- ISBN13: 9780500283417
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“A stunningly beautiful presentation of flowers and plants native to tropical regions of the world.” —Phoenix Home & Garden
With sections on flowering shrubs and annuals, foliage plants, ornamental trees, ornamental vines and creepers, palms, exotics, water plants, ground covers, ferns, and orchids, Tropical Plants serves as a guide, an aid to identification, and a historical survey. Each segment contains beautifully illustrated photographs of each p… More >>
Tropical Plants for Home and Garden
#1 by Anonymous on April 8, 2010 - 1:34 pm
For someone who lives in a part of the world where tropical plants are something you raise only in a sunny window, this book is a wonderful treat. The photography is exquisite and the text is quite informative. I recommend it highly for anyone who loves the beauty of tropical gardens.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by J. A. Bryan on April 8, 2010 - 4:14 pm
Really a nice quality book. It’s difficult to find books that provide good, clear photos. Wonderful coverage for its size. A real pleasure to just browse through and an excellent tool for identification. Shows not just the common plants but a few of the less known.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Yolanda Gonzalez on April 8, 2010 - 5:35 pm
Great asset for my son who is a gardener!
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Andrew Limsk on April 8, 2010 - 6:55 pm
This book is the companion to ‘The Tropical Garden’ by the same author, and maintains the same high standards.
The book is well-organized with a large selection of some of the best known species of tropical plants. Concise but informative descriptions of each species are provided complete with the scientific and common names. The highlight, however is the superb full-color photographs that accompany every entry. While lacking in hints for the budding gardener, this book provides plenty of inspiration as well as probably the best pictorial summary of the subject matter currently in print.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by Lie^n on April 8, 2010 - 8:02 pm
I found little imagination or “thrills” in the book. Just pictures of plants, mostly closeup. I guess it’s my own fault for wanting to see more “gardens” instead of just single plants. I think the title would have been more appropriate if it just said, “Tropical Plants”, period. The title made you think you would see all of them in garden settings and that was not the majority of the case at all.
Rating: 3 / 5