Gardening On The Edge

A study of plants introduced since the mid 20th century, suitable for growing in western seaboard gardens.

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'A long-awaited account of gardening in Cornwall and plant introductions of the past 50 years ... This account is a celebration of the art of gardening at the edge of knowledge and the land, and its lessons have both relevance and potential far beyond the Southwest. '... the book promises to be one of the most well-thumbed and talked-about reference works of its kind for many a year.' (Roy Lancaster VMH, OBE, The Garden, July 2004) 'This is a really useful book for anyone wanting to be adventurous in gardening with marginally hardy plants and to experiment with new plant introductions. It is enormously refreshing to read a gardening book written by people who really know their subject and who write authoritatively, and with pictures generally unavailable from the general run of picture agencies. 'You learn new things all the time from this book. ... '... there is a good list of specialist nurseries and suppliers in Cornwall, mail-order houses countrywide and specialist plant societies, as well as a six-page bibliography and a competent index. '... It is not a coffee-table book' (Sue Minter, Head of Living Collections, The Eden Project, Friends Magazine, no. 15, Summer 2004)

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Philip McMillan Browse is a horticultural consultant, and has been Director of the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation in California, and Director of the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley. He is one of the originators of the Eden Project in Cornwall, and has been Horticultural Director of the Lost Gardens of Heligan since its modern beginnings. His publications include Plant Propagation (1979), and Palms for Cooler Climates (1993). He is co-author of The Heligan Vegetable Bible (2000), and author of Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs (Alison Hodge, 2005).

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Introduction by Philip McMillan Browse 1 Gardening at the Edge of the Sea by Peter Clough 2 Recent Woody Plant Arrivals in Cornwall by Tom Hudson 3 Conifers by Chris Page 4 Palms by Mark Brent 5 Proteaceae by Guy Moore 6 Bamboos and Restios by Michael Bell and Les Cathery 7 Hedychiums and Others by Edward Needham 8 Climbers by Charlie Pridham 9 Ferns, Clubmosses, and Horsetails by Chris Page 10 Some Uncommon, Untried, or Tender Plants by Rob Senior The Contributors Nurseries, Specialist Suppliers, and Societies Gardens to Visit and National Collections Further Reading Index Acknowledgements

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