[.ca] Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (ISBN 0875634338)

Herbaceous Ornamental Plants:
Enormous book, excellent coverage. Black and white, limited color prints in special section. For each species complete data are given on usage, growth habit, season of bloom, culture, propagation, and diseases. Includes notes on many cultivars, although a bit dated now (1994 revision). This is where I go first for information on perennials. An example of a book which goes for information rather than looking pretty. Used as a textbook in college horticulture courses.

Clear, concise, and chock full of information:
I am a landscape design student and we used this book to cover Herbaceous Plant Materials I & II. I found the book very useful as it contained all information necessary, with drawings and pictures. It contained about 95% of all the plants covered (of course I guess that's on the whim of the professor). I'm sure it will be a useful tool once I'm working in the field. And it's definitely a lot cheaper here than at the bookstore at college.

An excellent reference on landscape grasses and perennials.:
I sell ornamental landscape perennials and grasses for a prominent North American ornamental plant grower and it never fails to impress me how many of the plants used in today's landscaping are found in this book! I refer to it weekly at minimum. A must for any serious horticulturalist.