Bulbs

by Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix

Describes over 1,000 bulbs and bulblike plants from all over the world. Arranged in the calendar order in which they flower. Text and illustrations guide gardeners on how to plant and grow bulbs.

Genres: Gardening, Reference, Nonfiction, Horticulture

255 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1989

About the author

In 1975 Roger Phillips began his life’s major work of photographing and publishing pictures of the World’s garden plants. Using modern photographic techniques, Roger set out to develop an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses and annuals. His first book Wild Flowers of Britain was a huge success, selling 400,000 copies in the first year. He has since written 20 additional volumes (often with his co-author Martyn Rix) selling over 4.5million copies worldwide.

Roger has written and presented two major six-part TV series on gardening (BBC & Channel 4). Famed for his ebullient personality and garish red glasses, he has become a well-recognised figure in the world of gardening.

Roger trained at Chelsea School of Art from where he entered a career in advertising culminating in the position of art director at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising. He left O&M to start a career as a freelance photographer, winning many awards before turning his photographic talents to the world of natural history.

Reviews

[Vannessa Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading about the many bulbs that are available to plant. Readers are shown the bulbs, the roots the shoots and the bloom and all the pictures are in color.

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Random House Book of Bulbs by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix (Random House 1989) (635.944). Photos of every type of bulb and its flower (dug up and photographed together. My rating: 7/10, finished 2006.