- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Cassell Illustrated (30 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0304362875
- ISBN-13: 978-0304362875
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.3 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,420,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Very much in vogue the last few years, hellebores bring colour to the garden during the winter months when not much else is either left or started into growth. Particularily popular are the deep purples of the Helleborus hybridus, sought and fought over whenever appearing for sale. Award-winning garden writer, Graham Rice, shares his expertise on their cultivation, propagation and choice to give the grower the best possible information on their care. Their foliage comes in a multitude of hues and forms from the lime green of the native Helleborus foetidus and Helleborus viridis to the pretty silver and pink-leaved Helleborus lividus from Majorca and the celery-like foliage of Helleborus vesicarus from Syria. Flower colours range from green, white, yellow, pink and purple to mixes and spots. The recent surge in hybridization has produced shades of every hue making them amenable to any colour scheme in the border. Their evergreen foliage provides a background for the spring and summer stars, coming into their own once these transient divas disappear below the surface. Rimed with hoar frost and laden with blooms, they bring a cheer and a lift to the spirits on a crisp winter's morning. Part of the RHS Wisley handbook series, this is a comprehensive and concise look at Hellebores, fully illustrated and clearly written. Aimed at both the amateur and professional grower, this is an invaluable addition to any serious horticulturalists bookshelf. - Lucy Watson
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A Wisley handbook on beautiful enchanting, hellebores written by leading hellebore expert Graham Rice.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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As a novice hellebore collector, I needed this book!,
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This review is from: The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores (Hardcover)
This book is thorough, packed with practical advice, yet not full of jargon. My husband and I have only recently fallen head over heels in love with hellebores, so this is just the sort of reference book we needed.
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This review is from: The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores (Hardcover)
This book lived up to expectations. it is second hand but you would never know it. I am delighted with the purchase, with packaging and delivery which was only delayed by the snow! Many thanks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful, compulsively readable - the bible of hellebores!,
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This review is from: The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores (Hardcover)
Hellebores are some of the best perennial flowers, blooming especially in the dead of winter, and easy to grow, but American gardeners don't seem to know much about them. Here's the best book on the subject, by wellknown garden writer Graham Rice and plantswoman Liz Strangman, who celebrate an extraordinary variety of types and species.Beautifully-illustrated (with many excellent group shots of single flowers), the text sparkles (as is Graham Rice's penchant), covering such topics as hybrids in the wild and in gardens, an encyclopedia section of the species, how to breed hellebores, the national collections in britain, cultivation, plant associations, with an entire chapter devoted just to the orientalis hybrids. There's also a chapter devoted to "people and their plants" with such sections as "confessions of a hellebore addict" and "margery fish and hellebores at East Lambrook". Even though these are British authors, this is an easy book to transpose into American growing, with a chapter devoted to "Hellebores in America". This is a splendid book, well worth buying. 13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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You'll get hooked!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores (Hardcover)
Warning: if you read -even browse- this book, you're in danger to get hooked to hellebores for life. The authors know what they are writing about, and shovel sage advice in every page. Several expert growers offer also their knowledge. Not to talk about the simply wonderful colour photographs, that will let you dreaming on hellebores for weeks and weeks and... Simply the best book to enter in Hellebore Land.
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This review is from: The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores (Hardcover)
This is the best book on the subject that I have read. The photos that illustrate the examples ave very helpful.
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