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Posted: April 29th, 2012 | Author: hortoris | Filed under: Books & Publications | No Comments »

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Lilacs: A Gardener’s Encyclopedia by John L. Fiala and Freek Vrugtman

What comes first the chicken or the egg. In this case what comes first the name of a plant or the name of a colour. It is surprising how many colours and plants are the same. The citrus family provide most with Orange, Tangerine, Lemon and Lime!

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The Rose Expert by Dr D G Hessayon

Colourful books in The Expert series have made sure of one bank balance in the black not the red!

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Lavender Lover’s Handbook, by Sarah Berringer Bader

The dark end of the colour spectrum produces Indigo and Violet both plants of the hue. Lavender and Lilac are also of a similar persuasion.

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Magnolias: A Gardener’s Guide by Jim Gardiner

Not the colour of Magnolia paint that all the walls in my first house was painted by I do not know of a plant called a beige.

There is an Orange book prize and so I thought we should consider a garden book prize we could call it Apple Green or Bookworm awards.



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