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Gardener's favourites, hydrangeas are easily grown and propagated, highly decorative and long-lasting. With a season that runs from mid-summer to autumn, these beautiful plants offer enormous potential for gardens great and small. This new edition includes: fresh images, fully revised chapters on the genus, hydrangeas in the gardens, cultivation and propagation. Also, the final extensive chapter includes full details of 20 new cultivars and sub-species, bringing the total to over 95. Each of the full descriptions are illustrated by stunning photographs of the cultivar/sub-species, leaf silhouettes, and line drawings. The chapter 'Genus Hydrangea' includes more on Japanese cultivars and less hardy cultivars; the Cultivation chapter covers details of growing from seed, extends the information on well dressing, and includes more on diseases. The new cultivars to be covered include: 6 stunning Teller lace caps from Switzerland; plus H. serrata 'Tiara'; the American cultivar 'Oregon Pride'; 7 hardy Japanese cultivars; the Dutch cultivar 'All summer Beauty' and the French 'Ave Maria'.
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Beautifully illustrated with over 130 color photographs, this new, revised edition of the classic text on hydrangeas shows the enormous possibilities offered by these plants. Information on natural history, cultivation, and propagation is included, and 100 cultivars are described in detail, with 20 bonus new cultivars not included in the original edition.
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Beautifully illustrated with over 130 color photographs, this new, revised edition of the classic text on hydrangeas shows the enormous possibilities offered by the plants, describing 20 new cultivars not in the original edition. The first section provides information on natural history, cultivation, and propagation; the second section describes 100 cultivars, including salient characteristics and even leaf and sepal outlines. The information is highly readable, yet full enough to be used as a guide to identification. It's easy to see why the book is a classic, and no hydrangea enthusiast will want to be without this new, expanded edition.
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- PublisherBatsford
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0713488697
- ISBN 13 9780713488692
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages176
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