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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores Graham Rice

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores By Graham Rice

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores by Graham Rice


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A guide to the cultivation and propagation of hellebores, with a detailed explanation of how to improve your plants through the breeding and selection of better strains. Also included is advice on associating hellebores with other plants and arranging groupings for maximum effect in the garden.

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores Summary

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores by Graham Rice

While winter is still at its worst, the buds of hellebores burst through, their delicate blooms opening in an ever-expanding range of colours and forms as spring progresses. Focusing on these popular plants, this book features practical advice on cultivation and propagation, with a detailed explanation of how to improve your plants through the breeding and selection of better strains. Jargon-free accounts are included of species in the wild, descriptions of the varieties currently being grown, and discussions of the origins of some of the most interesting and controversial varieties. Also provided is an extensive chapter on associating hellebores with other plants and arranging groupings for maximum effect in the garden. There are sections on growing hellebores in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and contributions from hellebore enthusiasts and accounts of the work of recent hellebore pioneers.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The lure and magic of hellebores. Part 2 Ecology and botany. Part 3 Cultivation. Part 4 Plant associations. Part 5 Propagation. Part 6 The hellebore species. Part 7 Hybrids in the wild and in gardens. Part 8 Breeding hellebores. Part 9 The orientalis hybrids. Part 10 Case histories. Part 11 People and their plants: hellebores at Buckshaw 1964-83, Jim Archibald; hellebores at Old Country, Helen Ballard; a botanist's view, Brian Mathew; confessions of hellebore addict, Will McLewin; hellebores at Blackthorn Nursery, Robin White; Margery Fish and hellebores at East Lambrook. Part 12 The national collections: the national collection in Hampshiare, Jeremy Wood; the national collection at Hadlow College, Kent, Kemal Mehdi. Part 13 Hellebores in America. Part 14 Hellebores in Australia, Trevor Nottle. Part 15 Where to see hellebores. Part 16 Where to buy hellebores. Part 16 Reading about hellebores.

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GOR001249653
9780715399736
071539973X
The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores by Graham Rice
Used - Very Good
Hardback
David & Charles
19930325
160
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