Tulips: Species and Hybrids for the Gardener

by Richard Wilford

Book Overview

Species tulips are becoming more widely available as gardeners wake up to their elegant shapes, vibrant-colored flowers, and suitability for growing in containers, raised beds, and rock gardens.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881927635
• ISBN13: 9780881927634
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An in-depth introduction to the many varying species of the delicate and powerful flower

Tulips: Species And Hybrids For The Gardener by Richard Wilford (Collections Manager, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England) is a beautifully illustrated, comprehensively knowledgeable, professionally informative, in-depth introduction to the many varying species of the delicate and powerful flower -- the tulip. Tulips: Species And Hybrids For The Gardener as an expert analysis and informative study of the many beautiful types and spectrum of this universally popular flower. Tulips: Species And Hybrids For The Gardener covers the care, placement, intricacies of individual species, color, history, and so much more. is recommended to all readers with an interest growing tulips and in need of the ultimate guide to their numerous variations.