Product Description

The Plantfinder's Guide to Garden Ferns shows just how easily ferns can be grown in almost every garden. Martin Rickard's infectious enthusiasm shines through in his lucid text and will persuade every gardener that ferns are what their garden needs most.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1176435 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
'An excellent account based on a lifetime's work' - The Countryman

From the Publisher
As well as raising awareness of the value of ferns in their own right, The Plantfinders Guide to Garden Ferns shows how they may be used with other plants to create widely varied and dramatic effects. Their strong forms and textures are illustrated by the high quality photographs of plantings and fascinating close-up pictures, ideal for identification. This is a book to delight fern lovers, convert those unfamiliar with them and inspire a new generation of enthusiasts.

About the Author
Martin Rickard is the owner of Rickard's Hardy Ferns, which has won numerous gold medals at RHS Flower Shows, including eight consecutive golds at the Chelsea Flower Show. He is a past President of the British Pteridological Society and holds a National Collection for the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens. He writes and lectures on ferns and has been interviewed by BBC Gardener's World and Channel 4's Real Gardens. Martin lives in Tenbury Wells, Worcester.

Customer Reviews

more than A-Z
ferns are some of my favorite plants. This is a great book and I have had it a while I use it every time I teach a class on ferns. I really like the comarison shots of the different selection. THose really help to Identify labeless plants. I would have like some of the info in a bullit points at the beging or end of each enrty. for height hardiness and the like the stuff that every entry should have this would have made the book easier to use. BUt that doesn't mean I wouldn't get it I love this book. It is a must have.

the book is usefull
I am a gardener (for research) in China,these days I thought of using ferns on landscafe,I have know few about how to grow the ferns before.By a chance,I read the book at a professor's home,'Oh,it is very usefull for me!',I thought at the same time.But...but I dont know how to get the book. I think the book is very usefull for all the people who like the ferns,or the people who want to grow the ferns.