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Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska
Graham Nicholls
Rick Lupp, Consulting Editor
Foreword by Bobby Ward
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$49.95
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This comprehensive pictorial encyclopedia discusses 650 species in 54 genera, with many subspecies, varieties, and hybrids also described. Intended to be as useful for the gardener as the traveler, each entry concludes with a discussion of propagation and cultivation information, as well as warnings about pertinent pests and diseases.
344 pp, 495 color photos, 2 maps, 7 3/8 x 10-3/8", hardcover, © 2002
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The Bernard E. Harkness Seedlist Handbook
Second Edition
Compiled and updated by Mabel G. Harkness
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$29.95
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The classic handbook for plants found on the seed exchange lists of the Alpine Garden Society, the Scottish Rock Garden Society, and the North American Rock Garden Society. It offers hardiness, habit, size, flower color, and habitat data in a compact format.
520 pp, 6 x 9", paperback, © 1993
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Cacti: The Illustrated Dictionary
Rod Preston-Mafham and Ken Preston-Mafham
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$27.95
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This dictionary concentrates on the globular cacti, particularly Mammillaria, but includes some popular columnar cactus forms such as Echinocereus.
224 pp, 1109 color photos, 8 1/2 x 10 3/4", paperback, © 1991
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Campanulas: A Gardener's Guide
Peter Lewis and Margaret Lynch
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$34.95
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This book offers sound practical advice on cultivation and propagation as well as a catalog of species and cultivars of these favorites of rock and perennial gardeners.
176 pp, 75 color photos, 25 b/w photos & line drawings, 6 3/4 x 9 3/4", hardcover, © 1998
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Cuttings from a Rock Garden: Plant Portraits and Other Essays
H. Lincoln Foster and Laura Louise Foster
Edited by Norman Singer
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$24.95
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This beautifully illustrated collection includes an account of the making of the authors' celebrated garden, Millstream, and many essays on alpine and woodland plants.
446 pp, 14 color photos, 43 line drawings, 6 x 9", paperback, © 1997
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Euphorbias: A Gardeners' Guide
Roger Turner
In association with the Hardy Plant Society
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$19.95
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This book presents the species, varieties, and cultivars most suitable for outdoor cultivation in Europe and North America. Turner offers detailed descriptions of more than 80 species, both shrubs and herbaceous perennials.
192 pp, 48 color photos, 6 x 9", paperback, © 1995
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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Penstemons
David Way and Peter James
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$29.95
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Penstemons are ideal plants for use in mixed borders and perennial beds, and they are currently enjoying a new international surge in popularity. They flower in an extraordinary range of colors over a long summer period, and most are easy to grow and propagate.
160 pp, 55 color photos, 23 line drawings, 7 x 9 1/2", hardcover, © 1998
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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Penstemons
David Way and Peter James
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$19.95
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Penstemons are ideal plants for use in mixed borders and perennial beds, and they are currently enjoying a new international surge in popularity. They flower in an extraordinary range of colors over a long summer period, and most are easy to grow and propagate.
160 pp, 55 color photos, 23 line drawings, 7 x 9 1/2", paperback
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The Himalayan Garden: Growing Plants from the Roof of the World
Jim Jermyn
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$34.95
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In this unique resource, Jim Jermyn offers not the usual botanical travelogue but instead a horticultural handbook that allows lowland gardeners to successfully grow those plants that are native to the high Himalaya mountains. The highlights include species of Euphorbia, Gentiana, Meconopsis, Primula, Rhododendron, and more.
These plants are guaranteed to add an exotic touch to any garden, and with Jermyn's expert instructions and tips, they can be easily maintained. Excellent photographs round out an introduction to the plants, and the book includes a comprehensive list of recommended sources.
320 pp, 128 color photos, 3 line drawings, 2 maps, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2001
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New Zealand's Alpine Plants Inside and Out
Bill Malcolm and Nancy Malcolm
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$14.95
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Using spectacular close-up and microscopic photography, this book shows alpine plants in minute detail.
