Awards

• Winner of American Horticultural Society Book Award 2005
• Winner of American Horticultural Society Book Award 2005.

Overview

"""Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants"" is the definitive photographic reference to the full range of plants available to the water gardener. This volume includes hundreds of water garden plants often overlooked in other books, such as marginal plants, floating plants, bog plants, and submerged plants. Of course, waterlilies and lotuses are described in detail as well. The encyclopedia offers complete information on hardiness, culture, propagation, and pests and diseases. With more than 700 beautiful color photos and helpful introductory chapters on pots, soils, and fertilizers, this book promises to be the bible for the selection and cultivation of every water garden plant."

Full Product Details

9780881926255

Table of Contents

Reviews

[A] comprehensive resource, offering gardeners beautifully written entries that take in all the characteristics and cultivation requirements of hundreds of plants. Booklist 20040301 Few books have addressed the aesthetics of water gardening as well as the practicalities, but Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants is a hefty new volume with lovely photos of an amazing diversity of plants that crave conditions ranging from wet feet to complete submersion... Whether you want to add a touch of exotica to your garden with corkscrew rush or papyrus, or you just want to grow iris, lobelia or mallows in a new way, this book has all the information and inspiration you'll need. -- Valerie Easton Seattle Times 20040324 A hefty new volume with lovely photos of an amazing variety of plants. Whether you want to add a touch of exotica to your garden with corkscrew rush or papyrus, or you just want to grow iris, lobelia or mallows in a new way, this book has all the information and inspiration you'll need. -- Valerie Easton Seattle Times 20040324 I expect my copy will be dog-eared by the end of the summer. -- Nancy Szerlag Detroit News 20040410 The definitive photographic reference to the full range of plants available to the water gardener...includes hundreds of water garden plants often overlooked in other books. Pondkeeper Magazine 20040524 Written in a user-friendly style that includes easy-to-follow descriptions and cultural information. -- Jean Starr Munster (IN) Times 20040418 With more than 350 pages and in excess of 700 photos, the book is written in a user-friendly style that includes easy-to-follow descriptions and cultural information. -- Jean Starr Munster (IN) Times 20040318 This volume includes hundreds of water garden plants, including marginal plants, bog plants, submerged plants, waterlilies and lotuses. Water Garden News 20040302 Publishers of Water Gardening Magazine Greg and Sue Speichert have produced an excellent reference book both for novice and experienced water gardeners alike...one can find a wealth of information on many species and cultivars of plants featured in most water gardens [as well as] diverse plants. -- Peter Dargusch California Garden 20040607 I am sure their comprehensive photographic reference will become the bible for selection and cultivation of plants for water gardens. [I] have been taking this book along when I give my talk on water gardening to garden clubs. -- Liz Ball Springfield Press 20040421 This is the most comprehensive guide to all types of water plants and would make an excellent addition to gardening collections. -- Beth Clewis Crim Library Journal 20040415 In addition to identifying hundreds of plants, tips on fertilizing, over-wintering, propagating and planting are also covered in an easy-to-read format. I expect my copy will be dog-eared by the end of the summer. -- Nancy Szerlag Detroit News 20040410 Besides the ever-prominant water lilies and lotuses, this book includes the full range of water garden plants, such as marginal plants, floating plants, bog plants and submerged plants. Note the more than 700 color photos to inform and inspire your water garden choices. Santa Cruz Sentinel 20040422 This excellent water gardening book is a comprehensive encyclopedia on the subject, and will be in demand by all those building, designing and maintaining water gardens from the amateur to the professional. It clearly reveals the successful secrets of water gardening. -- Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener 20040411 Exceptionally complete...will answer all your questions about installing aquatic plants. -- Joel M. Lerner Washington Post 20040727 A most welcome addition to the bookshelves of all aquatic enthusiasts, appealing to both new fans and old hands alike. -- James Allison Water Garden Journal 20040811 A horticultural pleasure simply to browse as well as a thorough, hands-on useful reference. Bookwatch 20040831 The bible for the selection and cultivation of every water garden