The Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers

A British garden designer provides a virtual garden tour with color photos and information on some 1,500 shrubs, trees, climbers, annuals, biennials, perennials, alpines, and bulbs. In this first US edition, Hattatt discusses hardiness, height and width, soils/ situations, plant classification and nomenclature, but not place of origin. Indexed by common name cross-referenced to scientific name. Published in 1998 by Parragon (not Paragon) Books. Oversize: 9.5x13.5<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)