If you want to know how to achieve peak perennial bloom display, this is the book for you. It is quite simply a definitive, comprehensive guide to the growing of perennials.  Anisko is curator of the Longwood gardens and is an expert on the subject - and it shows.

Studying this book will provide all the information a keen gardener needs to achieve maximum effect from perennials over a short or long period. This book shows how plants are affected by seasonal and environmental conditions highlighting how gardeners can take this into account when planting.

This has been made possible by exhaustive study of data from all over the world from Russia to the USA. There are hundreds of graphs showing month by month bloom times. The book is fully illustrated with some stunning photographs.   Overall this is a excellent reference book  for gardeners.