Pocket Guide to Shade Perennials (Timber Press Pocket Guides)
It's lightweight and small enough to slip into a purse or backpack to be toted around a garden or a nursery for frequent referral. With color photos on nearly every page and a price of $20, the volume is a bargain. I can't see where they've skimped. -- Valerie Easton Seattle Times 20050202  The moderate price, $19.95, is remarkable for a book so lavishly illustrated and in color. -- John E. Bryan Gardening Newsletter 20050209  If you have a garden with shady spots, this book is worth the investment. -- Dan Hays Salem Statesman Journal 20050206  Use of this book can take you beyond the usual hosta and fern shade garden to sophisticated and beautiful shade gardens. -- Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener 20050302  This volume is generously and gorgeously illustrated. The photographs are not only lushly beautiful but also provide instructive suggestions for grouping plants and their layout. Easy to carry and easy to get lost in, this guide will be an asset not only for experienced gardeners, but for those of us who want to become better ones. -- Kay Ackerman Bloomsbury Review 20050315  A very useful illustrated reference, describing over 1,000 perennials. Avant Gardener 20050329  Schmid describes hundreds, all with detailed information on size, type of foliage and flowers, and how to grow them. -- John Van de Water Newark Star-Ledger 20050313  This handy reference book is the perfect companion for a trip to the nursery. Garden Gate 20050604  A great quick guide to perennials for the shady garden ... well organized and easy to read. -- Taffy Turner Washington Gardener 20050501  Exhaustive and full of great ideas ... an inspiration for the too easily discouraged shade gardener. -- Susan Harris Washington Gardener 20050501  Schmid draws upon his immense expertise to provide a thoroughly user-friendly, profusely illustrated guide ... If you want to have a shade garden that will maximize plant diversity and esthetics, you need this Pocket Guide to Shade Perennials. Library Bookwatch 20050601  Offers ideas for plants that will bring year-round color to the woodland garden. -- Joel M. Lerner Washington Post 20050723  This book ... would make a good reference for anyone needing some ideas for other plants to grow in the shade besides the common hosta varieties seen in the large box stores. -- Jason Koontz Plant Science Bulletin 20050701  The expertise of the author is reflected on every page. -- Diane M. Calabrese American Reference Books Annual 20060301  Reminded me of all the beautiful shade plants I should be growing out in the wooded area behind my house. A definite keeper! -- Rosemarie Papayanopulos Gardener's Gazette 20071101