Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

Hillier's manual of trees & shrubs

0-7153-1073-9

Hillier and Son

8000 tree and shrub cultivar data with colour size and habit

Illustrated guide to gardening

Reader's Digest

Plant diagrams

Good descriptive lists of plants for all the garden for outdoor gardening, gardening under cover, gardening for food and the gardener's enemies

Manual of alpine plants

0-304-34063-4

Will Ingwersen

Description of most alpine plants without height or width data

Notcutts

Charles Notcutt

Cultivar data of plants sold by notcutts garden centres

Perennial garden plants

0-460-86048-8

Graham Stuart Thomas

Illustrations

Grasses, sedges and rushes, ferns, and other perennials in alphabetical good description order. Lists of perennials for different uses with plant combinations

Perennials volume 1 early perennials

0-330-30926-9

Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix

1250 perennials

Spring and early summer perennials good descriptions, some with colour photograph

Perennials volume 2 late perennials

0-330-29275-7

Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix

1250 perennials

Midsummer and autumn perennials good descriptions, some with colour photographs

Plants for dry gardens

0-7112-0772-0

Jane Taylor

Plants

1000 good descriptions of drought-tolerant plants. Lists of plants for ground cover, wind-tolerant, bold or lush foliage, sword-shaped leaves, and fragrant and aromatic

Pocket Guide Garden Plants

0-7523-0020-2

Brian Davis

229 perennials, annuals, biennials, bulbs and corms, alpines, ferns and ornamental grasses

Good descriptions with colour picture of perennials, annuals, biennials, bulbs and corms, alpines, ferns and ornamental grasses in flower season order

Reader's Digest Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and Flowers

Reader's Digest

2500 plants

3000 good descriptions of plants

Scented Plants

0-00-412395-6

Ann Bonar

60 scented plants

60 good descriptions, some with colour photos. Thin Booklet

Shrubs

0-947793-60-7

Karlheinz Jacobi

Shrubs

Step-by-step garden guide to growing and maintaining shrubs which are decorative, climbing, hedges and for all purposes

The Bedding Plant Expert

0-903505-34-7

Dr. D.G. Hessayon

Diagrams

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

The Bedding Plant Guide

0-903001-63-2

British Bedding Plant Association

Bedding plant flowers

Good descriptions with colour photo. Plant lists for a purpose or colour. Thin Book

The Evergreen Expert

0-903505-51-7

Dr. D.G. Hessayon

Diagrams

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

The Flowering Shrub Expert

0-903505-39-8

Dr. D.G. Hessayon

Diagrams

Good descriptions of flowering shrubs in alphabetical order. How to maintain them and lists of where to use them