Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)24.00
Add To Basket 

Armitage, Allan -  Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials & Half Hardy Perennials
245 genera are cover in the distinguished author’s personal style, giving not jus the facts of the plants – description, cultivation, propagation etc but also the authors personal views on them. A classic on these plants. 2001 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 539 pages plus 64 pages of colour photos
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £29.99), New
Price: £(GBP)18.50
Add To Basket 

Armitage, Allan -  Armitage's Garden Annuals
The knowledgeable author has selected the annuals which he considers the best for gardens, and gives his own style of commentary of them in an A-Z colour Encyclopedia. 2004 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 368 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £35), 
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Armitage, Allan -  Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens
An A-Z encyclopedia of suitable and available plants, written in an easy style but still with all the information you’d need about cultivation, appearance and size etc, well illustrated with many colour photos. 2006 10 ½ x 7 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: Fold across back of dust wrapper and minor wear (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)17.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: Very minor wear to the dust cover. (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Armitage, Allan -  Armitage's Garden Perennials - a Colour Encyclopedia
An attractive A-Z of the recommended plants by this well known academic but also practical gardener, well illustrated with colour photos. 2000 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 323 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Atkins (Ed) -  Plant Profiles - Gardens Illustrated
To celebrate 10 years of “Gardens Illustrated”, this book republishes 25 of the plant profiles by many eminent gardeners, such as Beth Chatto on Fritillaries and Sedums, Brian Matthew on Cyclamen and Lilies, Jim Jermyn on Gentians and Primulas, and many more. Very well illustrated. 11 ¼ x 10 ¼ 2003 240 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Austin, Claire -  1001 Perennials
A really useful A-Z encyclopaedia from a well known and regarded nurserywoman which illustrates, as it says on the cover, 1001 varieties of attractive, available and easy to grow perennials with a good colour photo, supplemented with brief descriptions. Not so large to be cumbersome, this is used by some nurserypeople to show customers what their potential purchases look like, even if it isn’t the exact same cultivar. 2000 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ 187 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £15.99), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Beckett -  Climbing Plants
Covers a fascinating range of the usual and less common, with plenty of useful information. 178 pages plus 8 pages of colour photos. 1983 9 ½ x 6 ¼
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)8.00
Add To Basket 

Bedoyere, Charlotte -  Starting Out with Native Plants
First considers how to best grow these plants before going through the main candidates, all well illustrated with colour photos. 2007 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 128 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: ,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Bennett, Jennifer -  Dryland Gardening
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Very slight wear to cover (RRP £16.95), New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Bird -  Hardy Perennials
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Bloom, Adrian -  Adrian Bloom's Year-Round Garden
How to achieve year round interest in a garden is explained by one of Horticulture’s best known and expert nursery and plantsman, all well illustrated with many colour photos and plans. 1998 10 ¾ x 9 ¼ 287 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £24.99), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Bonine, Paul -  Black plants
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: ,  (RRP £8.99), New
Price: £(GBP)6.50
Add To Basket 

Brickell -  Garden Plants
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)8.00
Add To Basket 

Buchan & Colborn -  The Classic Horticulturalist
.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Buffin, Michael -  Winter-Flowering Shrubs
How to extend the season of interest in the Garden is covered with the widest range of plants, written by an author with much experience in this area including the winter garden at the Hillier Arboretum. In spite of the title, stem, bark, plant form etc are also covered. 2005 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ 232 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very slight wear to dust cover (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Chatto -  Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden
The story of this well known plantperson’s experience of making a garden to withstand drought in the UK, well illustrated with colour photos. 192 pages 2000 10 x 8
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)18.50
Add To Basket 

Christopher & Wooster -  Late Summer Flowers
Written by a British nurserywoman who has specialised in late flowing perennials, or how to get extended or late flowering from those which otherwise wouldn’t flower at this time of year, this book both describes how to do it along with a wide selection of suggested plants to use. 2006 10 x 7 ¾ 208 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: ,  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Church, Glyn -  Trees and Shrubs for Flowers
104 genera are covered detailing 425 species and cultivars, all well illustrated with 250 colour photos, show the wide range of visual displays available. 2002 11 ½ x 9 ¼ 159 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Slight wear to cover,  (RRP £14.95), New
Price: £(GBP)9.00
Add To Basket 

