Bulbs of North America
- Paperback
308 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2009
Summary
North America is home to approximately four dozen bulbous genera. Among these are some very popular rock garden plants, such as Calochortus, Erythronium, and Fritillaria, which have never had anything substantial written about them in book form. Others, including Calydorea, Hypoxis, and Muilla, are not as well known outside specialist collections. The characteristics that make bulbs so desirable in gardens include their great diversity of flowering time, color, size, and form; their ability t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781604690798 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1604690798 |
| Author: | North American Rock Garden Society |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Timber Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 308 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 417g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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“Wise gardeners will do well to heed the informed descriptions and cultivation advice contained here, making note of a plant’s natural habitat before envisioning where it might grow at home.” –Booklist
About The Author
North American Rock Garden Society
The North American Rock Garden Society, with members throughout the world, is devoted to all aspects of growing plants in rock gardens: what they are, where to obtain them, and where to observe them in the wild. The society publishes Rock Garden Quarterly and holds national meetings; more than 30 local chapters in the United States and Canada convene regularly.
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