{"product_id":"the-gardeners-encyclopaedia-of-new-zealand-native-plants-by-valda-paddison-yvonne-cave-photographer-737g","title":"The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants by Valda Paddison, Yvonne Cave (Photographer)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants brings together for the first time over 1000 species, hybrids and cultivars in a highly illustrated, encyclopaedic volume. Over 1000 colour photographs, arranged according to the plants' attributes and uses in the garden, include examples of landscaping possibilities as well as numerous plant portraits. The accompanying A to Z gives detailed descriptions, cultivation and propagation information (including regionally specific advice). There are also lists of plants with desirable features or for particular situations.  Editorial Reviews  Review A wealth of information on a deservedly popular group of plants. -- Alice Joyce, San Francisco Examiner, October 6, 2000  For anyone interested in the flora of New Zealand [this] book will prove of immense value. -- UK online, September 2000  Indispensable for the plant enthusiast. -- The American Herb Association, Vol. 16:4 2001  This book will give a taste of the many unusual plants of this exciting flora to plant enthusiasts. -- Graham Hutchins, The Garden, October 2000  Without a doubt it is the book you will need [to] increase your knowledge of the flora of New Zealand. -- John E. Bryan, Gardening News, April 2000  Book Description This islands that comprise New Zealand offer a unique and diverse flora that includes hundreds of outstanding garden plants. Fully 80 percent of these native plants are found nowhere else on earth. They also display an astonishing diversity, since they are adapted to climates ranging from rugged mountains to subtropical lowlands.  About the Author Valda Paddison is an experienced garden writer and native plants enthusiast from North Auckland who has written extensively for The New Zealand Gardener.  Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. If you believe that natives are lacking in spring blossom and autumn color, then perhaps you can be persuaded to change your mind. The yellow flower of the kowhai attracts tui to its nectar and is a beautiful harbinger of spring, and the crimson red of the pohutukawa is the essence of summer. Leptospermum cultivars smother themselves with single and double flowers in white and red and all shades in between, and the same can be said of the many Hebe cultivars available. The Hoheria sports its white flowers in abundance in late summer while others such as Rhabdothamnus solandri flower spasmodically all year round. Many natives such as olearias, kanuka and cabbage trees have small flowers but make up for this with sheer quantity.   Some trees and shrubs are colorful in other ways. Toronia toru (toru), Pseudowintera colorata (horopito), and Nathofagus fusca (red beech) take on attractive leaf coloration at various times, while berries and other fruit are a prominent feature of a number of plants, including coprosma, titoki and whau. Some have a distinctive form, such as the spiny fruit of the whau, while others bear large quantities of small berries. Many of these are attractive to native birds such as the kereru (wood pigeon). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41829139546186,"sku":"737g","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/737g_5f493288-4304-489f-a256-c946bcae5c73.jpg?v=1765878632","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-gardeners-encyclopaedia-of-new-zealand-native-plants-by-valda-paddison-yvonne-cave-photographer-737g","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}