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Clebsch is the Salvia Queen... If you love salvias, this is the book for you. -- Mary Ann Gwinn Seattle Times 20030409 Gives fine descriptions of all plants in the genus that you could wish... Well illustrated with as many color illustrations as necessary. -- John E. Bryan Gardening Newsletter 20030507 What many consider to be the bible on the subject... The second edition surpasses the already high standards set by the first. -- Chris Meyer Southern California Horticultural Society Newsletter 20030624 Offers fascinating information about Salvias and how to use them in the garden. -- Jean Starr Munster (IN) Times 20030624 With the addition of more than 50 new species and nearly 100 new photographs and illustrations, this book surpasses Clebsch's first on salvias. Garden Design 20030903 It's impossible to do justice to these impressive plants in a short article. If you're really into salvias, read The New Book of Salvias by Betsy Clebsch. -- John Van de Water Newark Star-Ledger 20030821 Heiser treats us with another gem. -- Rudolf Schmid Taxon 20030515 In The New Book of Salvias, Betsy Clebsch, a noted amateur botanist and horticulturist who gardens in northern California, displays once again her experience with and extensive knowledge of this useful and diverse genus ... the author's expertise in growing salvias shines through. -- Judy Mielke American Gardener 20030906 Betsy (Clebsch) has continued her research and documentation of this endlessly fascinating group of plants. The result is The New Book of Salvias -- and a superior book it is ... but it is her engrossing story of each salvia that will inspire the reader to add just a few more to the garden. Pacific Horticulture 20031009 Anyone who has enjoyed and used the first book will want to update their library with this new edition. -- R. Cox California Garden 20031009 This revision includes more than 50 new entries, as well as many new photos and illustrations. -- Paula Refi Perennial Notes 20031201 From using native plants in new ways to locating nurseries and designing a native garden, this is packed with fine material. Library Bookwatch 20031102 An expanded edition of Betsy's first wonderful book on salvias, describing more than 50 new species and cultivars and how to use them in your garden. University of California Botanical Garden Newsletter 20040609 The book offers anything and everything one might need to know about salvia. -- Marlene Feduris Amarillo Globe-News 20040826 Her ideas on plant companions and instructions on propagation should prove very valuable to salvia lovers. -- Nancy Brachey Charlotte Observer 20030628 As soon as the first edition was released, it became the classic salvia reference book. The new edition is even better, with more photographs, beautiful illustrations, and the inclusion of 50 more plants. -- Amy Stewart North Coast Journal 20030417 The book is well written and includes valuable cultural information, botanical drawings and color photographs. -- Jeneen Wiche Shelbyville Sentinel-News 20050131 Clebsch's book could make a salvia collector out of almost any ... flower lover. ... There is plenty of information about the conditions each plant needs to succeed. -- Molly Day Muskogee Phoenix 20060601
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Salvia is derived from the Latin word salvare, "to heal," and for centuries salvias have been valued for their medicinal and culinary qualities. Salvias, commonly known as sages, grow throughout temperate and subtropical parts of the world, from sea level to altitudes of more than 11,000 feet (3400 meters). They occur in many forms: perennial, biennial, annual herbs, and evergreen or deciduous shrubs. These amazingly varied plants are also noteworthy for their remarkable resistance to pests and diseases, their drought tolerance and their beautiful flowers. Betsy Clebsch's expanded edition on salvias, The New Book of Salvias: Sages for Every Garden is now in paperback. Betsy has added more than 50 new species and cultivars such as Salvia castanea and S. recurva, bringing the total to approximately 150 beautiful, garden-worthy species and significant hybrids. She documents them alphabetically and includes botanical descriptions, information on habit, blooming cycle, recommended companion plants, and delightful historical tidbits of discovery and usage. Nearly 100 new photos and illustrations make this new edition even more attractive than its predecessor. In her ardent pursuit of salvias, Clebsch has explored the wild to collect plants and seeds to test in her California garden. The resulting wealth of cultural information in The New Book of Salvias ensures that our gardens will not only be exquisitely aromatic but also wonderfully picturesque. Awards for this book: Garden Writers Association Garden Globe Awards
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Native to a large area of central and southern Europe and western Asia, Salvia aethiopis is described botanically as being either biennial or perennial. Read the first page
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Betsy Clebsch knows loads about these wonderful plants, and she loves them too. You can sense her excitement when she says she's been able to include 50 or so new species and cultivars in this new edition (first published 2003, now out in a new paperback).
Most of the book is a typically great Timber Press production, following the standard format of going through the plants as individual species and cultivars, discussing wild origins, merits, tips for cultivation. Almost every plant is illustrated with a colour photo. Detailed hints on cultivars are particularly useful - S.leucantha "Santa Barbara" is more compact than "Midnight", for example. Under S. guaranitica, Clebsch gives Penelope Hobhouse's cultural advice for Britain as well as her own for North America. She's also good at recommending plant combinations, though I have to admit many aren't quite to my taste...
Reading this book I came to think of Betsy Clebsch as this really nice friendly woman who is sharing all her hard-earnt knowledge. Her little details about famous Salvia breeders and collectors give the text a lively quality that's surprising in such an encyclopedic book. If you like Salvias at all, and you like to know a lot about the plants you grow, you will really enjoy this book (and probably will quickly find yourself googling unusual ones to see where you can buy them... So potentially, an expensive purchase....)
Most of the book is a typically great Timber Press production, following the standard format of going through the plants as individual species and cultivars, discussing wild origins, merits, tips for cultivation. Almost every plant is illustrated with a colour photo. Detailed hints on cultivars are particularly useful - S.leucantha "Santa Barbara" is more compact than "Midnight", for example. Under S. guaranitica, Clebsch gives Penelope Hobhouse's cultural advice for Britain as well as her own for North America. She's also good at recommending plant combinations, though I have to admit many aren't quite to my taste...
Reading this book I came to think of Betsy Clebsch as this really nice friendly woman who is sharing all her hard-earnt knowledge. Her little details about famous Salvia breeders and collectors give the text a lively quality that's surprising in such an encyclopedic book. If you like Salvias at all, and you like to know a lot about the plants you grow, you will really enjoy this book (and probably will quickly find yourself googling unusual ones to see where you can buy them... So potentially, an expensive purchase....)
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Adding over fifty new species and cultivars
15 Nov 2003
Format:Hardcover
Betsy Clebsch's New Book Of Salvias is a winner: it discusses the varied plants notable for their drought tolerance and beautiful flowers, and expands upon a prior edition in adding over fifty new species and cultivars. An alphabetical arrangement makes it easy for the gardener to locate the hybrid and species and includes botanical descriptions, habitat and blooming information, and background history.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
wonderful
26 July 2008
Format:Hardcover
I love this book! For any serious plant lover, this is a must. Ms. Clebsch inspires a love of this genus, Salvia, which comes from a word meaning to heal, to save. Ms. Clebsch has a big garden with lots of plants and tells us how to combine salvias with others. Her advice is practical and easy to follow. She is not trained as a botanist but knows more than most botanists about this genus. She balances scientific and design information. Her artwork is precise and beautiful. She has traveled the world to look at her beloved genus. Her passion gives inspiration to the rest of us to pursue our gardening dreams.
8 of 15 people found the following review helpful
New book on Salvias
7 Sep 2005
Format:Hardcover
Found the book interesting but limited since it was written promarily for the US gardener. Would have appreciated more illustrations. Nevertheless a worthwhile addition to the library.
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