Product Description

With their heady perfume and stunning visual appeal, lavenders have been prized by gardeners since ancient times. Lavender is a truly comprehensive study that enables the reader to research and identify more than 200 lavender species and varieties. With chapters on cultivation, propagation, pests and diseases, and botanical history, this book is as practical as it is authoritative. More than 200 photos document recent advances in color variation that have resulted from intense breeding; plants now available range from deep purple and lilac to white, cream, pink, and red-violet. With so many hardy and dependable plants to choose from, no lavender enthusiast will want to be without this indispensable book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #836386 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .2 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Review
For lavender enthusiasts, this book serves as an authoritative botanical reference ... a handsome, worthwhile, wellresearched book. Lynn Hunt, Fine Gardening, July/August 2001 (Fine Gardening )

The definitive text on this easytogrow plant. Joel M. Lerner, Washington Post, April 28, 2001 (The Washington Post )

Serious gardeners are certain to value this comprehensive reference. Country Living Gardener, January/February 2001 (Country Living Gardener )

Simon Charlesworth, Gardens Illustrated
"A book that leaves current lavender literature trailing in its wake . . . A veritable feast for lavender lovers."

The American Herb Association, 16:2 2000
"This detailed celebration of lavender is aided by beautiful photography."