Perennials: Volume 2 Late Perennials

by Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix

These 2 handbooks�organized by seasonal flowering periods�feature over 3,000 color photos, as well as practical advice on selection, planting and cultivation. Some 5,000 of the world's favorite flowering plants are depicted.

Genres: Gardening, Horticulture, Reference, Nature

252 pages, Paperback

First published February 7, 1991

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

[Joanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Companion to Volume I, early perennials, this volume presents late blooming perennials in the same format. It rates an extra star because it identified the lovely silver foliage plant that has been merrily returning to Stella year after year (Artemisia stelleriana) which I thought was an annual and didn't record in my garden journal. It also presents many lovely photographs of various Dianthus, Penstemon, and Delphinium which I long to collect. This book made me very happy.

[Ruric Amhari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Encyclopedia of 1250 late flowering perennials (concentrates on plants hardy to -5C). Text give brief description of habit (height, flower colour and flowering time, shape of leaves etc), size, hardiness and soil requirements. Each description accompanied with medium to large photos. Very useful handbook if you get visual inspiration rather than from the written word. Plants are arranged in order of flowering time rather than as standard A-Z which can be both helpful and confusing!

[Suburbangardener · Rating 3 out of 5]

The same criticisms I have of Vol I apply here.