Product Description

This work aims to clarify a complex subject in a readable and accessible way. It outlines the author's straightforward method for indentifying the characteristics of 1000 different varieties of clematis, along with cultivation techniques.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2809417 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

Review
"A wonderful book" - Clematis Chronicle "A fascinating book" - Jim Fisk "This book will be a great success" - John Fopma "Everything a gardener needs to know" - Daily Telegraph "Bookchoice" "Clematis lovers regjoice" - Josephine Allison

About the Author
Dr. John Howels is past Chairman of the British Clematis Society and past-Editor of its journal 'The Clematis'. As an internationl medical authority he has used this channel to acquaint himseld with hoticultural and botanical institutions worldwide. He has produced over 30 books on scientific subjects, has written many articles for learned journals and has made a considerable contribution to international scientific literature. He cultivates his own garden on a windy, hill-top site in east Anglia. As an amateur, specailist grower, he has encountered all the problems of growing these plants and speaks from his own practical experience. He is a gardener who speaks to gardeners.

Customer Reviews

What the author says
You need not be bewildered by the 1,000 clematis on the market. Knowing just twelve clematis gives you the features of all twelve group and thus all clematis. This book shows you each of the twelve groups. Describes three to six example plants in each group. Read about one group at a time, look at the examples, and you quickly learn the features of that group. Soon you know all twelve groups and so all clematis. If you want to grow clematis but do not know which ones to grow, then this book is for you.

cHOOSING YOUR CLEMATIS
EXCELLENT GUIDE THAT SPECIFIES THE TRAITS ALL GARDENERS ARE INTERESTED IN IN CLEMATIS. WELL WORTH IT.

BILL MATTESON