100 Perfect Plants

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would particularly like to thank Ali Marshall (head gardener of Torre Abbey, Torquay) for help with researching the text and providing the wonderful artwork.

Also, a massive thank you to all the National Trust gardeners from around the country that gave me plenty of tips and advice along the way as well as lots of encouragement. Also to those that supplied photos.

Thank you to Peter Taylor from Pavilion Books for having the passion and vision to come up with the idea for this National Trust book and to senior editor Jocelyn Norbury for her superb editing and project management skills and being able to translate my scribblings into something readable.

Thank you to my family Annabel, Guy, Lissie and Hugh for putting up with me for another year while I typed away in the garden room. And to my springers Beanie and River for keeping me company, patiently sitting by my feet under the desk while I burnt the midnight oil.

Finally I would like to dedicate this book to all those wild and intrepid plant hunters in the past that risked their lives so that we could enjoy the simple pleasure of watching these wonderful plants grow in our gardens.

PICTURE CREDITS

5, 69, 111 (bottom left), 128, 184, 217 (bottom), 228 © National Trust Images/Robert Morris; 7 (top left), 45, 63 (left), 66–67, 94 (bottom), 111 (top), 162, 217 (top right) © National Trust Images/Jonathan Buckley; 7 (top right), 68 © National Trust Images/Val Corbett; 7 (bottom), 75, 210 (top and bottom), 215 (bottom left and right), 223 (left), 229 © National Trust Images/Andrew Butler; 10–11, 215 (top) © National Trust Images/Chris Lacey; 12, 45, 47 (bottom), 76, 85, 89, 96, 130, 132, 139, 142, 171, 192 © National Trust Images/David Dixon; 13, 22, 34, 50, 52, 61, 88 (top), 92, 98, 101, 149 (bottom), 154, 206, 208, 220, 220–221 © National Trust Images/Stephen Robson; 17, 41 © National Trust Images/Brian & Nina Chapple; 20 © National Trust Images/Christopher Gallagher; 21, 48, 129 © National Trust Images/Arnhel de Serra; 23, 109, 137, 172 © National Trust Images/MMGI/Marianne Majerus; 24 © National Trust Images; 33 © National Trust Images/Joe Cornish; 35, 108 (right), 110, 179, 225 (top left) © National Trust Images/Carole Drake; 36, 46, 82, 94 (top), 133, 136, 160–161, 194, 213, 225 (top right), 225 (bottom) © National Trust Images/Mark Bolton; 40, 169 © National Trust Images/Ian West; 44 © National Trust Images/Jason Ingram; 47 (top), 122, 149 (top) © National Trust Images/Derek Croucher; 51 © National Trust Images/David Sellman; 55 (top) © National Trust Images/Myles New; 60, 108 (left), 155, 157, 158, 203 (top left), 212, 222 © National Trust Images/James Dobson; 63 (right), 97 (bottom), 217 (top left) © National Trust Images/Paul Harris; 74, 111 (bottom right) © National Trust Images/Caroline Arber; 78 © National Trust Images/Nick Meers; 81 (bottom) © National Trust Images/Andrew Lawson; 84 © National Trust Images/Charles Hawes; 97 (top) © National Trust Images/Neil Campbell-Sharp; 112, 114–115, 120, 204, 218, 223 (right) © National Trust Images/John Miller; 131 © National Trust Images/Mark Sunderland; 140, 207 © National Trust Images/Andrea Jones; 156, 189, 201, 203 (top right and bottom) © National Trust Images/John Millar; 200 © National Trust Images/William Shaw; 219 © National Trust Images/David Levenson; 226 © National Trust Images/Alex Ramsay; 227 © National Trust Images/Justin Minns.

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