Snowdrops are one of the best loved, most popular and widely grown of all bulbous plants. A Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops celebrates their beauty and magical annual resurrection, and describes the twenty known species and more than fifteen hundred named snowdrops that are available to gardeners. This detailed book looks at every aspect of snowdrops. It discovers their history, celebrates their beauty in different settings, advices on their cultivation, follows their appearance in literature and mythology, suggests their medicinal qualities, and much more besides. The book is completed with a comprehensive directory of names, descriptions and illustrations of hundreds of snowdrops. AUTHOR: Freda Cox is an established artist and writer with a passion for plants and gardens. Well known for botanical paintings, she regularly contributes to numerous publications. She was for many years UK branch head of the Mediterranean Garden Society. From childhood, snowdrops have always been a favourite flower and it was their beauty and fascination that inspired this book. A commited galanthophile with a modest collection of snowdrops, her main love is seeing massive colonies naturalised in the wild. ILLUSTRATIONS: 750 colour 195 colour photographs
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
ISBN-13
9781847974754
eBay Product ID (ePID)
141544455
Product Key Features
Book Title
A Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops
Author
Freda Cox
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Gardening
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
280mm
Item Width
215mm
Item Weight
1115g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Freda Cox
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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