Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener's Guide
Editorial Reviews
Gordon Rowley, The Garden, January 2001
"The enthusiasm of the two authors shines through and should bring many converts to these formidable plants."
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Gordon Rowley Garden (Peterborough) : This fine book fills a significant gap on the gardener's bookshelf . . .The enthusiasm of the two authors shines through and should bring many converts to these formidable plants.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine : A very useful account of a group of plant about which it is not easy to find good, concisely presented information.
A. M. Kapuler Peace Seeds Resource Journal : This book is an important and useful reference.
Desert Plants : Mary and Gary Irish provide detailed guidance on care, cultivation, and gardening uses.
Brian Mathew Curtis's Botanical Magazine : This is a very useful account of a group of plants about which it is not easy to find good, concisely presented information.
Santa Fe New Mexican : As a highly informative guide, it has a place in any Southwestern botanical library, public or private.
Garden Views : The authors have provided a thorough overview of these families.
Rudolf Schmid Taxon : I toast the Irish. This is a truly outstanding work.
William May American Gardener : A useful and authoritative new reference.
Dean Kelch Pacific Horticulture : An excellent introduction to this delightful group . . . Mary and Gary Irish have produced a book that will be an invaluable reference for the enthusiast and a source of inspiration for those not yet familiar with these useful and beautiful plants.
Marty Figley Michigan Observer and Eccentric : You'll find all the information here, from choosing the right one to siting to growing to propagation.
David Ferguson Cactus and Succulent Journal : This is a well-written book providing a wealth of information. It should prove useful not only to gardeners and plant collectors but also to professional botanists and horticulturalists. It is long overdue and is the first book covering this entire group of plants . . . Enjoy this one – it is worth the price.
Panayoti Kelaidis Rock Garden Quarterly : Mary and Gary Irish have provided a meticulous and thorough guide to every species of Agavaceae native to the United States and Canada, and a good many more southerly sorts that can be found in commerce . . . The plant descriptions are precise (both in feet and down to the centimeter) and consistent.
Panayoti Kelaidis Rock Garden Quarterly : [The Authors] have provided a meticulous and thorough guide to every species of Agavaceae native to the United States and Canada. . . . The drawings and pictures are useful, and much of the information contained in this book is otherwise only found in very bulky, expensive monographs, many of them now out of print.
Wisley Bookshop : Valuable information and advice on how to grow these striking exotic plants.
Begonian : An important work written by a devoted expert, Begonias is a must read for gardeners and botanists.
SciTech Book News : A wealth of information on the cultivation and gardening uses of Agave and Yucca.
Elizabeth Davidson Arizona Nursery Association Newsletter : Nursery professionals, landscape contractors, designers and adventurous gardeners owe the Irishes a round of applause. Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants fills a much-needed niche in the western gardener's library.
Sunset : This encyclopedic book supplies all the information you need to succeed with these plants . . . Both authors known their subjects extremely well.
Avant Gardener : Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants, by Mary and Gary Irish brilliantly covers a group of unusually handsome, drought-tolerant 'architectural' perennial plants that offer a great variety in sizes and forms and in many cases are remarkably cold-hardy and suited to moist as well as arid regions.
Phoenix Home and Garden : You're in for a treat . . . Full of interesting tidbits and in-depth growing information.
Choice : An admirable blend of general information with scientific and technical detail.
Amateurs' Digest : This volume is packed with both information and inspiration.
Jim Reynolds Hardy Plant International : For those who want to learn more about yuccas, agaves and related plants such as Beaucarnea, Beshorneria and Dasylirion, I recommend Timber Press's Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants by Mary and Gary Irish. [It] is an excellent reference work.
Lauren Springer Ogden Horticulture : This is a must-read for lovers of these spectacular plants...well-organized, friendly, inviting.
Sarah Robertson Eugene Register-Guard : Another wonderful resource.
Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener's Guide
Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener's Guide,Gary Irish,Mary F. Irish,Timber Press,0881924423,Agaves,Climatic - Desert,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,Identification,Ornamental Plants,Reference,Yucca,Succulents & cacti,USA
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