*A classic book from a world renowned gardener and gardening writer. *Beth Chatto runs her own Garden and Nursery for Unusual plants and has won ten gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show. *She has also been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour and Lawrence Memorial Medal. *Plant names to be updated for new edition. *All of Beth Chatoo's books have been reprinted several times since first publication.

Beth Chatto runs her own Garden and Nursery for Unusual Plants at Elmstead Market near Colchester. Winner of ten Gold Medals at Chelsea, she also holds the Royal Horticultural Society?s Victoria Medal of Honour and an honorary doctorate from Essex University for her services to horticulture. She is the author of a host of gardening classics and is also co-author of Dear Friend and Gardener, written with her long-standing friend and fellow gardener, Christopher Lloyd.