Looks at the gardeners behind public parks and spaces and those whose small private paradises are so entraling, catch some of Angus White's boundless enthusiasm for his architectural plants and even peer over the county fence to look at Derek Jarman's wond
Looks at the gardeners behind public parks and spaces and those whose small private paradises are so entraling, catch some of Angus White's boundless ...
Since Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while mastery of the classical language may not be a prerequisite for tending perennials, all gardeners stand to benefit from learning a bit of Latin and its conventions in the field. Without it, they might buy a "Hellebores foetidus "and be unprepared for its fetid smell, or a "Potentilla reptans "with the expectation that it will stand straight as a sentinel rather than creep along the ground. An essential addition to the gardener s library, this...
Since Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while master...
