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American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening (American Horticultural Society Practical Guides) (edition 1993)

by Christopher Brickell

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More than 15,000 plants 6,000 photographs.
Member:CGlanovsky
Title:American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening (American Horticultural Society Practical Guides)
Authors:Christopher Brickell
Info:DK ADULT (1993), Hardcover, 648 pages
Collections:Reference Material
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A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants by Christopher Brickell

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Excellent two volumed encyclopidia (V1 A-j, V2 K-Z).

Sections on how to use the book, botany for the gardener, cultivation and ornamental plant groups.

main bulk of both volumes in an A-Z which gives brief description, into on hardiness, cultivation, propagation and pests & diseases. Also info on cultivars and variants. Some small thumbnail photos and line drawings for illustration. ( )
  ruric | Oct 24, 2011 |
The best reference book on garden plants you'll ever need. Big and bulky but it's worth the weight. ( )
  TheWriteGardener | Aug 20, 2008 |
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Abelia schumannii

Acacia retinodes

Acaena

Acanthus spinosus

Acer griseum

Achillea filipendulina

Aconitum carmichaelii

Adiantum venustum

Aeonium arboreum

Aeonium haworthii

Aeonium tabuliforme

Aeschynanthus

Aeschynanthus longicaulis

Aeschynanthus pulcher

Aethionema

Agastache

Agave filifera

Agave parviflora

Agave stricta

Ageratina ligustrina

Ajuga genevensis

Alchemilla erythropoda

Allium

Allium aflatunense

Allium karataviense

Aloe arborescens

Aloe bakeri

Alyssum spinosum

Amelanchier × grandiflora

Anaphalis triplinervis

Anemone blanda

Anemone hupehensis

Anthurium crystallinum

Anthyllis montana

Aquilegia bertolonii

Aquilegia flabellata

Aquilegia vulgaris

Arabis procurrens

Argyranthemum

Armeria juniperifolia

Artemisia arborescens

Artemisia lactiflora

Artemisia ludoviciana

Artemisia schmidtiana

Aruncus

Aspidistra elatior

Asplenium nidus

Astilbe

Astrantia bavarica

Astrantia carniolica

Aubrieta deltoidea

Aucuba japonica

Aurinia

Austroderia richardii

Azara (plant)

Azara microphylla

Azara serrata

Babiana stricta

Ballota

Ballota acetabulosa

Baptisia

Begonia foliosa

Begonia incarnata

Begonia listada

Begonia masoniana

Begonia sutherlandii

Berberis dictyophylla

Berberis hypokerina

Berberis julianae

Berberis verruculosa

Beschorneria

Beschorneria yuccoides

Betula albosinensis

Betula ermanii

Billbergia

Billbergia 'Windii'

