256 pages, indexed, illustrated, with bibliography. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. "An essential A-Z illustrated guide to more than 700 easy-to-obtain subtropicaland dry climate plants that can be grown in most regions of Europe,Australasia, and the USA, written in association with the Royal BotanicGardens, Kew.This is a unique guide to a wide range of tropical and hot-climate (also knownas Mediterranean or desert) plants. The guide is arranged in three sections: ageneral introduction to choosing, planting, and using subtropical andhotclimate plants with particular emphasis on hardiness and overwintering theplants; the second section that comprises an A-Z plant directory, in which over700 plants, listed by their botanical names, are treated to in-depth profilesand grouped as either trees, shrubs, perennials, climbers, palms and cycads,cacti and other succulents, or grasses and bamboos; a third section thatincludes plants for special uses, and a glossary." (publisher)