Church, Glyn -  Trees and Shrubs for Fragrance
95 genera are covered detailing 405 species, all well illustrated with 220 colour photos, making this a fascinating selection of scented woody plants. 2002 11 ½ x 9 ¼ 160 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Slight wear to cover,  (RRP £14.95), New
Price: £(GBP)9.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £14.95), New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Clarke, Ethne -  The Garden in Autumn
An enthusiastic book about this time of year, not just leaves changing colour and berries but also flowers and grasses, all well illustrated with many colour photos. 1999 10 ½ x 9 ¼ 168 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Conder, Susan -  Variegated Plants
After an introduction to their background and usage, the plants are then considered by type(perennials, grasses etc), all well illustrated with colour photos. 1994 Timber Press 9 ¾ x 10 191 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £17.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Cooke -  Plantfinder's Guide to Tender Perennials
A definitive book on the subject written by a person well experienced in the types of plants (and a founder of the Half Hardy Group), and in addition to the A-Z of the plants around which it is arranged, there are also planting schemes for different locations and effects, as well as propagation and cultivation. 192 pages 1998 10 ½ x 7 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Cooke, Ian -  Grasses and Bamboos
A practical guide with the emphasis on using these plants with others to make a harmonious vista, and all the basics are covered as well. Well illustrated in colour and written by a well known UK horticulturalist and nurseryman. 2005 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 96 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , 1 inch tear and wear to dust jacket (RRP £12.99), New
Price: £(GBP)6.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very minor wear to the dust jacket (RRP £12.99), New
Price: £(GBP)8.00
Add To Basket 

Dakers -  Greenhouse Plants in Colour
The illustrations are appealing, and the text quite informative. 128 pages including 32 pages of colour paintings of the plants. 1962 9 ½ x 6 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: No DW, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
Add To Basket 

Dirr, Michael -  Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates - an illustrated encyclopedia
Written for USDA Zones 7 to 11 – so it just includes the warmer parts of the UK – this is a good book to provide both information – written in the knowledgeable authors personal style - and many illustrations of a large number of suggested plants. 2002 11 ¼ x 8 ½ 446 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: ,  (RRP £52.5), New
Price: £(GBP)35.00
Add To Basket 

Dirr, Michael -  Dirr's Hardy Trees ansd Shrubs - An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Written by a well known American Horticulture expert, this book is primarily a marvellously illustrated volume of a very wide range of plants, both familiar and the less usual and also gives the basic information on cultivation and uses. 1997 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 493 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Some wear to the dust jacket (RRP £52.5), Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight bump and catch to dust wrapper (RRP £52.5), New
Price: £(GBP)30.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £52.5), New
Price: £(GBP)35.00
Add To Basket 

DiSabato-Aust, Tracy -  The Well-Tended Perennial Garden
Although the larger part of the book is an A-Z of the plants the author recommends, almost half is a “how to do it” guide, all well illustrated with colour photos. The original edition of this best selling title. 1998 10 ¾ x 7 ½ 269 pages plus 64 pages of colour photos
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight wear to dust wrapper (RRP £22.5), New
Price: £(GBP)14.00
Add To Basket 

DiSabato-Aust, Tracy -  50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: ,  (RRP £9.99), New
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

DiSabato-Aust, Tracy -  The Well-Tended Perennial Garden - Expanded Edition
Although the larger part of the book is an A-Z of the plants the author recommends, almost half is a “how to do it” guide, all well illustrated with colour photos. This is the expanded edition of this best selling title. 2006 10 ¾ x 7 ½ 383 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight wear to the dust wrapper (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very slight wear to the dust wrapper (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Ellison -  Garden Plants of the World (Cultivated Plants of the World in hardback)
A sumptuously illustrated Australian produced book of trees, shrubs and climbers from across the world, with only a little text. 598 pages profusely illustrated with more than 3000 extremely well reproduced colour photos. 1995 11 ¼ x 9 ½
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Garden club of America -  Plants that Merit Attention Vol 1 Trees
Describes 143 species, with a page of description plus a page of good colour photos, with an American slant. 1984 11 ¼ x 8 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £45), New
Price: £(GBP)30.00
Add To Basket 

Gardener's World -  Flower of the Moment
From the Gardener’s World team, this is a month by month guide to the best 100 flowers, each illustrated with a good size and quality colour photo along with plenty of information on each. 144 pages 2001 BBC 11 ¼ x 10 ¼
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £18.99), New
Price: £(GBP)9.50
Add To Basket 

