- Hardcover: 326 pages
- Publisher: Timber Press; illustrated edition edition (15 Feb 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0881924644
- ISBN-13: 978-0881924640
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.8 x 2.8 cm
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- #45 in Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Botany & Plant Sciences > Grasses
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Shows and describes hundreds of species of ornamental grasses, including ways to use them.
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Discover the exciting world of Ornamental Grasses
This encyclopedia is the result of 20 years of international research and photography and features over 500 full color images of garden-worthy grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, cat-tails and bamboos. Many are pictured in multiple seasons. Includes chapters on The Beauty of Grasses, The Families of Grasses and Their Relatives, The Names of Grasses, Learning from Grasses in Native Landscapes, Designing with Grasses, Growing and Maintaining Grasses, and the Encyclopedia section. This book is intended for gardeners in a wide range of situations and climates, and draws from the experience and creativity of great gardens and gardeners around the world. I believe it will be an invaluable tool for landscape architects, garden designers, nursery professionals, and home gardeners seeking to extend their knowledge of these beautiful and useful plants.
This encyclopedia is the result of 20 years of international research and photography and features over 500 full color images of garden-worthy grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, cat-tails and bamboos. Many are pictured in multiple seasons. Includes chapters on The Beauty of Grasses, The Families of Grasses and Their Relatives, The Names of Grasses, Learning from Grasses in Native Landscapes, Designing with Grasses, Growing and Maintaining Grasses, and the Encyclopedia section. This book is intended for gardeners in a wide range of situations and climates, and draws from the experience and creativity of great gardens and gardeners around the world. I believe it will be an invaluable tool for landscape architects, garden designers, nursery professionals, and home gardeners seeking to extend their knowledge of these beautiful and useful plants.
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THE AESTHETIC appeal of ornamental grasses is quite distinct from that of most garden perennials. Read the first page
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THE AESTHETIC appeal of ornamental grasses is quite distinct from that of most garden perennials. Read the first page
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133 of 134 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent information, awesome photographs, 28 Jan 2000
By Tom Krischan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Colour Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-tails and Selected Bamboos (Hardcover)
Excellent and complete information about ornamental grasses. A great book.Thirty pages on the botany, anatomy, and classification of grasses. Twenty pages on native habitat, thirty pages on designing with grasses, and twenty pages of growing and propagating grasses. 170 page encyclopedia listing 400+ species / varieties of grasses. Each species is described in a paragraph or two of text along side a clear photograph of the plant. In the back of the book, you find a 2 page glossary, 5 page bibliography, 2 page grass nursery listing, USDA and European hardiness maps, and a complete index of all grasses by common name. Very complete book.
As a bonus, the book is also filled with awesome photography.
If you garden with ornamental grasses, this book is a must buy. Excellent information, well worth the money!
61 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent information and beautiful photos, 3 Jan 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Colour Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-tails and Selected Bamboos (Hardcover)
If you have no grasses in your garden now, your yard will be transformed by this book. The cultural information is well researched and thorough, but it is the incredible photographs that will keep you reading. I often look up a particular grass and find myself still reading hour later.
38 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
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Buy 2 copies..., 23 Jan 2001
By Don Kline - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Colour Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-tails and Selected Bamboos (Hardcover)
This book is structured, written, photographed and edited with parallel purpose and effect: communication of the author's respect and regard for the book's subject and for its readers. Mr. Darke sets out to inform and does so with enconomy but in full course; when he instructs, he teaches the novice and gives pause to the critic; when he photographs he shows his passion and inspires with the nature and wonder of his subjects. The book is encyclopedic, yet its prose is always to the point with the agreeable dryness of a good, well-bodied wine. Credible, trustworthy, enlightening. This is the best gardening book I have ever read. Negatives? Only one: Mr. Darke's standards are unimpeachable; those of the book's typographer and designer, however, are not.
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