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9780915180042
A large-format (8.5x11), colorful (109 color photos) book that introduces the reader to men who worked with love and dedication to provide the gardens of eastern North America with hardy and beautiful hybrid rhododendrons and azaleas...outstanding plants...over 1,000 of them are described and evaluated. Five chapters describe the lives and creations of pioneering hybridizers: Gable, Morrison, Nearing and Shammarello. 100 of today's amateur and professional plantsmen have hybrids introduced. "Ratings and Recommendations" provides reader with wealth of information.West, Franklin H. is the author of 'Hybrids and Hybridizers, Rhododendrons and Azaleas for Eastern North America ', published 1978 under ISBN 9780915180042 and ISBN 0915180049.
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