Gardner & Bussolini -  Elegant Silvers - Striking Plants for Every Garden
Silver leaved plants add an extra dimension, and the silver effect is often an adaption to some special environment. The authors take us through their introduction and historical uses, the different ways the silver effect is produced and the benefit they give the plants in their natural habitat and thereby their uses in cultivation and how to best use them in the garden for effect and success. The main part of the book takes us through the plants the authors suggest we might try, and their specific characteristics and cultivation requirements, all well illustrated with many colour photos. 2005 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 311 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Gardner, Jo Ann -  Herbs in Bloom
This book tells the authors approach to getting the best of both worlds from herbs, both for their culinary value and decoration. Well illustrated with many colour photos, 80 herbs are covered with detail of use, propagation, history etc. 394 pages 6 ¼ x 9 ¼ Timber Press 1998
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Geneve, Robert -  A Book of Blue Flowers
Blue is a less common hue in flowers, and this book considers not only what is blueness and how it is affected by environment etc, but also considers it uses in the garden and then goes through an A – Z of the plants giving much information on species, propagation etc. 327 pages 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ Timber Press 2000
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: ,  (RRP £17.99), New
Price: £(GBP)9.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Slight wear to the cover (RRP £17.99), New
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Gerritsen & Piet Oudolf -  Dream Plants for the Natural Garden
The plants used by this horticultural innovator, with descriptions of each specie and many of them illustrated 10 ¾ x 9 ½ 1999 Frances Lincoln 144 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Graf -  Tropica
.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight tears to the dust jacket, but otherwise very good., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Graham -  Tropical Wild Flowers
Numerous species are described. 200 pages including 8 pages of colour illustrations and numerous sketches. 1963 7 ½ x 5
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

Greig, Denise -  Ornamental Foliage Plants for Your Garden
We can easily overlook the wonderful range of foliage available, and this book reminds us of what we can miss. Over 1500 plants are covered, with more than 700 illustrated with a good colour photo, arranged alphabetically, and covers all types from hardy through to conservatory. 2004 11 ¼ x 8 ½ 400 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £29.99), New
Price: £(GBP)17.50
Add To Basket 

Grey-Wilson & Matthews -  Gardening with Climbers
After an introduction to the use of climber generally, the book then divides them into categories for descriptions and usage, all well illustrated with colour photos. 10 ¾ x 9 ¼ 160 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £19.99), New
Price: £(GBP)14.00
Add To Basket 

Guillaumin, A. -  Les Fleurs de Jardins
A charming set of 4 volumes, in French, which each start with various general gardening subjects, and followed by 64 colour plates in each volume of attractive paintings illustrating a plant which is described on the opposite page. 1929 – 1936 6 ¼ x 4 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Unusual as a complete set of four books. No DW (as issued?) and only a couple of minor marks on the back cover of volume 4, otherwise very good., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)75.00
Add To Basket 

Hay & Synge -  Colour Dictionary of Garden Plants
.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Heywood & Chant -  Popular Encyclopaedia of Plants
A more popular approach which nonetheless has a great deal of good information presented in an A – Z format of plant genera, common names and other plant topics. 368 pages with numerous colour illustrations. 1982 11 ¼ x 8 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Hill, Lewis & Nancy -  Flower Gardener's Bible
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: ,  (RRP £17.99), New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Hillier -  The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs
Almost entirely an A - Z of details of species and cultivars, with brief other information such a lists of plants with certain characteristics. 576 pages plus 16 pages of photos. 8 ½ x 6
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: 2002 new edition with 512 pages and no illustrations (2007 printing),  (RRP £19.99), New
Price: £(GBP)13.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: 2002 new edition with 512 pages and no illustrations (2007 printing), Dirty end to base of pages (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)8.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: 2002 larger format (9 ½ x 7) edition with 512 pages and no illustrations, Slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £19.99), New
Price: £(GBP)13.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , 4th edition 1977, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)9.00
Add To Basket 

Hohn -  Curiosities of the Plant Kingdom
Another fascinating tour around the plant kingdom, with 196 good photos, with about 25% in colour. 212 pages 1980 11 ¾ x 9 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

