It is hard to imagine gardens without peonies, flowering peaches, camellias, gardenias, azaleas, wisteria, forsythia, crabapples, and the host of other ornament

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Celebrates the skilled gardeners of Imperial China through new research that opens a new chapter in the story of our garden plants.

A unique addition to the botanical literature, this book presents the flora of China in its astonishing diversity.

Sumptuously illustrated, this books explores the entire palette of plants cultivated in Japan, carefully noting which are native and which have been introduced.