Product Description

This monograph stresses the species of Clematis, unlike The Gardener's Guide to Growing Clematis, which features the cultivars.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1547596 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Review
A definitive guide to an indispensable genus of garden plants... A wealth of botanical information in [an] accessible writing style. -- Alice Joyce, Booklist, March 1, 2000

Chris Grey-Wilson’s monograph… should prove to be a standard work for years to come. -- Brent Elliott, The Bookseller (UK), February 18, 2000

I would thoroughly recommend this book… An essential reference. -- Charles Chesshire, Gardens Illustrated 2001

The most comprehensive study of the wild forms ever published in English. -- William Grant, Pacific Horticulture, Summer 1999

[Grey-Wilson] has done a splendid job . . . Recommended highly. -- Choice, November 2000

From the Publisher
Clematis is the most popular of all garden climbers, a popularity that is undoubtedly due to the astonishing range of varieties available. This new book stresses the species of Clematis, unlike The Gardener's Guide to Growing Clematis, which features the cultivars.

About the Author
Christopher Grey-Wilson has been the Editor of the Alpine Garden Society since 1990, and is also a freelance horticultural writer and photographer. For many years he was a Principal Scientific Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, working as a Research Botanist, and as Editor of Curtis' Botanical Magazine. He has been on a number of major botanical expeditions in pursuit of the mountain floras of Europe and Asia, particularly those of the Himalaya and southwest China. He is the author of several books regarded as standard works, including The Genus Cyclamen, The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe, How to Identify Wild Flowers, The Alpine Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe, A Manual of Alpine and Rock Garden Plants, and The Alpine Garden. Recently published by B.T. Batsford is his comprehensive work Clematis the Genus. He serves on a number of committees of the Royal Horticultural Society, who recently awarded him a Gold Veitch Memorial Award.

Customer Reviews

Great book on Lesser Known Clematis
There are loads of books out there that cover the large and showy garden clematis, but far fewer that discuss the generally smaller-flowered (though equally spectacular), and to me far more interesting, species. This book is a wealth of botanical and cultural information as to species which are almost always passed over or treated cursorily elsewhere. If nothing else, the photos are great to have. If you are looking to broaden your knowledge of the grand diversity of the plant world or thinking of adding something to your garden that beautifully shows of your great good taste and discernment and is generally more graceful, more refined and more subtle then that vine that all your neighbors have clambering over their mailboxes, you should explore this book. Highly recommended.