Hudak, Joseph -  Gardening with Perennials Month by Month
The second revised and expanded edition of this book takes a month by month approach from March through to September to the plants he recommends. The author is a well known US landscape architect and horticulturist. 10 ½ x 7 ½ Timber Press 1993 327 pages plus 108 pages of colour photos.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £45), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Jefferson-Brown -  Ramblers, Scramblers and Twiners
In addition to covering a wide range of plants in these categories, he also covers the practical aspects of growing these plants. 256 pages 1999 11 ¼ x 8 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Jelitto & Schacht -  Hardy Herbaceous Perennials
The two volume third edition English translation from THE name in hardy plant development and promotion. Well illustrated with 690 colour photos and 352 B&W, more than 800 genera are covered describing 4,200 species and 3.600 cultivars. Wonderful books, and each volume of a weight to make their use comfortable! 721 pages 1990 11 ¼ x 8 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £90), New
Price: £(GBP)50.00
Add To Basket 

Jones & Foote -  Gardening with Native Wild Flowers
Covers using native plants from Eastern to Mid-Western USA, many of which are much in fashion these days such as trilliums. Well illustrated with colour photos and providing both cultivation and plant details. 9 x 6 1990 Timber Press 195 pages plus 48 pages of colour photos
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)8.00
Add To Basket 

Jones & Sacamano -  Landscape Plants for Dry Regions
The book packs in more than 600 species from around the world of all types and provides descriptions and cultivation advice, with over 1200 colour illustrations. 2000 11 ¼ x 9 366 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slightly bumped, New
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Joyce, David -  Best Flowers to Grow and Cut
250 good colour photos take us through this personal selection of plants by a well know plantsman. 2004 10 ¾ x 9 ¼ 176 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Kelly -  The National Plant Collection
.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Kelly ed, John -  Hillier - The Gardener's Guide to Trees & Shrubs
An attractive A-Z of Trees and Shrubs, covering over 4000 types and illustrated with over 3000 colour photos makes this most comprehensive guide to temperate Trees & Shrubs published. 1995 11 ¼ X 9 540 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Slight wear to the cover and bulging binding (sounds worse than it looks!) (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)13.50
Add To Basket 

Kingsbury & Whitworth -  Seedheads in the Garden
We have all probably appreciated seedheads on plants in the past, but maybe we haven’t given their attractive appearance serious consideration for extending both the season of interest and the breadth of images. This well known UK author takes us through what is available and possible, well illustrated with many good colour photos, many large format. 2006 10 ¾ x 9 ¼ 144 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very minor dust jacket wear (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Kingsbury, Noel -  The New Perennial Garden
The plants suitable for several types of habitat are covered, with propagation, cultivation and planting techniques, all designed to give a harmonious whole for as long a season as possible, and sympathy with the environment. 9 ¾ x 9 ¾ 1996 Frances Lincoln 160 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Klein, Carol -  Plant Personalities
What else would you expect from the author other than plants that stand out! And they are arranged by such categories as “Bread and butter”, “Seductive sophisticates” etc and all well illustrated. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed! 2004 10 ½ x 8 176 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Lane -  Cottage Garden Favourites
A guide to growing annuals to give the cottage garden feel, with a general introduction followed by an A-Z of the suitable plants, written by a founder member of the Cottage Garden Society. 160 pages 1997 10 ¼ x 7 ½
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: 2004 printing,  (RRP £12.99), New
Price: £(GBP)9.00
Add To Basket 

Latymer, Hugo -  The Mediterranean Gardener
Combines design, practical considerations and suitable plants for those who have hot dry summers and mild winters – maybe the UK of the future? All well illustrated. 10 ¼ x 7 ½ 1990 Frances Lincoln 160 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)11.50
Add To Basket 

Lawson, Andrew -  Plants for all Seasons
All the plants featured have an extended period of interest by one means or another, and are well described and illustrated by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic writer and photographer. 8 ¾ x 8 ¾ 1992 Frances Lincoln 168 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £10.99), New
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

Lawton, Barbara Perry -  Mints - A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals
It can be surprising to think what is in the mint family – Lavender, Salvias, Rosemary and Thyme may immediately come to mind - but there is a much wider range of plants suitable for the garden that are covered here. The usual good mixture of history, cultivation and an A-Z of the most garden worthy genera and species. 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 2002 Timber Press 239 pages plus 32 pages of colour photos
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £19.99), New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Levy-Yamamori & Taaffe -  Garden Plants of Japan
Several thousand species and cultivars are described, with over 775 colour illustrations along with information on their uses, etc. 2004 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 440 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , 1 1/2 inch tear and wear to dust jacket (RRP £45), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Leyhe -  Grasses & Ferns
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , , New
Price: £(GBP)4.00
Add To Basket 

