Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

The complete book of roses

0-7063-7163-1

John Mattock Sean McCann Fred Witchell Peter Wood

Roses

Good descriptions of - 1) species, old garden roses and modern shrub roses, 2) bush roses and standards, 3) climbers and ramblers, and 4) miniatures, patio and ground cover roses. Complete cultivation details

The concise British flora in colour

W. Keble Martin

1486 species illustrated

All British flowers are illustrated with height and flowering period

The encyclopedia of rhododendron species

0-9530533-0-X

Peter Cox and Kenneth Cox

1500 rhododendron species

Good Description of most rhododendron species with photos

The family circle Book of house plants

Rob Herwig

100 houseplants

100 good descriptions of houseplants with colour photo. Thin Book

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums

0-7153-0041-8

Trevor Bath and Joy Jones

Geraniums

Good description of hardy geraniums

The hardy fuchsia guide

0-9510578-7-1

David Clark

Fuchsias

Good descriptions of hardy fuchsias with hardiness and overall ratings, some with colour photographs. Thin Book

The Observer's Book of British Grasses, Sedges & Rushes

W.J. Stokoe

Grass, Sedge and Rush

Good descriptions of grasses, sedges and rushes

The Observer's Book of Ferns

W.J. Stokoe

ferns

Good descriptions of ferns

The Observer's Book of Trees & Shrubs of the British isles

W.J. Stokoe

Black and White photographs of trees

Good descriptions of trees

The Peony

0-7134-7477-7

Alice Harding

26 peony

Good description of best bush and tree varieties with cultivation details

The rose expert

0-903505-25-8

Dr. D.G. Hessayon

Diagrams

Good descriptions of roses in alphabetical order. How to maintain them and short essays of where to use them

The story of the potato

0-9520973-1-1

Alan Wilson

74 Potatoes

Reviews and analysis of all major potatoes of the last 250 years

The tulip

0-7475-4296-1

Anna Pavord

Tulips

History of tulips with good descriptions of tulip species and cultivars.

The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

0-00-219715-4

Richard Fitter, Alistair Fitter and Marjorie Blamey

Wild Flowers

Wild Flower cultivar data

The wild flowers of the British Isles

1-900732-03-3

David Streeter

102 detailed watercolour paintings

Published 1998. This is the most complete reference work on all 1,400 native wild plants of the British Isles

The year-round bulb garden

0-285-62787-2

Brian Mathew

144 bulbs

Good descriptions of bulbs, some with colour photo are arranged in alphabetical order for each of the 4 seasons with some companion plant information

Trees and shrubs of great Britain and northern Europe

3-576-80004-2

Mosaik

1600 trees and shrubs

A photographic key to the trees and shrubs for identifying them by there leaves and needles. Good descriptions with photo

Trees for landscape and amenity uses

Plant Publicity Holland

Trees

Trees for major landscape uses. Thin booklet

Trees for your garden

0-903001-05-5

Roy Lancaster

Trees

Good descriptions of non-coniferous trees, some with colour photos. Lists of trees for different sites. Flowering tree calendar over the whole year

Tulips

1-85076-275-9

Stanley Killingback

100 tulips

Name, height, year introduced, awards and colour photo of different types of tulip, with essay on other tulips.

Unusual plants

Beth Chatto

Plant lists. Catalogue with plant descriptions. Thin Book

Water plants

1-85967-390-2

Andrew Mikolajski

38 water plants

Plant descriptions and photographs

Wild flowers of Britain

0-330-25183-X

Roger Philips

1000 wild flowers

Object of book to create a system of visual identification using 4 ways :- plants in chronological flowering order, the photographs, large format for book, and described habitat and distribution of each plant

Wild flowers of the British isles and northern Europe

1-85028-084-3

Pamela Forey

850 wild flower illustrations

The book is split into each wild flower family. A key provides you with a series of alternatives, the object being to lead you to one of the flower families in the book. A glossary in the book defines unfamiliar terms.