DUMONTs Große Pflanzen- Enzyklopädie von A- Z. Das illustrierte Lexikon der 15 000 Garten- und Zimmerpflanzen.

by Christopher Brickell, Wilhelm Barthlott

The ultimate gardening reference: two volumes covering everything you need to know to keep your garden flourishing, from the experts at the RHS

Choose the plants you want for your garden and learn to position and care for them properly with the new edition of this perennial favourite. Detailed profiles of 15,500 garden plants: from new and exotic varieties to garden favourites, provide all the guidance you need.

Draw on authoritative, expert advice from Britain’s leading horticulturists on cultivation, beating pests and diseases and creating outstanding displays. Includes a special section on how to use colour and in-depth features on the most popular plants such as lilies and hostas.

Genres: Gardening, Reference, Horticulture, Nonfiction

1092 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful two volume (A-J and K-Z) encyclopedia of garden plants. Everything you can think of is there on nice quality paper, accompanied by shiny photographs (and it comes with a box too). The only fault I can find it...it's the weight. Unfortunately this is a book you can't leaf through folded in your favorite armchair. It's heavy. Well, I guess you should read rich editions properly seated ... putting it respectfully on a table. *sigh* To tell the truth it's so heavy that I prefer searching for a plant online instead. Still,....so pretty.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Mum Won It In A Newspaper Giveaway, It's a Giant book of all things about plants. Despite its size it is concise which gives an idea of the amount of factual information it contains. Usual RHS quality literature.

[Ruric Amhari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent two volumed encyclopidia (V1 A-j, V2 K-Z).

Sections on how to use the book, botany for the gardener, cultivation and ornamental plant groups.

main bulk of both volumes in an A-Z which gives brief description, into on hardiness, cultivation, propagation and pests & diseases. Also info on cultivars and variants. Some small thumbnail photos and line drawings for illustration.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only annoying thing about this incredible book is you have to know the Latin name for a plant in order to look it up. Otherwise, it's as comprehensive as anyone could wish, and also "correct" (for instance, it lists pelargoniums under pelargoniums, not geraniums, one of my pet peeves).

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource. I've never failed to find what I'm looking for here.

[Lesley Cobbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will never let this book go. I have bought several used copies to give to my friends as I have with all the RHS big ones, herbs, gardening etc. Fantastic!

[Ads Decadence · Rating 5 out of 5]

If it grows you will find it in this book. Regarded world wide as the plant bible