Dimensions
215 x 280 x 24mm
Snowdrops are one of the best loved, most popular and widely grown of all bulbous plants. A Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops celebrates their beauty and magical annual resurrection, and describes the twenty known species and more than fifteen hundred named snowdrops that are available to gardeners. This detailed book looks at every aspect of snowdrops. It discovers their history, celebrates their beauty in different settings, advices on their cultivation, follows their appearance in literature and mythology, suggests their medicinal qualities, and much more besides. The book is completed with a comprehensive directory of names, descriptions and illustrations of hundreds of snowdrops. AUTHOR: Freda Cox is an established artist and writer with a passion for plants and gardens. Well known for botanical paintings, she regularly contributes to numerous publications. She was for many years UK branch head of the Mediterranean Garden Society. From childhood, snowdrops have always been a favourite flower and it was their beauty and fascination that inspired this book. A commited galanthophile with a modest collection of snowdrops, her main love is seeing massive colonies naturalised in the wild. ILLUSTRATIONS: 750 colour 195 colour photographs
