1001 Perennials - Softcover

Austin, Clare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713488247 ISBN 13: 9780713488241

Publisher: Batsford, 2003

The something-for-everyone source for the best hardy herbaceous perennials for house and garden. Gardeners will rely on its authoritative information, including details on each plant’s availability, cultivation, and pro-pagation; planning and design; and diseases and pests. It could be the most valuable gardening tool you ever buy

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About the Author:

Claire Austin is a professional plantswoman who has been running a perennials nursery in Shropshire for nearly 20 years. She is also a partner in the renowned family business David Austin Roses. She has been growing perennials and compiling catalogues for herbaceous perennials for many years.

Review:

The stalwart of our famed English herbaceous borders, perennials - horticulturally regarded as being plants that live for more than two years - are indispensable in every garden. Coming in all shapes and sizes, colours and form and from all around the world, they offer an infinite selection for gardeners regardless of soil type or aspect. But the choice is so great it can sometimes be daunting to know what to choose with new cultivars being offered on an ever-increasing basis. Perennial expert, Claire Austin, shares her immense knowledge of their cultivation and propagation in this lavishly illustrated guide, choosing, in her words, "a very small proportion" of the varieties currently available. Having come from a horticultural background - her father is the renowned rose breeder David Austin and she has run her own perennial nursery for over fifteen years - her choice is founded on her working experience adding a sound endorsement to each plant chosen. Ordered alphabetically by botanical name - to avoid the immense confusion common names can bring - this is a visual feast of flowering plants, offering the reader a huge selection to contemplate for their own garden. Easy to care for, easy to propagate and, if planted correctly, guaranteed to offer success in herbaceous borders, mixed borders, wildlife gardens, containers and more, this guide dispels the myth of a perennial's finickiness and shows this vast group to its best advantage. - Lucy Watson

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