The Plantfinder's Guide to Garden Ferns (Plantfinder's Guides Series)

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The pteridologist (not in the glossary) owner of Britains renowned Rickards Hardy Ferns enlightens gardeners on the options ferns offer besides filling shady niches. With some 100 photos of green but quite diverse examples coverage includes fern botany history A-Z representatives care and surprising "special cases" of tree desert and filmy ferns. Includes US and European plant hardiness zone maps national fern collections fern societies and where to see and buy hardy and half hardy ferns worldwide. Annotation c. Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews.com)