Blechnum chilense

Blechnum spicant

Blue spruce

Brachyglottis monroi

Brimeura

Brunnera

Brunnera macrophylla

Bryophyllum manginii

Calathea lancifolia

Calathea makoyana

Calathea picturata

Calathea roseopicta

Calathea zebrina

Callicarpa bodinieri

Calochortus amabilis

Calothamnus villosus

Camellia × williamsii

Campanula carpatica

Campanula cochleariifolia

Campanula garganica

Campanula glomerata

Campanula lactiflora

Campanula persicifolia

Campanula portenschlagiana

Campanula raineri

Campsis × tagliabuana

Canarina

Cardamine pentaphyllos

Carex

Caryopteris

Catananche

Celmisia walkeri

Cestrum parqui

Chamaedorea elegans

Chamaerops

Cheiridopsis

Cheiridopsis caroli-schmidtii

Cheiridopsis denticulata

Chimonanthus praecox

Chorizema

Cleistocactus

Clerodendrum splendens

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

Clerodendrum trichotomum

Clethra

Clethra barbinervis

Clivia miniata

Clivia nobilis

Cnidium monnieri

Cobaea scandens

Colchicum agrippinum

Colchicum speciosum

Common fig

Cornus canadensis

Cornus controversa

Coronilla

Coronilla valentina

Corydalis flexuosa

Corydalis solida

Corylopsis pauciflora

Cotinus obovatus

Cotoneaster adpressus

Cotoneaster atropurpureus

Cotoneaster dammeri

Cotoneaster frigidus

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Cotoneaster lacteus

Crambe cordifolia

Crepis incana

Crinodendron

Crocosmia

Crocus angustifolius

Crocus banaticus

Crocus biflorus

Crocus cartwrightianus

Crocus chrysanthus

Crocus corsicus

Crocus etruscus

Crocus goulimyi

Crocus speciosus

Crossandra infundibuliformis

Ctenanthe

Cyclamen coum

Cyclamen pseudibericum

Cyclamen purpurascens

Cyclamen rhodium

Dactylorhiza elata

Dactylorhiza foliosa

Daphne arbuscula

Daphne cneorum

Daphne pontica

Daphne tangutica

Darmera

Davallia mariesii

Desfontainia

Dicentra formosa

Digitalis ferruginea

Digitalis grandiflora

Dionysia (plant)

Dipelta

Disanthus

Doronicum

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis

Draba longisiliqua

Dracunculus (plant)

Dryopteris cycadina

Dryopteris dilatata

Dryopteris erythrosora

Dryopteris wallichiana

Echeveria agavoides

Echeveria derenbergii

Echeveria elegans

Echeveria setosa

Echinocereus subinermis

Echinops bannaticus

Echinops ritro

Echinopsis backebergii

Echium candicans

Edraianthus pumilio

Elatostema

Enkianthus perulatus

Ensete ventricosum

Epimedium grandiflorum

Epipremnum

Eranthis hyemalis

Erica canaliculata

Erica carnea

Erica cinerea

Erica erigena

Erica terminalis

Erica vagans

Erigeron aureus

Erigeron karvinskianus

Erinacea anthyllis

Erinus

Erodium

Eryngium bourgatii

Eryngium giganteum

Eryngium planum

Erysimum cheiri

Erythronium californicum

Erythronium dens-canis

Escallonia

Eucomis

Eucomis bicolor

Eucomis pallidiflora

Eucryphia glutinosa

Euphorbia amygdaloides

Euphorbia characias

Euphorbia cornigera

Euphorbia epithymoides

Euphorbia griffithii

Euphorbia palustris

Euryops

Euryops acraeus

Eutrochium maculatum

Fabiana imbricata

Farfugium japonicum

Fargesia murielae

Felicia (genus)

