Vegetables: Over 650 Vegetables in Superb Colour

by Roger Phillips, Martyn E. Rix

In addition to detailed coverage of more than 650 types of vegetables from around the world, all of which can be grown in the U.S., this primer on vegetables and vegetable gardening gives descriptions of the important vegetable families, tips on culitvation, lists of seed suppliers, and more. Over 1,000 color photos. Index.

Genres: Gardening

270 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 1993

About the author

In 1975 Roger Phillips began his life’s major work of photographing and publishing pictures of the World’s garden plants. Using modern photographic techniques, Roger set out to develop an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses and annuals. His first book Wild Flowers of Britain was a huge success, selling 400,000 copies in the first year. He has since written 20 additional volumes (often with his co-author Martyn Rix) selling over 4.5million copies worldwide.

Roger has written and presented two major six-part TV series on gardening (BBC & Channel 4). Famed for his ebullient personality and garish red glasses, he has become a well-recognised figure in the world of gardening.

Roger trained at Chelsea School of Art from where he entered a career in advertising culminating in the position of art director at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising. He left O&M to start a career as a freelance photographer, winning many awards before turning his photographic talents to the world of natural history.

Reviews

[Stgertrude · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has loads of information on the history and description of over 650 vegetables and their varieties from around the world with good quality photographs from Roger Philips (who is the second author of the book). I find this book fascinating with so many varieties available on Earth. What we take for weeds in our garden is edible in other part of the world! However, this book is not a guide how to grow the vegetables and does not include cereals and fruits.