- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: David & Charles; illustrated edition edition (25 Mar 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 071539973X
- ISBN-13: 978-0715399736
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 658,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'A first rate-study of the subject for all serious gardeners... The magnificent colour photographs are better than anything else I have ever seen... Experts of former years would be astounded by the insight that this excellent book offers.' Country Life"
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While winter is still at its worst, the buds of hellebores burst through, their delicate blooms opening in an ever-expanding range of colours and forms as spring progresses. Focusing on these popular plants, this book features practical advice on cultivation and propagation, with a detailed explanation of how to improve your plants through the breeding and selection of better strains. Jargon-free accounts are included of species in the wild, descriptions of the varieties currently being grown, and discussions of the origins of some of the most interesting and controversial varieties. Also provided is an extensive chapter on associating hellebores with other plants and arranging groupings for maximum effect in the garden. There are sections on growing hellebores in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and contributions from hellebore enthusiasts and accounts of the work of recent hellebore pioneers.
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We all need sparks of relief from the dull days of winter. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
Format: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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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful, compulsively readable - the bible of hellebores!
5 Jan 2000
Format: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
You'll get hooked!
21 Oct 1997
Format: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 is the best book on the subject that I have read. The photos that illustrate the examples ave very helpful.
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