Bulbs

by Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew (Editor)

This guide and reference book includes over 800 hardy bulbs, photographed to show both flower and bulb. The book is arranged in seasonal order to guide gardeners on how to choose size and colour, how to plan and grow bulbs and how to select the right plant for soil conditions and flowering time. Roger Phillips is a professional photographer. Martyn Rix is a botanist and was Chief Botanist at the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley.

Genres: Gardening, Reference, Nonfiction, Horticulture

256 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1989

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

[Vannessa Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading about the many bulbs that are available to plant. Readers are shown the bulbs, the roots the shoots and the bloom and all the pictures are in color.

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Random House Book of Bulbs by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix (Random House 1989) (635.944). Photos of every type of bulb and its flower (dug up and photographed together. My rating: 7/10, finished 2006.