Physical description; 400 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Notes; Bibliography: pp. 387-393. Contents; Chinese horticulture; ornamental plants in Chinese culture; introduction of Chinese garden plants to other countries; ginkgo, cycads and conifers; bamboos; orchids; magnolias and their allies; camellias; apples, pears, quinces and haws; lilacs; peonies; wisterias and other vines; azaleas; roses; the lotus and other aquatic plants; chrysanthemums; citrus; further trees and shrubs; other herbaceous plants. Glossary; table of Chinese dynasties. Summary; This is a comprehensive reference on the ornamental plants traditionally grown by the Chinese. It brings together information about the history, occurance, and use of more than 400 plants grown in Chinese gardens. Subjects; Garden plants. China. Cultivated plants. Botanical illustration. Gardening / General. Plants, Ornamental ; China. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.

The Garden Plants Of China

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Valder, Peter

Gardening & Landscape Design

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

WISTERIAS A Comprehensive Guide

Timber Press, Incorporated

Reflecting the author's lifetime fascination with wisterias, this beautifully illustrated book traces the history of wisterias since their introduction from China and Japan, examines and attempts to resolve their often tangled nomenclature, and provides detailed information about cultivation and care.

Wisterias: A Comprehensive Guide

Timber Pr

It is hard to imagine gardens without peonies, flowering peaches, camellias, gardenias, azaleas, wisteria, forsythia, crabapples, and the host of other ornamentals that were introduced first in Chinese gardens. And the development of the modern repeat-flowering roses would not have occurred had the so-called monthly roses not been brought to Europe from China. In spite of the romance and excitement generated by the discoveries of the famous plant hunters in the wilds of China, the Chinese plants with the greatest impact on the gardens of the world have actually come from Chinese gardens and nurseries.

The Garden Plants of China

Timber Press

In this new companion book to The Garden Plants of China, Peter Valder describes more than 200 gardens he has visited in China. He documents temple courtyards and gardens, evocative enclosures of ancient burial grounds and imperial tombs, and public parks, botanical gardens, and arboreta, most of which have sprung up since 1949. Gardens in China is illustrated with more than 500 color photographs, many of them depicting gardens not previously illustrated in any Western publication, as well as reproductions of illustrations of historical interest. With their distinctive characteristics, the gardens of China are among the most fascinating in the world. This book is essential reading for visitors to China with an interest in gardens, garden history, and Chinese culture.

Gardens in China

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The Garden Plants Of China

WISTERIAS A Comprehensive Guide

Wisterias: A Comprehensive Guide

The Garden Plants of China

Gardens in China

Gardens in China