Lloyd -  Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers
The distillation of this renowned writers plant experiences, presented in an A-Z format, and well illustrated with 69 pages of colour photos. 10 x 7 ½ 2000 384 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £30), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Lloyd, Christopher -  Colour for Adventurous Gardeners
In this book this veteran popular writer encourages us to look at the use of colour in the garden in different ways, and not to just follow the old rules. Very well illustrated with colour photos. 11 x 8 2001 192 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)16.00
Add To Basket 

Lloyd, Christopher -  Foliage Plants
The book from this renowned master looks at the different plants that can be used, and the ways to use them, well illustrated with B&W and colour photos. 1973 8 ¾ x 5 ½ 224 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Lloyd, Christopher -  Gardening Year
A stroll through the garden calendar with this most respected of garden writers, well illustrated with colour photos of his garden. 9 ½ x 7 ½ 1999 Frances Lincoln 224 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £16.99), New
Price: £(GBP)13.00
Add To Basket 

Lord & Lawson, . -  The Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations
Gives many suggestions for what plant goes well with others in an encyclopedia format, with many colour illustrations. 2002 11 ¾ x 9 ¼ 416 pages
 
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
Comments: 2008 revised and expanded edition with 464 pages,  (RRP £30), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Lotschert & Beese -  Collins Photo Guide: Tropical plants
325 species are covered with quite a good description for the size of the book, and 274 colour photos. 7 ¾ x 5 256 pages 1983
 
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
Comments: , Internally the book has split into two, but is held firmly together by the cover. Frustrating as otherwise the book is in particularily good condition!, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Lys de Bray -  Borders
Illustrated with 10 full page reproductions of her paintings plus many colour photos, this is an interesting and useful guide, with A-Z and time of year presentation. 10 ¼ x 8 1987 176 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £14.95), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

MacKenzie, David -  Perennial Ground Covers
Some ground cover plants have become over familiar from their widespread use whilst many others have been overlooked. This book from a nurseryman who specialises in them gives good guidance on the types of plants which could be used and the various ways, and follows up with an A-Z of his recommended plants. 1997. 11 x 8 ½ 379 pages plus 72 pages of colour photos.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: ,  (RRP £22.5), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Slight wear to cover (RRP £22.5), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Martin, Tovah -  Heirloom Flowers
Gives the background to the old varieties that have been grown, and gives details of over 100 of them, well illustrated with colour photos. 1999 9 ¾ x 7 ½ 192 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)7.00
Add To Basket 

Moggi & Guignolini -  MacDonald Encyclopaedia of Flowers for Balcony & Garden
Mainly a colour plant dictionary, with 369 plants illustrated by colour photos along with descriptions. 511 pages 1982 7 ½ x 4
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)6.50
Add To Basket 

Nicholson & Wallis -  Illustrated (Oxford) Book of Garden Flowers
Numerous colour plates, along with helpful descriptive information. 206 pages 1979 9 ¾ x 7
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

Nicholson & Wallis etc -  (Oxford) Illustrated Book of Food Plants
Numerous colour plates, along with fascinating descriptive information on both the familiar and the not so. Ever wanted to know where nutmeg came from, or wormwood then this will tell you. 206 pages 1969 9 ¾ x 7
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Very good condition for its age, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Nijhuis -  1001 Container Plants
This is primarily a picture book illustrating with colour photos plants suitable for containers in the house, patio or conservatory. Brief cultivation information. 143 pages. 2001 12 x 8 ½
 
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
Comments:  (RRP £17.99), New
Price: £(GBP)9.00
Add To Basket 

Pavord, Anna -  Plant Partners
Sixty of her favourite plants are selected, to which she adds what she sees as the best partners for them, either to go with them when they flower, or to complement them over the rest of the year. Well illustrated throughout. 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 2001 240 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £16.99), New
Price: £(GBP)13.50
Add To Basket 

Perry -  MacDonald Encyclopaedia of Plants & Flowers
Mainly a colour plant dictionary, with 522 plants illustrated by colour photos along with descriptions. 537 pages 1971 7 ½ x 4
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)6.00
Add To Basket 

Phillips and Rix -  Perennials vol 1 & 2
The well known volumes, superbly illustrated and with plenty of information based on knowledge. 1991 11 ½ x 8 ½ 492 pages total
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: For the two volumes, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)14.00
Add To Basket 

Pienaar -  The South African "What Flower is That?"
.
 
