List of horticulture and gardening books and publications

Books

Early works

• Sakuteiki (11th century) - the oldest work on Japanese gardening
• The Profitable Arte of Gardening (1563) - the first English book on gardening
• The Gardener's Labyrinth (1577) - noted for its illustrations of Elizabethan gardens

Compost

• Compost Everything - composting book by David the Good

Containers

• Fisher, S. (1999). Scented containers: great ideas for year-round fragrance. NY: Sterling Pub. ()

Design

• Easton, V. (2007). A pattern garden: the essential elements of garden making. Portland: Timber Press. ()
• Ely, Helena Rutherfurd (1903). A Woman's Hardy Garden.
• Ely, Helena Rutherfurd (1905). Another Hardy Garden Book.
• Ely, Helena Rutherfurd (1911). The Practical Flower Garden.
• Williams, B. (1998). On garden style. New York: Simon & Schuster. ()

Diseases and pests

• Cranshaw, Whitney. Garden insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs. Princeton University Press, 2004,

Floras

Main article: Flora#Flora treatises

Fruits

• Morgan, J. Richards, A. and Dowle E. The New Book of Apples: The Definitive Guide to Over 2,000 Varieties. (2003). Ebury.

Inspirational

• Lacy, A. (1998).The inviting garden: gardening for the senses, mind, and spirit. NY: Henry Holt.
• Jarman, Derek and Sooley, Howard. (1995). Derek Jarman's Garden. Thames & Hudson.
• Cobbett, William. (1833). The English Gardener. (Full view). Harvard University.
• Heizer, Roy (2009) Savannah's Garden Plants (Schiffer Publishing)
• Alexander, William (2006) The $64 Tomato (Algonquin Books)

Perennials and plants

• Di-Sabato-Aust, T. (1998). The well-tended perennial garden: planting & pruning techniques. Portland: Timber Press.
• Howells, J. (1996). The rose and the clematis as good companions. Woodbridge: Garden Art Press. ()
• Harper, P.J. (2000). Time-tested plants: thirty years in a four-season garden. Portland: Timber Press.
• Mabey, Richard. Flora Britannica. (1992). Cornell University.

Plant information

• Damrosch, B. (2008). The Garden Primer. (2nd ed). New York: Workman. ()
• Dirr, M.A. (1997). Dirr’s hardy trees and shrubs: an illustrated encyclopedia. Portland: Timber Press. ()
• Dirr, M.A. (1998). Manual of woody landscape plants: their identification, ornamental characteristics, culture, propagation and uses. Champaign, IL: Stipes. ()
• Dirr, M.A. (2002). Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia ()
• Pears, P. (2002). Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of organic gardening. New York: DK Pub. ()
• Smith, Jim. The Wise Old Gnome Speaks: How to Really, Really, Really Care About Your Garden

Reference books

• Hortus Third
• American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
• Manual of Woody Landscape Plants Michael Dirr

Shrubs and trees

• Bean, W.J, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
• The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs

Textbooks

• Epstein, E. and Bloom, A.J. (2005). Mineral Nutrition of Plants: Principles and Perspectives. (2nd ed). Sunderland: Sinauer Associates. ()

Journals and periodicals

• Baileya a scientific journal of horticultural taxonomy
• Davidsonia
• Dionée
• Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe (18451888)
• Journal of Applied Horticulture
• Planta Carnivora
• Stenopetala
• Trifid a quarterly Czech-language periodical and the official publication of Darwiniana a carnivorous plant society based in the Czech Republic.
• Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Journal

Magazines

Main article: List of horticultural magazines

• BBC Gardeners' World - monthly, published by Immediate Media Company
• The Garden the monthly magazine of the British Royal Horticultural Society
• The Plantsman published quarterly by the Royal Horticultural Society

Plant databases

• UI Plants. Gary J. Kling. 2008. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 17 Mar. 2008

References

References

1. "[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/may/13/bestbooks.houseandgarden Monty Don's top 10 gardening books]." 13 May 2003. Don, Monty. The Guardian UK: Culture—Books.
2. Damrosch, B.. (2008). "''The Garden Primer''". Workman.
3. Rice, B. 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101010231948/http://sarracenia.com/faq/faq6100.html Carnivorous Plant Society Archives]. The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. [archived page from 10 October 2010]