136 pp, 140 color photos, 9 3/4 x 8 1/2", paperback, © 1988
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Penstemons
Robert Nold
Illustrations by Cindy Nelson-Nold
Foreword by Panayoti Kelaidis
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$29.95
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Penstemon is the largest genus endemic to North America, with examples to be found in every state in the continental U.S. Penstemons are particularly beloved by rock gardeners, but as noted in the foreword, they belong in every garden, since "one penstemon or another will thrive in virtually any microclimate a garden can contrive, from hot desert exposures to dank shade."
307 pp, 12 botanical paintings, 43 color photos, 18 b/w line drawings, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1999
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The Plantfinder's Guide to Cacti and Other Succulents
Keith Grantham and Paul Klaassen
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$34.95
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Like the other titles in this series, this handsome full-color book is accessible but provides sufficient depth and detail to satisfy more experienced cactus enthusiasts. It includes an extensive A–Z listing, with useful information on cultivation and propagation.
192 pp, 106 color photos, 5 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 10 1/4", hardcover, © 1999
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The Rock Garden and its Plants: From Grotto to Alpine House
Graham Stuart Thomas
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$34.95
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An exposition of every aspect of the subject, from the underlying geology of rocks and history of the art of rock gardening to the practical matters of creating a rock garden. The color illustrations include some of the author's own watercolors.
266 pp, 38 color paintings, 212 b/w photos, 8 x 10 1/2", hardcover, © 1989
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Rock Garden Plants: A Color Encyclopedia
Baldassare Mineo
Photographic assistance by Fritz Kummert
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$59.95
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Baldassare Mineo is owner of Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery in Medford, Oregon, one of the world's great sources of plants for rock gardens. Mineo's own photographs are supplemented with many by the renowned horticulturist Fritz Kummert. This authoritative includes rare and unusual plants as well as proven, readily available garden performers.
284 pp, 1350 color photos, 2 color maps, 8 1/2 x 11", hardcover, © 1999
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Sedum: Cultivated Stonecrops
Ray Stephenson
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$49.95
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Sedums are sun-loving, drought-resistant, and mostly hardy. They are prized by rock gardeners and succulent enthusiasts for their color and interesting shapes. This definitive study by one of the world's authorities provides cultural information for more than 400 stonecrop species and varieties, many of them photographed in their native habitats.
356 pp, 110 color photos, 100 b/w photos, 50 line drawings, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1994
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Succulents: The Illustrated Dictionary
Maurizio Sajeva and Mariangela Costanzo
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$29.95
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Real succulent enthusiasts will want both of these highly illustrated books. The newer volume includes 900 species not covered in the first volume. Where species are duplicated, new photographs illustrate other aspects of the plant, whether in its habitat or in cultivation. The original volume remains a splendid introduction to succulents. The format of the two books is similar, with brief descriptions accompanying the excellent color photographs.
240 pp, 1212 color photos, 8 1/2 x 10 3/4", paperback, © 1994
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Succulents II: The New Illustrated Dictionary
Maurizio Sajeva and Mariangela Costanzo
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$49.95
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The authors earlier collaborated on our bestselling Succulents: The Illustrated Dictionary. This new book does not replace the original, which continues to be available, but rather supplements it in several ways. It includes 900 species that were not covered in the first volume, and although it includes some species that were covered earlier, this second volume supplies new photographs that illustrate other aspects of the plant, whether in its habitat or in cultivation. The format of the two books is similar, with brief descriptions accompanying the excellent color photographs.
Real succulent enthusiasts will welcome the additional coverage and improved photographs offered by this new volume, which should take its place on the shelf next to the original.
234 pp, 1222 color photos, 8 1/2 x 11", hardcover, © 2000
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The Tropical Look: An Encyclopedia of Dramatic Landscape Plants
Robert Lee Riffle
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$49.95
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Meant primarily for gardeners in USDA zones 8--10, The Tropical Look encompasses most of the southern U.S. and the West Coast. This groundbreaking encyclopedia of lush plants will also be useful to gardeners in other zones who are interested in growing tropical-looking plants (as opposed to strictly tropical plants, which cannot endure a frost) as half-hardy, annual, or conservatory plants.
524 pp, 409 color photos, 7 figures, 8 1/2 x 11", hardcover, © 1998
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