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The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers (Hardcover)

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Hardcover: 744 pages
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd; 3rd edition (23 Sep 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0751308005
ISBN-13: 978-0751308006
Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.5 x 5 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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This essential work of reference has been given an update for the millennium making it an authoritative encyclopedia that no keen gardener should be without. So if your original copy is falling to pieces from constant use or you haven't yet got a copy, now would be the time to acquire one.

The value of this encyclopedia for the ordinary gardener is in the lay-out, which divides plants into categories by type (e.g. shrub, perennial, bulb), size, colour and season. This means that you can identify a plant by a series of quick steps and home-in on what you are looking for without needing any expert knowledge. Similarly if you are trying to select a plant for a particular situation you can make your own choice from the Plant Catalogue or use the newly-expanded Plant Selector section which lists recommended plants for specific purposes and even has a list of rabbit resistant plants!

The Plant Dictionary at the back of the book is alphabetically ordered by botanical name and gives descriptions, common names and information on cultivation and propagation for over 8,000 plants suitable for temperate gardens worldwide.

If you could only own one classic gardening book, the Royal Horticultural Society's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers should really be it.--Stephanie Donaldson

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Included in this revised edition is a plant selector section grouping plants together by their specific features, for example plants with aromatic foliage, plants with fagrant flowers and flowers for cutting. Colour banded pages have been introduced to help the user locate groups of plants quickly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Start your own breeze-block collection, 4 Jan 2004

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This review is from: RHS New Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers (Hardcover)

This massive tome runs the risk of overwhelming even the most gardening-friendly reader because it's just so bleeping BIG. There is no chance whatsoever of anyone wandering the countryside carrying this in their knapsack unless they are on some kind of SAS training regimen. On the other hand, it does what it does brilliantly. My rather more green-fingered partner and I spent a happy few hours trying to come up with a plant-related query which it couldn't answer - and failed. The content is stunning enough but the indexing is superb; you can find your way to what you want surprisingly easily. It's difficult to see how this book could have been improved upon; until we finally reach the days of hand-held, fully integrated, works-anywhere computer technology it is equally unlikely to be superseded.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply beautiful, 1 Jun 2001

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A beautifully presented book, with plenty of useful sub-sections for helping you find the plants you want by picture and category. Also includes sections on designing your garden, and a plant dictionary.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, 17 May 2003

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Well worth the wait, the book is full of delightful pictures and down to earth knowledgable tips and instructions on every plant you could think of. We have only had the book a short while, but it is becoming an invaluable sorce of information to us everyday! Excellent for beginners in gardening! Enjoy.

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