Book Description

The third book in Dr. Graf's renowned series of pictorial encyclopedias on ornamental plants in horticulture, this book present, in a kaleidoscope of eight thousand color photographs, more than ten thousand ornamental and fruited plants and trees, including herbaceous perennials and annuals, cacti and other succulents, flowering shrubs and trees, water plants, climbers and creepers, bamboos and grasses, fruits and berries, and exotic plants for indoors, for every climate worldwide. Each entry includes a description of the plant's native habitat and its climatic preferences, including its USDA zone.