Annuals & Biennials

by Alan Toogood

Book Overview

These user-friendly guides identify every type of garden plant and contain information on height, spread, and color There are also separate sections on gardening skills and an index of common names. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789419831
• ISBN13: 9780789419835
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Eyewitness handbooks can't be beat!

Eyewitness handbooks are wonderful. I bought this one based on my success with others on such subjects as aquarium fish, horses, and other garden books. I have plenty of plant books with black and white drawings or simple word descriptions of the plant (NOT very useful) but I had none with beautiful full color photographs. This book is organized by the color (white, yellow, purple/blue) and the size of the plant (large, medium or small) This was not terribly helpful to me as I was trying to find plants that were suitable for certain areas of my yard: full sun, part shade, etc. However, I adjusted and soon came to like the arrangement. I found the index useful, although some scientific names will forever be foreign to me. There was an attempt to list common names with a "see...." reference, but this was not thorough. This, when weighed against the stengths of the book (ie the color photography, details of each plant, overall organization and comprehensive coverage), does not detract from its usefulness and my appreciation of the book as a whole. This book is an excellent reference book that will be a credit to my (small) library. Buy it and enjoy!