. This isn't intended to be a beginner's guide to everyday bulb growing, however. It is for the specialist and enthusiast, for whom it is the perfect reference book.
There are cultivation notes, brief and to the point, for most bulbs. For Iris persica, which I nearly ordered last year, Martyn Rix says "The leaves should be kept as dry as possible at all times, dead flowers removed, and the centre of the leaves dusted with captan to prevent infection by botrytis." Hmmmm. Fortunately, other species are described as "easily grown in any well-drained soil".
There are, of course, also pages and pages of daffodils and tulips (the garden varieties are given the date they were introduced, useful if you are looking for old-fashioned cultivars), and every other familiar garden bulb - so even if you're not chasing the rare and tricky, this is a handy book to have. There is a compact section at the front on cultivation, and a handy bit on pests and diseases. This isn't intended to be a beginner's guide to everyday bulb growing, however. It is for the specialist and enthusiast, for whom it is the perfect reference book.
Format:Paperback
Excellent value for money. Great if you are studying plants and bulbs and need to familiarise yourself with knowing whats what and how the flowers differ within a species. I also brought the rose one too in the same series. Recommended.Roses (The Pan garden plants series)
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