Re: [GWL]: Looking for a book

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• Subject: Re: [GWL]: Looking for a book
• From: Bill Shear wshear@hams-hsc.hsc.edu>
• Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:06:37 -0500
• List-archive: <http://topica.com/lists/Gardenwriters/read>

On 1/10/02 10:45 AM, "Andrea Barrist Stern" <Abarriststern@aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 1/10/2002 8:46:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> martywin@qwest.net writes:
> 
> 
>> 
>> Yes!  Another one of my favorites.  For photos, you can't beat the
>> Phillips and Rix series -- 2-vol. set on perennials, also volumes on
>> shrubs, bulbs and...more.  A few years old now, but I love those
>> closeups.
>> Marty Wingate
>> 
>> 
> 
> I checked it out on Amazon.com and found Phillips and Rix have a new "The
> Definitive Guide to Perennials" coming out in paperback in March. It's about
> $34 retail, $24 on Amazon.com. Yup, I ordered one. I'll let you know.

One thing I have found about books on perennials is that while many are long
on descriptions of species and cultivars, most fall short in giving
how-to-grow advice.  What are respondant's choices for books that do an
adequate to good job on GROWING, rather than CHOOSING, perennials?

Bill Shear

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