A Book of Blue Flowers

By Robert L. Geneve

Book Overview

Perhaps the most uncommon hue in the plant kingdom, the color blue strikes a distinctive note in any garden. In this fascinating book, now available in paperback, Robert Geneve provides a wide selection of blue flowers that will help readers expand the range of colors in their gardening palettes -- from powder blue and turquoise to navy and violet. A well-traveled garden visitor and gifted photographer, the author has included more than 150 stunning photos of blue flowers from gardens around the world. A Book of Blue Flowers is an ideal handbook for gardeners of all skill levels and in any climate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881927694
• ISBN13: 9780881927696
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Packed with details gardeners will appreciate

Blue is a rare, sought after color in the gardening world and this provides a review of those hybridized species which provide blue flower. Robert Geneve's Book of Blue Flowers presents over 150 genera whose flowers cover all types of blue hues: while many would be better described as 'purple', some ' as menconopsis horridula - are pure blue. Packed with details gardeners will appreciate.