A classic book from a world-renowned gardener and gardening writer. Beth Chatto runs her own Garden and Nursery for unusual plants. Beth Chatto is the winner of ten Gold medals at the Cheleas Flower Show. Plant names to be updated for the new edition. All of Beth Chatto's books have been reprinted meny 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.