An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials

I have a mostly shady property, but have wanted flowering plants. This book is helping me tremendously!

Although I've been a shade gardener for many years, this book contains many shade perennials that I had never heard of. I liked that almost all the pictures appear to be of mature specimens, so you can see what the plant will look like. (My pet peeve is when gardening books show baby plants! What good is that?) There are sometimes many pictures of one plant: one picture will show a close-up of the flower, one picture will be a distance picture. The descriptions tell growing information, zone, size, and possible gardening problems. I was pleased with this book and am glad that I purchased it. I have been barely able to put it down, even though I have read several other shade gardening books. Thank you, Mr. Schmid, for a fantastic, wonderful resource. I enthusiastically recommend this book to any shade gardener.

I know George through Hosta circles, and he is as nice a person as he is brilliant. His information is always valuable. This book is lovely for a beginner or an advanced gardener.

My wife loves it. Can't put it down.

Very nice book on shade perennials, well written with good pictures. I found it informative with sound advice. I recommend it.

this book is a good reference book, glad to have it in my collection. I use it often for reference.

This book is very lacking in many types of shade plants that I have used for my very shady property. (ie. Caladium, Houttuynia and Polemonium to name a few. Ferns and Ivy are not even listed in the index!!!) This book is difficult to use. The photos and descriptions of the plants exist in separate sections of the book with no reference to one another. On a positive note, the photos do include a name below them and are in alphabetical order. Overall, a great disappointment.

Love this book

Outstanding book bringing together a wide range of shade plants that don't always get the credit they deserve. You can rely on this publisher and the price is well pitched. A very good reference book with excellent colour plates

All good