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- New Editions just in: Michael Dirr Manual 6th Addition & Allan Armatage Herbaceious Plants 3rd Ed.
- New Editions just in: Michael Dirr Manual 6th Addition & Allan Armatage Herbaceious Plants 3rd Ed. - Joe K September 21, 2009, 11:28:59
- WOW Mike Dirr covers cold hardy Palms in this edition! - Joe K September 21, 2009, 11:40:35
- Re: New Editions just in: Michael Dirr Manual 6th Addition & Allan Armatage Herbaceious Plants 3rd Ed. - lk September 22, 2009, 8:23:52
- called the bible of horticulture. - lk September 24, 2009, 22:34:50
- called the bible of horticulture. - lk September 24, 2009, 22:34:50
- Re: New Editions just in: Michael Dirr Manual 6th Addition & Allan Armatage Herbaceious Plants 3rd Ed. - JerseyMike September 26, 2009, 10:12:51
« Back to thread - WOW Mike Dirr covers cold hardy Palms in this edition! - Joe K September 21, 2009, 11:40:35
Posted by Joe K on September 21, 2009, 11:28:59
Triple Oaks just received the new editions of these horticultural classics! Come in and update your library!
Here is from the publishers website http://www.stipes.com/agriculture.html
New edition of “A Horticulture Bible”
Manual Of Woody Landscape Plants
by Michael Dirr, Sixth Edition, 2009.
Paper ISBN 978-1-58874-868-3
Hardback ISBN 978-1-58874-870-6
List Price $76.80
List Price $96.80
The sixth edition of what the Chronicle of Higher Education called “A Horticulture Bible” by Michael Dirr is a major revision. It features expanded descriptions of former entries, over 2,000 new species and cultivars, trademark names and patent numbers, as well as all species, subspecies and variety names verified using the GRIN taxonomic data base (germplasm resources information network) and other sources. The book is rich, accurate, substantive, and written in Dirr’s engaging style. Stipes is proud to introduce the 6th edition of this great classic.
This new edition includes notes and observations from Dr. Dirr’s sabbatical to Hillier Arboretum in England, which holds the greatest collection of hardy woody plants in the world. Additionally, while on sabbatical the author visited and studied woody plants at 112 gardens and nurseries. Dr. Dirr interacts with the American nursery industry and, in addition to visiting the nurseries, travels to the major nursery trade shows to learn what is new.
The fifth edition was greeted throughout the world with great demand and immediate praise and acceptance. It won many honors and was one of the very few “essential books” in its field. The American Horticulture Society named it one of the 75 great garden books published since 1922. Nobody was surprised. We constantly hear from users throughout the world how this is the book that is never out of reach. The sixth edition promises to raise the standard even higher.
Erratum correction.
New edition of a classic!
Herbaceous Perennial Plants:
A Treatise on Their Identification,
Culture, and Garden Attributes
by Allan M. Armitage, Third Edition, 2008.
Paper ISBN 978-1-58874-775-4
Hardback ISBN 978-1-58874-776-1 List Price $68.80
List Price $84.80
The long-awaited third edition of Allan Armitage’s masterpiece on garden perennials was released in April of 2008. Armitage’s extensive traveling, teaching and trialing experiences provide a depth of understanding of the best ornamental perennials for North American gardens unparalleled by any other garden writer. One of the most definitive and conclusive books written about perennials, the first edition was designated as one of the best 75 books written in the last 75 years by the American Horticulture Society, and the third is even better!
The third edition of “The Big Perennial Book” (as it is fondly referred to by many practitioners) describes 3,600 species in 1224 pages. More than 300 color photos complement detailed text filled with the author’s pointed observations of plant performance, cultivar selection and current taxonomy. Allan’s trademark wit and passion are both in abundance, making reading as pleasurable as it is informative.
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