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Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of waterlilies and lotuses, including 123 dazzling new hybrids. Each detailed entry includes information on the plant's flowers (size, color, and number at stamen) and its leaves (size and color). Slocum offers suggestions on where and how to grow each plant, taking care especially to recommend suitable pool sizes, and reveals any negative aspects of the plant. The 323 color photographs are splendid, and a glossary and a suggested further reading list complete the volume, a substantially expanded and updated work that incorporates some portions of Water Gardening: Waterlilies and Lotuses (1996) by Slocum and Peter Robinson. George Cohen
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In this fully updated work, Perry Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the waterlilies and lotuses. This book includes more than 130 of the best new hybrids introduced since the landmark Water Gardening: Water Lilies and Lotuses by Perry Slocum and Peter Robinson was published. All species and the major cultivars, including day- and night-blooming tropical and hardy waterlilies and lotuses, are described along with the author's and hybridizers' comments on the best landscape uses for each plant. Although the genera Nymphaea and Nelumbo receive special emphasis, a chapter is also devoted to the other genera in the waterlily family, Nuphar, Victoria, Euryale, Barclaya, and Ondinea. In addition to his achievements as a hybridizer, Slocum is an award-winning nature photographer. Waterlilies and Lotuses is illustrated with 350 stunning color photographs of these exotic beauties, with more than 100 photos published here for the first time. With information on hardiness, including maps for Europe and the United States, and an extensive list of suppliers of water gardening plants and equipment in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Waterlilies and Lotuses is a truly definitive resource for water gardeners the world over.


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$00.00In this fully updated work, Perry Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the waterlilies and lotuses. Among them are more than 130 of the best new hybrids introduced since publication of the landmark Water Gardening, Water Lilies and Lotuses by Perry Slocum and Peter Robinson. All species and the major cultivars, including day- and night-blooming tropical and hardy waterlilies and lotuses, are described, with the author's and hybridizers' comments on the best landscape uses for each plant. Although Nymphaea and Nelumbo receive special emphasis, the book also covers other genera in the waterlily family: Nuphar, Victoria, Euryale, Barclaya, and Ondinea. In addition to his achievements as a hybridizer, Slocum is an award-winning nature photographer. Waterlilies and Lotuses is illustrated with more than 325 stunning color photographs of these exotic beauties, over 100 of the photos published here for the first time. With information on hardiness, including maps for Europe and the United States, and an extensive list of suppliers of water gardening plants and equipment in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Waterlilies and Lotuses is a truly definitive resource for water gardeners the world over.


About the Author
Perry D. Slocum, founder of Slocum Water Gardens and Perry’s Water Gardens, earned an A.B. degree in biology from Cornell University in 1935. He holds U.S. patents for several lotuses and hardy waterlilies and has been one of the most important breeders of aquatic plants. In 1986 the International Water Lily Society presented him with the Water Lily Hall of Fame Award, the first living person to be so honored. His nature photographs have won more than 150 international awards, and he was elected an associate of the Photographic Society of America for his outstanding work in wildlife photography.

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