Ferocactus fordii

Festuca glauca

Filipendula rubra

Fittonia

Fittonia albivenis

Fothergilla

Fothergilla major

Fritillaria acmopetala

Fritillaria chitralensis

Fritillaria eduardii

Fritillaria michailovskyi

Fritillaria persica

Fritillaria pyrenaica

Galega

Garrya

Garrya elliptica

Gaultheria cuneata

Gazania

Genista aetnensis

Genista tinctoria

Gentiana septemfida

Gentiana sino-ornata

Geranium clarkei

Geranium dalmaticum

Geranium endressii

Geranium macrorrhizum

Geranium renardii

Geranium subcaulescens

Geranium sylvaticum

Geranium wallichianum

Gillenia trifoliata

Gladiolus communis

Gladiolus murielae

Globularia

Globularia cordifolia

Grevillea robusta

Gunnera manicata

Guzmania

Guzmania lingulata

Gymnocalycium

Gymnocalycium quehlianum

Gypsophila paniculata

Gypsophila repens

Hacquetia epipactis

Haemanthus albiflos

Halesia carolina

Halimium lasianthum

Halimium ocymoides

Hamamelis × intermedia

Hamamelis mollis

Hardenbergia violacea

Haworthia reinwardtii

Haworthia venosa

Hebe albicans

Hedera helix

Hedychium

Helianthemum

Helichrysum petiolare

Helictotrichon

Helictotrichon sempervirens

Heliopsis

Heliopsis helianthoides

Helleborus argutifolius

Helleborus lividus

Hesperantha

Hippophae rhamnoides

Hoheria

Hoheria sexstylosa

Holly

Hunnemannia

Hydrangea aspera

Hydrangea involucrata

Hydrangea macrophylla

Hydrangea paniculata

Hydrangea serrata

Hylotelephium spectabile

Hymenocallis

Hypericum forrestii

Hypericum olympicum

Iberis

Iberis sempervirens

Ilex aquifolium

Indigofera heterantha

Inula magnifica

Ipomoea indica

Iris aucheri

Iris bucharica

Iris cycloglossa

Iris delavayi

Iris fosteriana

Iris graeberiana

Iris lazica

Iris lutescens

Iris magnifica

Iris reticulata

Iris sibirica

Iris unguicularis

Iris warleyensis

Itea ilicifolia

Jasminum humile

Jasminum mesnyi

Jasminum nudiflorum

Jasminum officinale

Justicia

Justicia rizzinii

Kalanchoe marmorata

Kalanchoe pumila

Kirengeshoma

Kirengeshoma palmata

Lachenalia aloides

Lachenalia bulbifera

Lachenalia contaminata

Lagurus ovatus

Lamium maculatum

Lamprocapnos

Lathyrus vernus

Lavandula angustifolia

Lavandula dentata

Lavandula stoechas

Lavatera trimestris

Leucanthemella

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Lewisia cotyledon

Libertia grandiflora

Ligularia

Ligularia dentata

Ligustrum lucidum

Ligustrum ovalifolium

Lilium auratum

Lilium grayi

Lilium hansonii

Lilium martagon

Lilium medeoloides

Lilium oxypetalum

Lilium tsingtauense

Lilium wallichianum

Lindera obtusiloba

Linum flavum

List of Award of Garden Merit clematis

List of Award of Garden Merit dahlias

List of Award of Garden Merit flowering cherries

List of Award of Garden Merit magnolias

List of Award of Garden Merit rhododendrons

List of Award of Garden Merit tulips

List of Ethiopian dishes and foods

List of Symphyotrichum species

Lithodora

Lithodora diffusa

Lithodora oleifolia

Lithops karasmontana

Lobelia erinus

Lobularia (plant)

Lonicera caprifolium

Lonicera sempervirens

Luculia

Luma apiculata

Lychnis flos-jovis

Lysichiton americanus

Lysichiton camtschatcensis

Lysimachia ciliata

Lysimachia nummularia

Lythrum

Macleaya

Macleaya cordata

Macleaya microcarpa

Mahonia japonica

Maianthemum

Maianthemum racemosum

Malus hupehensis

Malus transitoria

Malus tschonoskii

Mammillaria bombycina

Mammillaria carmenae

Mammillaria elongata

Mammillaria geminispina

Mammillaria hahniana

Mammillaria plumosa

Maranta (genus)

Maranta leuconeura

Matthiola incana

Melianthus

Melianthus major

Molinia

Molinia caerulea

Morus nigra

Musa ornata

Myosotis sylvatica

Narcissus bulbocodium

Narcissus cyclamineus

Narcissus jonquilla

Native American ethnobotany

Nemesia (plant)

