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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboo (Gardener's Guide Series) [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Michael Bell (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Timber Press; illustrated edition edition (May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0881924458
  • ISBN-13: 978-0881924459
  • Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 21.5 x 4.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,043,390 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The president of the UK Bamboo Society provides a worthy guide to gardeners and specialists addressing a history of bamboos, uses in the garden, and tips for finding and growing the more unusual species. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you have any interest in Bamboos, you NEED this book., 28 Mar 2000
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This review is from: The Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos (Hardcover)
This is the book that Bamboo enthusiasts have been waiting for for thirty - plus years ! It is not a stuffy academic book, but rather a goldmine of information, beautifully presented and lavishly illustrated. The author (who is the president of the British Bamboo Society and a co-holder of the UK's National Collection of Phyllostachys) is supremely knowledgeable, but at the same time warm and lyrical. An absolute delight to read, and an invaluable reference source. This is set to become the 'bible' of bamboo culture.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Too much of a personal view, 3 Dec 2001
By pupekt@yahoo.com (Zagreb, Croatia) - See all my reviews
It's not a bad book, but I have a few objections:
First, there's too many sentences like "I did this, a friend of mine did that, I was told..." and so on. I expected more facts, and less biographical moments.
Second, threre's too much emphasis on bamboo species I could hardly call temperate, like Drapanostachyum, Himalayacalamus, Chusquea. Theese species are suitable for subtropical or Mediterranean garden rather then for a temperate one.
Third, I can't remember ever reading in a gardening book things like "It's a second rate plant" The writer proclaimed the whole genus of Pleioblastus, and some others species as unwanted in a garden. I think that it's much better to illustrate the plants better, and leave up to a gardener to decide which plants he (or she) likes and which he does't like.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good all round reference book on Bamboo., 17 Feb 2001
An interesting book that has a large A-Z section devoted to Bamboo species. The information includes important facts such as dimensions and cold hardiness, there are also sections devoted to showing variences and differences within bamboo cultivars. The only thing I feel that lets the book down is the A-Z section, where I feel individual species could have been better illustrated. This book also includes a glossary on places where one can buy bamboo and includes a list of Bamboo societies and further reading.
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