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About The Gardener's Guide To Growing Hostas
Product Description The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hostas is both a full and wide-ranging study of the genus by one of the world's leading hosta growers and also a practical guide for gardeners and collectors. The book features a wealth of essential advice on cultivation, propagation and garden uses and an extensive A-Z plant directory listing over 400 cultivars and forms. Committed enthusiasts will enjoy the brief history of the hosta, the botany of the hosta and information about hosta collections all over the world including England, Scotland, France, the Netherlands and North America. Information on exhibiting and showing hostas completes the comprehensive and up-to-date account of the fascinating plant. The book is illustrated with superbly detailed photographs and delightful, informative pencil drawings which are not only excellent aids to accurate identification but also an inspiration to all who want to grow and collect these lovely plants. The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hostas will delight hosta lovers, convert those unfamiliar with the genus and inspire a new generation of hosta growers. Review For a compact and invaluable reference that delights time and again at an eminently affordable price, I cannot recommend this book too highly. -- Peter Kendall, Journal of the Am. Rhododendron Society, Spring, 98 The book is beautifully presented. It is full of practical information required to grow hostas, and you will find yourself dipping into it time and time again.(Jean Sambrook, The Garden, (Royal Hort. Soc.) Jan. 1997) -- (Royal Hort. Soc. - Jan. 1997) This comprehensive survey of the genus in the popular series style is illustrated with stunning color photography for accurate identification. -- Readers Digest Catalog This is the best book on hostas that Ive seen. I thoroughly recommend this book, both to the beginner and the experienced hosta grower. -- American Gardening, by the Unknown Gardener Book Description Our popular ongoing series offers first-rate authors, an approach that is neither superficial nor overly technical, & excellent photographs. From the Publisher Our popular ongoing Gardener's Guide series offers first-rate authors, an approach that is neither superficial nor overly technical, and excellent photographs. About the Author Diana Grenfells interest in hostas first started in the mid-1960s when few gardeners knew the plant. She has done much to raise the profile of hostas over the last decade, and in 1990 she authored the book Hostas: The Flowering Foliage Plant. Diana is a founding member and vice-president of the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society and a life member of the American Hosta Society.
