Garden Plants of Japan
Passionate plantsmen Levy-Yamamori and Taaffe have gleaned a deep knowledge of the native species that grow in Japan's climate zones, which range from alpine to warm-temperate. Providing a geographical context for the diversity of Japan's thousands of wild plants, they shed light on important cultural and symbolic plant associations. Such observations carry over into a well-illustrated and extensive encyclopedia of trees and shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants, grasses and ferns. Each entry covers cultivation requirements and illuminating details about how plants are used in gardens or bonsai, along with illuminating horticultural points of interest and historical background.Alice JoyceCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved