The RHS Encyclopedia of House Plants: Including Greenhouse Plants

by Kenneth A. Beckett

Mainly composed of an A-Z section of over 4,000 plants, each entry includes information on the appearance of the plant, its origin, flowering season and needs. The 1,000 full-color illustrations plus the helpful glossary make plant identification simple.

491 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

After some twenty years' experience of practical horticulture and two years at the RHS gardens at Wisley, England, where he gained the RHS diploma, Kenneth Beckett turned from spadework to writing.
He worked first on the Gardener's Chronicle and then became a freelance writer, editor, and consultant. He has written hundreds of articles for gardening magazines, edited the Hardy Plant Society's Bulletin, edits the International Dendrological Society's Year Book, and is a member of the RHS Scientific committee. His many books - some written in collaboration with his wife - including Love of Gardening. Gardening is his main hobby, and he and his wife have a one-acre garden in Norfolk that boasts over 2,000 different plants. He has made many trips abroad to study plants in the wild and is particularly interested in the flora of Australia and New Zealand.