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A Book of Salvias: Sages for Every Garden
Betsy Clebsch
Illustrations by Carol D. Barner
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$29.95
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This first significant book on the subject covers more than 100 beautiful, garden-worthy species and dozens of hybrids. Salvias are growing in popularity because of their diversity of fragrance, bloom, habit, and color, and many add drought tolerance and disease resistance to their ornamental qualities.
269 pp, 87 color photos, 9 color illus., 40 line drawings, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1997
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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Salvias
John Sutton |
$29.95
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The genus Salvia includes more than 700 species and hundreds of garden-worthy cultivars; given their extreme diversity of color and habit, salvias may truly be the ultimate collector's plant. Our publication of Betsy Clebsch's A Book of Salvias in 1997 prompted even greater interest in many handsome and newly available plants; Sutton's new book documenting more than 90 species provides a useful perspective from England and Europe.
160 pp, 70 color photos, 10 line drawings, 7 x 9 1/2", hardcover, © 1999
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Herbs in Bloom: A Guide to Growing Herbs as Ornamental Plants
Jo Ann Gardner |
$34.95
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Herbs in Bloom presents 80 of the author's favorites, based on more than 25 years' experience as an herb grower, with some mention of more than 700 related species and cultivars. Emphasis is on ornamental qualities and garden uses of the herbs described, with detailed suggestions on how best to grow them from seed or from cuttings, but it also includes a good deal of history and lore, and even the occasional recipe.
394 pp, 117 color photos, 10 line drawings, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1998
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Lavender: The Grower's Guide
Virginia McNaughton
Foreword by Joan Head
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$29.95
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With their heady perfume and stunning visual appeal, lavenders have been prized by gardeners since ancient times. Lavender is a truly comprehensive study that enables the reader to research and identify more than 200 lavender species and varieties. With chapters on cultivation, propagation, pests and diseases, and botanical history, this book is as practical as it is authoritative.
192 pp, 187 color photos, 16 line drawings, 7 5/8 x 9 1/4", hardcover, © 2000
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Mints: A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals
Barbara Perry Lawton
Foreword by Steven Still |
$27.95
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Mints: A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals is the first book to survey the entire mint family (Lamiaceae or Labiatae), which includes a surprising variety of plants long valued for their herbal and ornamental uses, from rosemary, sage, and thyme to lavender and peppermint. Most mints are easy to grow, sometimes notoriously so, and highly resistant to pests and diseases, which adds to their garden value.
Written in a friendly and accessible style, the book features chapters on history and lore, modern uses, cultivation, and distinctive characteristics and classification; a catalog of species and cultivars in 67 genera; and a glossary.
272 pp, 61 color photos, 5 b/w photos, 46 line drawings, 1 map, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2002
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The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
Judith Sumner
Foreword by Mark J. Plotkin
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$24.95
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Wild and cultivated plants have provided humans with cures for thousands of years, from aspirin to quinine. Writing for the lay reader, the author surveys the history of the use of plants in medicine, the range of chemicals produced by plants, and the prospects for future discoveries.
252 pp, 30 color photos, 45 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2000
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The New Book of Salvias: Sages for Every Garden
Betsy Clebsch
Drawings by Carol D. Barner
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$29.95
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Following the great success of Betsy Clebsch's first book on salvias comes this expanded edition, The New Book of Salvias: Sages for Every Garden. The author has added more than 50 new species and cultivars such as Salvia castanea and S. recurva, bringing the total to approximately 150 beautiful, garden-worthy species and dozens of commercially significant hybrids. She documents them alphabetically and includes botanical descriptions, information on habit, blooming cycle, recommended companion plants, and delightful historical tidbits of discovery and usage. Nearly 100 new photos and illustrations make this new edition even more attractive than its predecessor.
approx. 348 pp, 149 color photos, 9 color drawings, 74 line drawings, 6 x 9", hardcover
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