First published in 2010 by
The Crowood Press Ltd
Ramsbury, Marlborough
Wiltshire SN8 2HR
This e-book first published in 2013
© Simon Hart 2010
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ISBN 978 1 84797 732 8
Photographic Acknowledgements
All photographs by the author, except where otherwise credited: frontispiece and pages 6, 13, 42, 106 and 121 © Rhoda Nottridge; pages 11 and 16 © Tony Bundock; page 25 © Sue Bunwell and Andrew Davis; pages 26, 114, 115 and 116 © Delfland Nurseries. Photographs on pages 7, 8, 10, 21, 22, 37–39, 44, 56, 57, 62, 64, 76, 85, 88, 107 and 117–119 were taken in the greenhouses of Writtle College, Essex.
Illustrations by Caroline Pratt