The Sweet Pea Book edition by Graham Rice Judy White Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
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The sweet pea is one of the most popular and evocative of summer flowers, loved for its unsurpassed fragrance, range of colours and ease of cultivation. Authoritative and inspiring, The Sweet Pea Book covers History of sweet peas; Classification; Descriptions of all available varieties; Raising sweet peas; Growing and breeding sweet peas; Problems with sweet peas (peasts and diseases); Fragrance; Sweet peas in the garden; Sweet peas in the house (cut flowers); Exhibiting sweet peas; Sweet peas in the United States; Sweet peas in Australia; Illustrated in colour throughout by studio plates, plant portraits and plant association pictures by the author and the award-winning American garden photographer Judy White.
The Sweet Pea Book edition by Graham Rice Judy White Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
Interesting and thorough. Do wish that the writing would have cited pages where there were actual photographs of the sweetpea varieties discussed. Thank heaven's for the internet! Still, gave me plenty of ideas.Product details
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The Sweet Pea Book edition by Graham Rice Judy White Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks Reviews
British author, Graham Rice has written 20 books on gardening subjects and is also a weekly columnist for London's "Evening Standard" newspaper. "The Sweet Pea Book" is a joy to read, and the photographs by judywhite (wife of Graham Rice) are among the finest I've seen in any book on horticulture.
In Victorian times, the sweet pea was considered 'the queen of the annuals' but its popularity has since suffered a long decline, which this author means to reverse.
He begins with the migration of the wild sweet pea ('Lathyrus odoratus') into the gardens of seventeenth-century Europe. There is still some debate as to where this migration occurred, but the sweet pea seems to have been first cultivated in Sicily, no matter where it had actually originated.
According to this author, sweet peas are not difficult to grow. Depending on the climate (this book was written primarily for British and North American gardeners), they can be planted out in the spring or fall, or grown under glass. There are now dwarf varieties that lend themselves to container cultivation. He describes each variety or cultivar of modern sweet pea so that you can choose the ones that will do well in your garden--assuming you can find the seed for sale.
(My favorite source is the Thompson & Morgan seed catalogue.)
The author will help you decide whether to plant in spring or fall, whether to chip, sand, or soak your seed and how to keep the plants from getting too leggy (my biggest problem). There are also chapters on how to create new varieties of sweet pea, solving sweet problems, and which flowers mix very well with sweet peas.
This is a delightful book to read even if you are not yet in love with the 'queen of annuals.' For those of us who are already fans, this book is a beautiful find.
Everything was ok but was bent at corner.Too big of a hassle to return.
Same thing happened to my wife through . Might go back to having orders shipped to my local Barnes and Noble where I can examine it.
great info I would buy again
Very helpful for the amateur and beginner.
Beautiful photography and wonderful information
A lovely book explaining all kinds of varieties and how to grow and beautiful photographs. A good find at a reasonable price.
I bought this book because it was recommended by a local woman who grows sweet peas and sells seeds. It contains beautiful photos of the different varieties as well as detailed growing instructions. Everything you need to know to grow sweet peas.
Interesting and thorough. Do wish that the writing would have cited pages where there were actual photographs of the sweetpea varieties discussed. Thank heaven's for the internet! Still, gave me plenty of ideas.
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