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Garden Plants of Japan
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by:
Levy-Yamamori, Ran
Taaffe, Gerard
Nelson, E. Charles
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Publisher:
Timber Press
Published: October 15, 2004
ISBN: 0881926507
Format:Hardcover
Pages:440
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Book Description
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Passionate plantsmen Levy-Yamamori and Taaffe have gleaned a deep knowledge of the native species that grow in Japan's climate zones, which range from alpine to warm-temperate. Providing a geographical context for the diversity of Japan's
thousands of wild plants, they shed light on important cultural and symbolic plant associations. Such observations carry over into a well-illustrated and extensive encyclopedia of trees and shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants, grasses and ferns. Each
entry covers cultivation requirements and illuminating details about how plants are used in gardens or bonsai, along with illuminating horticultural points of interest and historical background. Alice Joyce
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Product Description:
Japanese plants have had an unmistakable influence on the gardens of the world. Who can imagine gardens without flowering cherries, hostas, Japanese maples, or magnolias? For all the popularity of these
plants in international gardens, however, few gardeners know the full story of Japanese plants --- their history and uses in gardens in Japan, their horticultural merits for gardens of all kinds, even the meaning and symbolism of their native names. Now
for the first time, a color encyclopedia provides an authoritative overview of the Japanese garden flora. Garden Plants of Japan serves as a manual for horticultural advice, a source of inspiration for armchair gardeners, even a guidebook for travelers
to Japan. Sumptuously illustrated, it explores the entire palette of plants cultivated in Japan, carefully noting which plants are authentically Japanese and which are transplants. The selection of plants and the amount of detail and insight are
unprecedented.
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