Lavender: The Grower's Guide | 
| Author: Virginia Mcnaughton
Creator: Joan L. Headley
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 175074
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0881924784
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.93396
EAN: 9780881924787
ASIN: 0881924784
Publication Date: May 1, 2000
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Product Description
With their heady perfume and stunning visual appeal, lavenders have been prized by gardeners since ancient times. Lavender is a truly comprehensive study that enables the reader to research and identify more than 200 lavender species and varieties. With chapters on cultivation, propagation, pests and diseases, and botanical history, this book is as practical as it is authoritative. More than 200 photos document recent advances in color variation that have resulted from intense breeding; plants now available range from deep purple and lilac to white, cream, pink, and red-violet. With so many hardy and dependable plants to choose from, no lavender enthusiast will want to be without this indispensable book.
Book Description
More than 200 lavender species & cultivars are described in detail, enabling gardeners to decipher the intricacies of lavender identification.
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 Beautiful photography - many varieties listed October 6, 2008
I find the title slightly misleading since it implies it will go into detail of what to expect and run into when growing lavender. The book mainly covers all the different varieties of Lavenders and their subcategories. All in all an informative work with beautiful photography.
 Good, but title is a little misleading May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In my opinion, Virginia McNaughton's book, Lavender the growers guide is a very good book. However, the title may mislead buyers into thinking it is a "how to" book, which it isn't really. It provides excellent detailed information on classification of lavender, but does not provided a great deal of information on actually growing it. Since there are numerous other sources on the ins and outs of growing of lavender, but few, if any others, that provide this level of detail on classification of lavender, it provides a unique contribution to the field, albeit a bit esoteric for the average gardner.
All you need to know May 25, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This lady knows her stuff. Every attribute you ever wanted to know about lavender is here. Though told from an Australian's exposure to lavender it is the bible for lavender grower's in identification of species and their traits. My only wish is it was more directed at America's varieties and conditions but it can be easily enough transferred over. The pictures are stunning and accurately done
Technical Descriptions Available in the "Bible" August 28, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are a lavender lover who maintains all the plants in the garden with labels, then this book's for you. In a recent move, the labels of two plants were lost--I needed to re-identify them. This is a technical book right down to it's bracts and sepals. But it also is beautifully photographed so one can identify individual flowers, not just big pictures of a plant's growing habits. The only drawback was falling in love with a particular flower and realizing that it might only be available in her English homeland. But part of the fun of collecting is in the hunt! This book is truly the lavender "bible".
All you need to know! October 28, 2005
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Virginia tells all about lavender! This is the only book you need to be successful growing lavender.
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