Re: Books -- was Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #266

Lynn, I think the reason that English writers get less attention on this
list than you might expect is that this is largely an American list.  This
is not to say that it is parochial because of that, just that much of what
English garden writers have to say is not applicable to our conditions.  I
have Geoff Hamilton's Cottage Gardens, and it is an inspiring book, but I
have to go over his plant lists very carefully, and find that I cannot grow
about half of his recommended plants, because they are not reliably hardy
here.
The same applies to many people who are gardening in the northern third of
the US.
In the southern part of the country, many recommended plants will not work
well because it is too hot, too dry, too humid or too something.  We are
better off reading books written here, although even then, what works well
for a writer in North Carolina may be a failure for someone in upstate New
York.
That said, I have books by Hamilton, Verey, Lloyd, Thomas, Robinson and
other masters of the English garden, which I try to adapt as best I can to
my subarctic conditions.

Bob Campbell

-----Original Message-----
From: Lynn van Rooijen-McCullough <lynnvr@wxs.nl>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: July 16, 1999 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: Books -- was Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #266


>I do think a number of English gardeners have not received much attention
in the
>previous discussions: all books by Rosemary Verey, Penelope Hobhouse and
Geoff
>Hamilton. Available through Amazon UK, also for overseas shipping. Mail me
>privately for specific titles if interested.
>
>Lynn van Rooijen
>Netherlands


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