Simon & Schuster's Guide To Garden Flowers

Simon & Schuster's Nature Guide Series

by Simon & Schuster

"Simon & Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers" is the perfect complement to the popular "Complete Guide to Plants & Flowers," also available in the series. Aside from the pure pleasure of seeing the most exquisite flowers in the world in full color and reading about them, gardeners and flower lovers are here offered a history of flower gardens, gardening techniques, and suggestions on how to create and maintain a blooming garden. The entries for 369 species of garden flowers present full-color illustrations and detailed descriptions, and are arranged alphabetically by genus (with synonyms and common names as well). Full-color symbols illustrate the plant types and how they can best be used in the garden, and maps show the origin of the species and their natural distribution. This is one of the most stunning and informative books a gardener can own.

Genres: Reference

511 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 1983

Reviews

[Shelbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

As some who is just getting into gardening and flowers this was a good introductory guide. I would definitely look back to it again when it’s time to plant.
I wasn’t expecting to read almost 90 page introduction about the history of flowers. Some of that information could be outdated and also opinionated. But they had informative entries and detailed instructions.
I assume since Simon and Schuster are such a big publishing company they would probably have more updated books.