- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Timber Press (OR); Reprint edition (July 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0881927473
- ISBN-13: 978-0881927474
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 17.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #43 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening > Plants > Flowers > Bulbs
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A powerfully influential and beautiful book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns (Hardcover)
...Christopher Lloyd's new book is full of such revelatory challenges to orthodoxy. His criticisms of plants, plant combinations, and flower colours are blunt, powerful, and unapologetically dogmatic. It is wonderful to read him describing a widely-grown euphorbia as a "miserable little weed" for example, or to find him writing off all globe thistles in a few sentences, or savaging the pink of many sidalceas: his views are a powerful, joyous combination of perspicacity and iconoclasm. This book, the product of his lifetime as a gardener and plantsman, a lifetime spent with his critical faculties constantly engaged, provides an invaluable and robust guide to the plants that are really worth one's time and effort. It reasserts the importance of colour in the garden, while also promising to save the gardener years of fruitless experimentation. It is impossible not to be affected by the persuasiveness of its views. It is surely going to be among the most influential gardening books for a generation.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The garden book we've always wanted,
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This review is from: Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns (Paperback)
Following a short but informative introduction the main body of the book is arranged alphabetically by plant genus, wherein there is a general description followed by an assessment of each species or variety
of that genus. The book concludes with a glossary and an index to plants and photographs. The book is beautifully illustrated with in excess of eighty full and half page colour photographs depicting plants singly and in stunning combination. Unlike any other gardening "encyclopaedia" Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers is a personal account. Yes it is full of information about the plants, size, colour and so forth, but it is honest and forthright in its descriptions. It is typical of his work; in discussing plants he takes no prisoners, and he is not afraid to express his opinions; one might not always agree with him, but such was the stature of the man that I am sure he would not expect one to. What can one say but to endorse the review by "A Customer". Christopher Lloyd is always a delight to read such that I am sure even a non-gardener would fine his writings pleasurable. It is his combination of informed authority, open mindedness, fearlessness, adventurousness, his passion for plants and gardening and his wit which make his writings such a joy. Christopher Lloyd was one of our greatest plantsmen and garden writers, and this is perhaps the book we've always wanted from him, how fortunate we are now to be able to enjoy it.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Christopher Lloyd -- organized, yet still colorful,
By Michael A. Peeler - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns (Hardcover)
Lloyd's normal rambling, storytelling style doesn't suffer at all from being organized into this alphabetical presentation of his favorite plants. In fact, I like him this way. Some plants get a quick brush off. Some get rich detail. Even the ones I'll never grow are fun and interesting to read about.He includes names of favored varieties. Unlike with many "Euro-gardening" books, I have been pleased to find those varieties available by mail and even locally (from a good nursery specializing in perennials). There are exceptions. I liked the Dr. Seuss look of Helianthus Salicifolius in one of Lloyd's photos. Most sites I found by searching for it on web were in foreign languages. There's hope, however, as it's apparently known as "willow-leaved sunflower and rock sunflower" in Kansas. If it doesn't get to Ohio from Europe, maybe it will get here from Kansas. I can't give five stars to a book that commits my pet peeve: photos, although lovely and colorful, are printed in sections. They are cleary labeled and referenced to the text and text descriptions have photo number references in the margin, where they are easy to find. It works, but I have four other books by Timberland Press, each intermixing great content with great photos. Go figure. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The gardening book we've always wanted,
By Benjamin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns (Paperback)
Following a short but informative introduction the main body of the book is arranged alphabetically by plant genus, wherein there is a general description followed by an assessment of each species or variety of that genus. The book concludes with a glossary and an index to plants and photographs. The book is beautifully illustrated with in excess of eighty full and half page colour photographs depicting plants singly and in stunning combination - but however fine the photographs are the stands on its writing.
Unlike any other gardening "encyclopaedia" Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers is a personal account. Yes it is full of information about the plants, size, colour and so forth, but it is honest and forthright in its descriptions. It is typical of his work; in discussing plants he takes no prisoners, and he is not afraid to express his opinions; one might not always agree with him, but such was the stature of the man that I am sure he would not expect one to. This is a book full of delightful phrases and expressions, brimming with powerful observation and wit. Christopher Lloyd is always a delight to read such that I am sure even a non-gardener would fine his writings pleasurable. It is his combination of informed authority, open mindedness, fearlessness, adventurousness, his passion for plants and gardening and his wit which make his writings such a joy. Christopher Lloyd was one of our greatest plantsmen and garden writers, and this is perhaps the book we've always wanted from him, how fortunate we are now to be able to enjoy it. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully opinionated,
By Daria - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns (Paperback)
You don't even have to be a gardener to enjoy this book; if you appreciate use of language, humor and good writing you will enjoy this book. Of course, if you are a gardener, it's a must.
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