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
Comments: , , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Pizzetti & Cocker -  Flowers - A Guide for your Garden
A comprehensive two volumes, where over 300 genera are covered in quite a great amount of detail and the 297 colour plates are taken from eighteenth and nineteen century botanical journals and are reproduced to a high quality. 1968 9 ¾ x 7 1477 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Reader's Digest -  New Gardening Year
.
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: ,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

RHS -  RHS A-Z Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants - Two volume edition in a slip case
The well known comprehensive guide to garden plants, and now helpfully in two volume format in a slip case, which actually makes it practical to use. A super Christmas Present for someone you would like to encourage in to the plant world with many colour photos and good cultivation, propagation and descriptive information. 1996 11 ½ x 9 1080 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: 2003 revised edition with 1128 pages,  (RRP £55), New
Price: £(GBP)35.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: Two volume boxed set,  (RRP £55), New
Price: £(GBP)30.00
Add To Basket 

RHS -  Dictionary of Gardening
.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: 5 volumes including supplement, No dust jacket, and moderately worn, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)30.00
Add To Basket 

Rice -  Hardy Perennials
An authorative account of these plants from an accomplished plantsman. 198 pages plus 24 pages of colour photos. 1995 Timber Press 9 ¾ x 7 ¼
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Slight wear to cover, New
Price: £(GBP)8.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: (US RRP $27.95), , New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
Add To Basket 

Rice -  Annuals and Bedding Plants
After introductory chapters on growing the plants, the majority of the book is an A - Z of species suitable for growing in this way. 272 pages plus 8 pages of colour photos. 1986 9 ½ x 6 ¼
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Rice -  Discovering Annuals
A personal selection of these plants by this well known writer, well illustrated with colour photos. 192 pages 1999 10 ¼ x 10 ¼
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Rix & Philips -  Perennials
A combined edition of their work originally published in two volumes. 476 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , , New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Robinson -  Hardy Flowers
One of his less commonly encountered books which describes over 1300 species. Fourth edition - ?date between 1883 and 1900 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ 341 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very slight foxing to a few pages, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)17.50
Add To Basket 

Rosenfeld, Richard -  Garden Guides
A series of books which are primarily well illustrated colour photo guides, as Dorling Kindersley always do so well, which provide concise information on the selected plants and exceptional value. 2003 /4 6 ½ x 5 ¼ 320 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Annuals & Biennials,  (RRP £6.99), New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: Garden trees,  (RRP £6.99), New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: Perennials,  (RRP £6.99), New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: Shrubs & Climbers,  (RRP £6.99), New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
Add To Basket 

Schmid, George -  An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials
Shade is something which many of us believe to be a difficult environment in the garden, no doubt due to our limited familiarity with it. There are many types of shady areas, and many types of plants which will do well in each of them. This book considers each type and its implications, and gives details of 1700 species and cultivars from 184 genera which are suitable for them. Written by someone who has devoted much of his life to this aspect of gardens. 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 374 pages plus 116 pages of colour photos
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: ,  (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very minor wear to dust jacket (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Segall -  Botanica
A wide ranging A-Z dictionary of cultivated plants, with quite an emphasis on the more exotic (due to its Australian origins) 1007 pages 1997 12 x 9 ¼
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Some wear/slight tear to dust wrapper (RRP £24.99), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Shaw, Christine -  Architectural Plants
Covers the widest range of plants which provide a focal point, or a strong shape or feature. In addition to the architectural quality, the book provides planting and cultivation requirements, and suggestions as to how to get the best effect. Around 250 individual species are covered, from bamboos and grasses through palms and spiky or succulent plants, to trees and climbers, and each is given a page of description with one or more colour photos. Based on her own experience running a nursery growing these plants. 2005 10 x 7 ¾ 352 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Smith -  Geoffrey Smith's World of Flowers
The book to accompany the BBC series by Geoffrey Smith, with 20 chapters on selected plant types, following their introduction and development in cultivation. A very enjoyable read. 255 pages with numerous colour photos. 1984 11 x 8
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
Add To Basket 

