Synopses & Reviews
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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andquot;Valuable.andquot;
and#8212;Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times, June 6, 2004
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"First-rate ... definitive and irresistible tribute to one of America's favorite shrubs."
—Publishers Weekly, May 31, 2004 Publishers Weekly
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"The book is full of great photographs and discusses propagation, hydrangeas as potted plants, drying the flowers, and lists a full description of the cultivars and species."
—Linda Cobb, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, March 15, 2005
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"Valuable."
—Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times, June 6, 2004 The New York Times
Synopsis
This new, revised edition of the classic text on hydrangeas shows the enormous possibilities offered by the plant. It provides information on natural history, cultivation, and propagation, as well as descriptions of 100 cultivars. It's easy to see why the book is a classic, and no hydrangea enthusiast will want to be without this new, expanded edition.
About the Author
Toni Lawson-Hall is a hydrangea aficionado who, with Brian Rothera, built up the National Hydrangea Collection in England. Together they wrote the first edition of Hydrangeas, and Toni has fully revised and extended the work in this new edition. It is the result of her continued personal experience as a National Collection curator and her extensive gardening contacts and worldwide travels.