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Re: Perennial reference books

Dear Richard:

Thanks for recommending Allan Armitage's "Herbaceous Perennial Plants". 
We appreciate your kind words.

"Herbaceous Perennial Plants" is available from the Timber Press web
site.

http://www.timber-press.com/h/herperpl.html

Best Regards,

Ann Anderson
Timber Press, Inc.                  http://www.timber-press.com
133 S.W. 2nd Ave. #450               800.327.5680/503.227.2878
Portland, OR 97204 USA                   fax 503.227.3070
USDA Zone 8, Sunset Zone 6



Richard Grazzini wrote:
> 
> I'd like to add my three favorite reference books to the discussion:
> 
> 1.  Herbaceous Perennial Plants, by Allan Armitage (Varsity Press, 1989)
> 2.  Ball Perennial Manual, by Jim Nau (Ball Publishing, 1996)
> 3.  Propagation of Hardy Perennials, by Richard Bird (B. T. Batsford
> Publishing, London, 1993)
> 
> Armitage's book is encyclopedic, and does a good job of making references
> out to what is commercially available.
> 
> Jim Nau works for Ball Seed (and has for 20 years or so, managing their
> trials in addition to his other responsibilities), so his book does the
> best job of including the seed varieties that are commonly available for
> herbaceous perennials.  Jim's horticultural breadth is also quite good, so
> that he does a good job of including the available vegetatively-propagated
> cultivars.
> 
> The third is quite useful, but has a strong UK flavor.  Whether that's good
> or bad depends on if you are an Anglophile or Anglophobe, I guess.  But the
> information is good and practical.
> Rick Grazzini
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