Stirling Macoboy is een gevierd auteur en fotograaf wiens expertise hem heeft gevestigd als de bestverkopende auteur van tuinboeken in Australië. Zijn diepgaande kennis en passie voor tuinieren schijnen door in zijn schrijven en bieden lezers onschatbare inzichten. Macoboy heeft ook zijn inzichten op het gebied van tuinieren bijgedragen als redacteur of schrijver voor diverse prominente tijdschriften, waardoor zijn invloed op dit gebied verder is versterkt.
Hardy camellias reward the gardener with striking and profuse blooms at a time of year when the rest of the garden sleeps. This encyclopedia is the definitive guide to these beautiful and varied flowering plants.
This book features an array of magnificent trees from the new world, along with notes on their cultivation and habits. It includes a detailed index listing over 1200 species, with their botanical and popular names, origin and climatic requirements, descriptions of foliage, flowers, fruit, and other notable features, as well as information on size, growing habits, and the uses of their various parts. This is a comprehensive resource for tree lovers, travelers, and home gardeners, helping them identify the trees they see and choose those they wish to have around them.
This definitive encyclopedia has long been considered the "bible" of temperate-climate gardeners and is one of the world's most popular book on flowers. Revised with over 100 new entries, the ever-popular old-time plants are still here as well as the exotic and often strikingly beautiful flowers from all over the world. This accessible and easy-to-use guide is a must for any generation of gardener, young or old, novice or expert.