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SWEET PEAS Graham Rice

SWEET PEAS By Graham Rice

SWEET PEAS by Graham Rice

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Summary

This authoritative guide to one of the most popular and evocative of summer flowers includes: a history of sweet peas; classification; descriptions of all available varieties; growing and breeding sweet peas; problems; fragrance; and exhibiting sweet peas.

SWEET PEAS Summary

SWEET PEAS by Graham Rice

The sweet pea is one of the most popular and evocative of summer flowers, loved for its unsurpassed fragrance, range of colours and ease of cultivation. Authoritative and inspiring, The Sweet Pea Book covers: History of sweet peas; Classification; Descriptions of all available varieties; Raising sweet peas; Growing and breeding sweet peas; Problems with sweet peas (peasts and diseases); Fragrance; Sweet peas in the garden; Sweet peas in the house (cut flowers); Exhibiting sweet peas; Sweet peas in the United States; Sweet peas in Australia; Illustrated in colour throughout by studio plates, plant portraits and plant association pictures by the author and the award-winning American garden photographer Judy White.

SWEET PEAS Reviews

Sweetpeas. Redolent of English country gardens, full of scent and synonymous of summer, these attractive, easy-to-grow plants can be found in most gardens during the summer months, enchanting the beholder with their beauty and aroma. Easy to grow, if looked after well they will reward the grower a hundredfold, providing vases of cut flowers as well as a vibrant outdoor display. Graham Rice, an expert on annuals, gives a concise account of their history, hybridization, uses and cultivation. From whether to sow in the autumn or spring to chipping the seeds; from growing in beds and borders to growing in containers. He gives his in-depth knowledge in an easy to understand language to ensure gardeners both amateur and veteran benefit from his advice. An A-Z directory of varieties accompanied by the attractive photographs of Judy White gives an insight into the myriad of colours now available - bi-colours, striped, speckled or plain together with a fragrance rating as many, due to over-hybridization, have lost that most enchanting of assets. An informative reference work from an acknowledged expert, this is a valuable addition to any gardener's bookcase and, for connoisseurs of the genus Lathyrus, a must. - Lucy Watson

About Graham Rice

Graham Rice is the gardening correspondent for the London Evening Standard and a world authority on annuals of all kinds. He is the author of 15 books, including the award-winning Hardy Perennials. He writes regularly for BBC Gardeners' World and other magazines and sits on a number of Royal Horticultural Society committees. He also judges the flower trials at Wisley for the Royal Horticultural Society.

Table of Contents

From the wild to our gardens; fragrance; in the garden; dwarf sweet peas; sweet peas in containers; classification of sweet peas; the sweet peas: descriptions; wild annual Lathyrus; raising sweet peas from seed; care and culture of sweet peas; creating new sweet peas; solving sweet pea problems; in the house; the basics of exhibiting; sweet peas in the United States; awards to sweet peas; where to buy sweet pea seeds.

Additional information

GOR002554418
9780713487374
0713487372
SWEET PEAS by Graham Rice
Graham Rice
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pavilion Books
2002-07-31
144
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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