Nemesia caerulea

Neoregelia

Neoregelia spectabilis

Nepeta × faassenii

Nepeta racemosa

Nerine

Nerine bowdenii

Nyssa sinensis

Oenothera fruticosa

Omphalodes

Omphalodes cappadocica

Onoclea

Ophiopogon

Ophiopogon planiscapus

Origanum

Origanum amanum

Origanum laevigatum

Origanum rotundifolium

Ornithogalum candicans

Ornithogalum nutans

Oscularia

Oscularia deltoides

Osmunda regalis

Oxypetalum coeruleum

Pachysandra

Pachystachys

Paeonia lactiflora

Paeonia officinalis

Paeonia peregrina

Papaver commutatum

Paradisea

Parodia

Parodia magnifica

Parodia scopa

Parthenocissus

Parthenocissus henryana

Passiflora alata

Passiflora racemosa

Pavetta

Peperomia caperata

Peperomia obtusifolia

Persicaria affinis

Persicaria amplexicaulis

Philadelphus × purpureomaculatus

Philadelphus coronarius

Philadelphus delavayi

Philadelphus mexicanus

Philodendron erubescens

Philodendron hederaceum

Phlomis chrysophylla

Phlomis fruticosa

Phlox carolina

Phlox divaricata

Phlox drummondii

Phlox paniculata

Phlox subulata

Phoenix roebelenii

Phormium tenax

Phygelius

Phygelius aequalis

Phygelius capensis

Phyllosasa

Physoplexis

Physostegia

Pilea

Pilea cadierei

Pilea peperomioides

Pileostegia

Pileostegia viburnoides

Pittosporum eugenioides

Pittosporum tobira

Platycerium bifurcatum

Platycodon

Plectranthus argentatus

Plectranthus scutellarioides

Pleione formosana

Pleione limprichtii

Pleiospilos

Pleiospilos bolusii

Pleiospilos nelii

Plerandra elegantissima

Plumbago auriculata

Plumbago indica

Polygala calcarea

Polygonatum multiflorum

Polygonatum odoratum

Polypodium cambricum

Primula allionii

Primula auricula

Primula bulleyana

Primula denticulata

Primula elatior

Primula florindae

Primula japonica

Primula marginata

Primula obconica

Primula pulverulenta

Privet as an invasive plant

Prostanthera

Prostanthera cuneata

Prostanthera rotundifolia

Pteris cretica

Pterostyrax hispidus

Pulmonaria angustifolia

Pulmonaria saccharata

Pulsatilla alpina

Pulsatilla vernalis

Pyracantha rogersiana

Ramonda (plant)

Ramonda myconi

Ranunculus aconitifolius

Ranunculus calandrinioides

Rehmannia elata

Rhaphiolepis umbellata

Rhodanthemum

Rhodanthemum hosmariense

Rhus typhina

Ribes sanguineum

Rodgersia aesculifolia

Rodgersia pinnata

Rosa banksiae

Rosa gallica

Rubus cockburnianus

Rudbeckia laciniata

Ruellia makoyana

Salix acutifolia

Salix eleagnos

Salix lanata

Salix reticulata

Sambucus nigra

Santolina

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Santolina rosmarinifolia

Saponaria ocymoides

Sarcococca

Sarcococca confusa

Scabiosa caucasica

Schefflera actinophylla

Scilla siberica

Scindapsus pictus

Sedum cauticola

Sedum morganianum

Sedum sieboldii

Sedum spathulifolium

Semiarundinaria fastuosa

Sempervivum arachnoideum

Sempervivum tectorum

Senecio macroglossus

Sidalcea

Silene coronaria

Silene schafta

Silphium perfoliatum

Sisyrinchium striatum

Skimmia japonica

Solanum crispum

Sorbus reducta

Sorbus thibetica

Sorbus vilmorinii

Sparrmannia africana

Spartium

Spiraea nipponica

Stachyurus

Stapelia gigantea

Stephanotis floribunda

Stewartia sinensis

Strongylodon macrobotrys

Styrax hemsleyanus

Sweet pea

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Syringa emodi

Syringa oblata

Syringa oblata subsp. dilatata

Syringa pubescens

Syringa vulgaris

Tamarix tetrandra

Tecoma capensis

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium

Thalictrum delavayi

Thalictrum flavum

Thunbergia grandiflora

Thymus praecox

Thymus pulegioides

Thymus vulgaris

Tibouchina urvilleana

Tillandsia cyanea

Trachelium caeruleum

Trachelospermum

Trachelospermum asiaticum

Trevor Jack Cole

Trillium luteum

Trollius

Tulbaghia violacea

Tulip

Tulipa linifolia

Umbilicus oppositifolius

Uvularia grandiflora

Veltheimia capensis

Veratrum

Verbascum dumulosum

Verbena rigida

Vestia foetida

Viburnum × burkwoodii

Viburnum × carlcephalum

Viburnum carlesii

Viburnum cinnamomifolium

Viburnum davidii

Viburnum farreri

Viburnum opulus

Viburnum tinus

Woodwardia radicans

Yucca flaccida

Yucca gloriosa

Ziziphora capitata

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