The Random House Book of Perennials: Early Perennials (Pan Garden Plants Series)

by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix

Book Overview

As part of the Pan Garden Plant series, this first volume on perennials covers plants that flower in the spring and early summer. This book includes photographs of over 1250 perennials from around the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679737979
• ISBN13: 9780679737971
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

An excellent reference set.

This book and Late Perennials (vol. 2) are two of the best gardening books I've ever bought. Other perennial guides give you maybe one, perhaps two photographs of each plant, but these give you photos of nearly every variety and species. Some pictures are of plants in their native habitat, some are set up as specimen sheets, but even these give you a good idea of what the plant looks like. There is also good information about soil, climate, and hardiness. I thought the authors went a bit overboard on the irises, but otherwise they've done a wonderful job. I can't believe there haven't been new editions yet!

Superb COLOR photographs (over 1250); Most informative!

Lush and enticing photography. Highly useful growing information: hardiness, bloom season, size, etc. A virtual wish list for every gardener covering the very best of hardy perennials, including new cultivars. I strongly recommend that this book be purchased as a set with the companion Volume II: Late Perennials. The index will direct you to the correct volume and page for each entry. Volume one includes many glorious pictures of peonies, iris, primroses, hellebores and other spring blooming plants. I operate an 8 acre perennial nursery, and read lots of these books, and see this two volume set as a Best Buy. I use it as often as professional reference sets costing hundreds of dollars! You'll love it, too