Book: Hardback | 262 x 311mm | 512 pages | ISBN 9780756605896 | 24 Feb 2005 | Dorling Kindersley | 18 - AND UP
An unadulterated celebration of the world's flora, Plant offers more than just a gardening guide. It also features 2,000 of the most threatened plants on the planet, and shows how gardeners can play a personal and important role in helping to save them.
Experience the beauty and diversity of the world's plants and flowers. Over 2,000 entries celebrate the dazzling variety of flora on earth - from the everyday daffodil to the rarest orchid.
Features an extensive encyclopedia of threatened plants, covering every conceivable type - from conifers and climbers to orchids and carnivorous plants.
Explaining each plant's origin, habitat and the conditions and care it needs to flourish in our gardens, this is the essential guide for today's responsible gardener.
Published by DK Publishing (DK), in association with the leading botanical gardens around the world, Plant is endorsed by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the World Wildlife Fund - an extraordinary global project to promote a sustainable attitude towards plants. A portion of the profits from the sales of this book goes to these organizations to support their plant conservation efforts.
