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Encyclopedia of Dahlias
Contributor(s): McClaren, Bill (Author)

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 ISBN: 1604690631     ISBN-13: 9781604690637
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
OUR PRICE: $66.45  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: January 2009
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Annotation: Includes 700 dahlia selections, with notes on history, awards, and where to buy. With more than 800 color photos.
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BISAC Categories:
- Gardening | Flowers - Perennials
- Gardening | Reference
- Gardening | Flowers - Bulbs
Dewey: 635.933
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 8.5" W x 11" L (1.54 lbs) 212 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
In this delightful and profusely illustrated encyclopedia, noted hybridizer and nurseryman Bill McClaren provides an authoritative account of garden-worthy dahlias for every garden design. Nearly 700 selections are included, complete with notes on their history, awards, and cultural peculiarities. Additional chapters on dahlia care and propagation, dahlia species in nature, hybridizing, and showing dahlias add to this well-rounded overview. Thorough appendices with resources on dahlia societies, nurseries, and gardens complete the book.

This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.

Contributor Bio(s): McClaren, Bill: - Bill McClaren has been growing and showing dahlias for nearly 50 years. For the past 20 years, he has hybridized all forms of dahlias; over 100 of his varieties are listed in the American Dahlia Society's ADS Classification and Handbook of Dahlias. After retiring from a 30-year career as an educator, he owned and operated, together with his wife, Alpen Gardens, a commercial dahlia nursery, for 20 years. He is a member of the American Dahlia Society. He is a Senior Judge and instructs dahlia judging schools throughout the northwestern United States and Canada. His articles have been published in the Bulletin of the American Dahlia Society and Dahlias of Today.
 
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