plant. San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles 20040901 Water has the ability to lend character and soul to a garden...The days of relying on lilies alone are behind us, as the Speicherts' book demonstrates. -- Adrian Higgins Washington Post 20040812 The definitive reference on growing plants in water. -- Valerie Easton Seattle Times 20040831 Worth owning. Avant Gardener 20040601 Chock-full of information on hundreds of plants often overlooked in other publications. Phoenix Home and Garden 20040716 Greg is a real hoot and really makes water gardening easy. Good Day Lifestyles 20040916 Well-produced book features more than 700 excellent color photographs of native and non-native aquatic plants. Aquaphyte 20040916 Helps in revealing the secrets ot successful water gardening. -- Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener 20040916 This practical book rates top honors as an outstanding reference for accessory water garden plants. -- Chris B. Thomas American Gardener 20041006 A book that could become the bible for the selection and cultivation of every water garden plant. San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles 20040906 This carefully researched volume will undoubtedly become the go-to reference for anyone interested in aquatic plants. -- April Brazil E-Streams 20041014 The photos are scrumptious and the text is thorough. SciTech Book News 20040921 The Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants is, without question, the best book I've ever read on the subject of water gardening. -- Virginia Hayes Pacific Horticulture 20041028 With 700 color photos, the only problem you'll have is narrowing down which plants you'll want to grow in your own water garden. Garden Gate 20041202 Their [the authors'] knowledge and thoroughness are a gift to gardeners. -- Kym Pokorny Oregonian 20041125 The authors have done a remarkable job in conveying their years of experience as professional growers in an attractive and well-organized book that anybody should find a pleasure to read. -- Don Les Plant Science Bulletin 20041228 Homeowners, keen gardeners, and water garden professionals will find the Speicherts' encyclopedia an indispensable resource for years to come. Michigan Gardener 20040203 [The authors] invested more than seven years researching and compiling information for this project. The result is an excellent reference source with over 700 colour photographs, a book water gardeners will be proud to place in their library. -- Marilyn Brown Gardener for the Prairies 20050211 This gorgeously illustrated, authoritative guide will serve garden professionals and amateurs alike. Lawrence Looks at Books 20040501 Waterlilies, lotus, submerged, floating and marginal water plants all get their due in this lavishly illustrated encyclopedia. Publishers Weekly 20040315 Waterlilies, lotus, submerged, floating and marginal water plants all get their due in this lavishly illustrated encyclopedia. Publishers Weekly 20040315 An indispensable guide to all the plants a water gardener or pond keeper could ever want to know about. Koi Magazine 20050325 There is a world of information for daily consultation and armchair reading. Enjoy! -- Mary Ellen Snodgrass American Reference Books Annual 20050511 As thorough-going a book on water gardening as you could hope for. -- Dick Dunmire American Gardener 20050520

Author Information

Greg Speichert is known for his water gardening expertise. He and his wife Sue previously owned and operated a groundbreaking nursery in Indiana popularizing water garden plants, and together they wrote Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants (Timber Press). An avid plant breeder, Greg holds a degree in horticulture from Purdue University and has introduced over 300 new hardy and tropical marginals and over 100 new native water plants to the water gardening industry. He maintains the largest collection of hardy waterlilies in the United States, with over 300 cultivars represented. Greg lectures frequently on water gardening, perennials, and tropical plants for the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, the Perennial Plant Association, and the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society, and more. Greg is now director of Hilltop Garden and Nature Center, a program of Indiana University in Bloomington. In his free time Greg enjoys cooking and entertaining, rescuing silky terriers, and bonsai. Sue Speichert is a founder of Water Gardening Magazine, and the American Water Garden Society. She writes frequently on water gardening for Fine Gardening, American Nurseryman, and Pondkeeper. She is the co-owner of Crystal Palace Perennials, a groundbreaking nursery that helped popularize water garden plants. The nursery is now dedicated to developing and introducing new plant varieties for the wholesale industry. Sue Speichert is editor of Water Gardening.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available