From Booklist
Introductory chapters deal with the plant's long history, natural distribution, and cultivation (planting, feeding, mulching, pruning, pests and diseases, and propagation). The bulk of the text is a descriptive list of 60 cultivars, offering information on each plant's height, flowering time, and flower and leaf, all in meticulous detail. Each listing has a color photograph and an illustration of leaves and sepals. Concluding is a glossary and a list of public gardens worldwide that feature hydrangeas. George Cohen


From Book News, Inc.
Outlines the history and natural distribution of hydrangeas and the 13 species most commonly grown in cultivation. Discusses all aspects of cultivation and care, and examines color changes related to soil type. Describes over 60 cultivars in detail, each with at least one color photograph, photocopies of leaves and sepals, a list of salient characteristics, and a general description. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


Review
First-rate ... definitive and irresistible tribute to one of America's favorite shrubs.


Book Description
Beautifully illustrated with over 130 color photographs, this new, revised edition of the classic text on hydrangeas shows the enormous possibilities offered by the plants, describing 20 new cultivars not in the original edition. The first section provides information on natural history, cultivation, and propagation; the second section describes 100 cultivars, including salient characteristics and even leaf and sepal outlines. The information is highly readable, yet full enough to be used as a guide to identification. It's easy to see why the book is a classic, and no hydrangea enthusiast will want to be without this new, expanded edition.


From the Inside Flap
Beautifully illustrated with over 130 color photographs, this new, revised edition of the classic text on hydrangeas shows the enormous possibilities offered by the plants, describing 20 new cultivars not in the original edition. The first section provides information on natural history, cultivation, and propagation; the second section describes 100 cultivars, including salient characteristics and even leaf and sepal outlines. The information is highly readable, yet full enough to be used as a guide to identification. It's easy to see why the book is a classic, and no hydrangea enthusiast will want to be without this new, expanded edition.


About the Author
Toni Lawson-Hall is a hydrangea aficionado who, with Brian Rothera, built up the National Hydrangea Collection in England. Together they wrote the first edition of Hydrangeas, and Toni has fully revised and extended the work in this new edition. It is the result of her continued personal experience as a National Collection curator and her extensive gardening contacts and worldwide travels. Brian Rothera is a hydrangea aficionado who, with Toni Lawson-Hall, built up the National Hydrangea Collection in England.