Spence, Ian -  Garden Plants and Flowers
.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Stebbing & Anson -  Colour in the Garden
The revised edition of the book first published in 1936, which describes numerous flowers by colour, and well illustrated with composite colour plates of paintings by Miss Anson. 1947 10 ¼ x 7 ½ 118 pages plus 53 pages of plates, almost all in colour.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , No dust wrapper, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Stuart, David -  Gardening with Antique Plants
A beautifully produced book covering many of the older varieties that can still be beneficially used in modern day gardens, with very good colour photos. 1997 11 x 9 ½ 160 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Sutton, John -  The Plantfinder's Guide to Daisies
Another comprehensive book in this series, which covers an enormous range of plants in the compositae family, such as Senecios, Thistles, Everlasting Flowers and a whole host more, both the expected and the unexpected. Well illustrated as would be expected in this series. 10 ¾ x 8 2001 David & Charles 192 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £22.5), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Taylor, Jane -  Special Plants
The personal selection from this well known author, categorised by habit, and all very well illustrated. 9 ¾ x 10 ¼ 1998 224 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Very slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
Add To Basket 

Taylor, Jane -  Plants for Dry Gardens
Sub titled “Beating the draught”, although recent years haven’t been as dry the droughts may well return, and some of us garden in dry soils or parts of the country, so it is still very relevant. Organised by type of plant, and well illustrated in colour. 10 ¼ x 7 ½ 1993 Frances Lincoln 192 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £18.99), New
Price: £(GBP)14.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments:  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)11.50
Add To Basket 

Thomas, Graham Stuart -  Treasured Perennials
Over 200 plants are covered in this book by a popular author, well illustrated with colour photographs. 169 pages 1999 10 ¼ x 7 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
Add To Basket 

Thomas, Graham Stuart -  The Garden through the Year
Written in his 90’s this is one of the last books this most accomplished of Gardeners and Authors, and is a distillation of his knowledge and experience gained over a lifetime. Well written and illustrated with many colour photos 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ 2002 302 pages.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £29.99), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
Add To Basket 

Tinley, Humphries & Irving -  Colour planning of the Garden
1924 Describes a very wide range of plants by flower colour, illustrated with 50 composite colour plates of paintings and a number of B&W photos. 10 ¾ x 8 288 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight bump and general wear to the cover, and very minor foxing., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Various -  The Hillier Gardener's Guides
A series of attractively produced books, with sound information from some notable authors and plenty of good photos. 9 ¾ x 8
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Plants for Small Spaces by Clive Lane - 192 pages 2005,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: Climbers & Wall Plants by Philippa Bensley - 160 pages 2006,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: The Winter Garden by Jane Sterndale-Bennett - 160 pages 2006,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: Shrubs by Andrew McIndoe - 192 pages 2005,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: Planting for Colour by Susan Chivers - 192 pages 2005,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Cover: Softcover
Comments: Herbaceous Perennials by Andrew McIndoe & Kevin Hobbs - 192 pages 2005,  (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
Add To Basket 

Ward, Bobby -  The Plant Hunter's Garden
.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: ,  (RRP £29.99), New
Price: £(GBP)20.00
Add To Basket 

Wharton, Hine & Justice -  The Jade Garden - New & notable plants from Asia
Written by three staff members of the British Columbia Botanic Garden staff, this is based on the extensive plant exploration by one of them and the experience of growing these plants in the gardens. Divided up in to perennial, shrubs and trees sections, each written by on author, it details a wide range of lesser known but garden worthy plants from this plant rich area of the world, well illustrated with 218 colour photos. Each author 2005 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ 228 pages plus 36 pages of colour photos.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: ,  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)17.50
Add To Basket 

Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Minor wear to the dust jacket (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)16.00
Add To Basket 

Wiley, Keith -  Shade - planting solutions for shady gardens
From the author of “on the Wild Side” comes this book on how he tackles what many people see as a potentially difficult area of the garden. The author starts by considering the various garden locations which can be shady, then how plants cope with shade in nature, before suggesting ways of creating shaded areas for some of the more desirable plants that need it through a directory of recommended plants. Very well illustrated with many colour photos. 2006 11 ¼ x 9 176 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)18.50
Add To Basket