Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 220 pages
- Published by: Timber Press, Incorporated July 1, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0881928445
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0881928440
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.5 pounds
Book Description
Anyone who grows these dazzling gems will be enslaved by their beauty.
Product Description
With their graceful stance, brilliant colors, and intricate markings, members of the North American genus Calochortus are among the most dazzling bulbous plants in the world. Yet their mostly undeserved reputation for being difficult to grow has kept them from being known and appreciated by the vast majority of gardeners. By presenting detailed history, distribution, habitat, and observations on cultivation for each species, Mary Gerritsen and Ron Parsons aim to raise awareness of these gems of the American West and to bring them into wider horticultural use. The superb photographs, most taken in situ, vividly illustrate the remarkable variation within the genus and sometimes even within species.
Reader ReviewsWhat a fabulous book. Detailed information on the Calochortus. Everything you could possibly need to know. The photos are absolutely amazing. Just a wonderful book start to finish. I keep it on my living room coffee table.
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