VANCOUVER ISLAND HEATHER SOCIETY
Librarian: Sheila Yaremko Last updated 10//06/2010
Library Listings:
ERICAS OF SOUTH AFRICA, Dolf
Schumann, Gerhard Kirsten, 1992 – hardcover
book.
GARDENING WITH HARDY HEATHERS, David Small & Ella May T.
Wulff, 2008 – hardcover
– 259 pages –
with many wonderful color
photographs.
GUIDE TO THE NAMING OF
PLANTS. David McClintock, 1980. Booklet - 37 pages -
good botanical
approach - helps one understand
what heathers are and how they are categorized - invaluable for
understanding the naming and
categorizing of all plants.
HARDY
HEATHER SPECIES. Dorothy Metheny, 1991. First heather book
printed in North America - hard
cover -- maps and text -
index of cultivars available in North America
- large glossary. As editor of the quarterly
newsletters of the NAHS' Heather
News, Dorothy started writing about and drawing the species to help other
NAHS members identify
and understand their plants. Here, those articles (starting in March 1980) have
been
updated and put in book form -
includes Dorothy’s drawings - she completed the genera and species in time for
this publication to be
released on her 90th birthday.
HARDY HEATHS – A.T.
Johnson - a garden book Club edition,
1955 – hardcover –127 pages with some black
& white photographs.
Written instructions for planting, soil, pruning,
propagation, etc.
THE HEATHER FAMILY of British Columbia, A.F. Szczawinski, 1962 – 205 page book - descriptions and
drawings with locality maps of many of our
natives of the ericaceae family found in BC.
HEATHERS: A GUIDE TO
DESIGNING A HEATHER GARDEN. David & Betty Lambie. Small paperback -
24 pages - different
garden layouts - colored illustrations - information on flowering time,
foliage, etc.
HEATHERS: ILLUSTRATED
GUIDE TO VARIETIES. Andrew Mikolajski, 1997. Medium-sized hardcover -
64 pages - beautiful
colour illustrations - step-by-step guide to planting, propagation, pruning,
etc.
HEATHERS
AND CONIFERS –Sue Phillips & Neil Sutherland, 1998
– Aura Books. Large paperback – 93
pages – a creative
step-by-step guide on how to grow and display a wide range of Heathers and
conifers.
Some very nice photographs;
practical advice on choosing, creating heather & conifer beds, common
problems
creative ideas for heather
baskets and pots.
HEATHERS AND HEATHS
–Alan Toogood – Collins Aura Garden Handbook, 1989 – small paperback – 48
pages - One of a series of
handbooks planned for easy reference filled with facts and color illustrations.
The
authors are all experienced
gardeners. Some nice color illustrations different cultivars.
Soils & Planting,
aftercare, pruning, container
growing, Heathers in season.
HEATHERS OF THE LIZARD, David
McClintock, 1998 – 8 page booklet - some B & W
pictures,
colour illustrations on center 2 pages
HEATHS & HEATHERS –
F.P. Knight – Royal Horticultural Society, a Wisley Handbook, 1972. Paperback
64 pages – informative
guide to growing heathers, color illustrations, how to design a heather garden,
soils,
planting & aftercare. Recommended species, hybrids and cultivars.
HEATHS & HEATHERS:
CALLUNA, DABOECIA & ERICA. Terry L. Underhill, 1971. Hardcover
-- 256
pages - good alphabetical
index of cultivars - extensive information includes history - no colour
illustrations -
information on characteristics,
propagation, maps and drawings.
LEGENDS
IN THE GARDEN. Linda
Copeland & Allan Armitage. Wings Publishers, Atlanta GA, 2001.
A collection
of stories about people and places commemorated by the varietal names of
American plants. Of
particular interest is the chapter
on Dorothy Metheny, a NAHS Founding Member, and the colour photo of her
namesake heath Erica
xwatsonii ‘Dorothy Metheny.’
THE WORLD OF HEATHERS
BOOKLET SERIES #1: EVERYONE CAN GROW HEATHERS. Daphne
Everett, 2000. An introduction to
heather gardening - 18 pages - beginner’s guide: choosing plants, planting,
aftercare - some coloured
illustrations.
THE WOODLAND GARDEN,
Roy Forster and Alex Downie, 1999 – 180 pages - Advises on "how to create
a woodland garden using native
plants. Design, selection and maintenance.
THE WORLD OF HEATHERS
BOOKLET SERIES #2: RECOMMENDED HEATHERS. David
Small & Ron
Cleevely, 1999. The 100 best heathers chosen by experts - 26
pages - choosing heathers - lists heathers with
similar coloured foliage and
same coloured flowers - recommended list gives details of height, spread,
colour
of foliage and flowers,
and time of bloom - coloured illustrations.
WILD PLANTS OF
SOUTH-WESTERN IRELAND; Kerry, West cork and Limerick- Charles Nelson,
Collins Press, 2001
- Cork, souvenir and simple pocket guide to the flowers and ferns
illustrated with colour
photographs. More than 100 common
& rate plants by flower colour. Gives flowering period and
distribution.
Paperback
128 pages.
WILD PLANTS OF CONNEMARA AND WEST
MAYO – Charles Nelson, Collins Press, 2001 - Cork pocket guide
to the wild flowers of Connemara &
West Mayo illustrated with colour photographs.
WILDFLOWERS
OF THE FAIREST CAPE. Peter Goldblatt
& John Manning. released by Timber Press, 2000.
The large “coffee table”
book, (315 pages) has lots of colour photos, information on finding and
identifying
South African plants,
and stresses conservation.
THE WOODLAND GARDEN,
Roy Forster and Alex Downie – 1999 - 180 pages
- Advises on "how to create
a woodland garden using native
plants. Design, selection and maintenance.
JOURNALS. Also in the Chapter
Library are many back issues of
YEARBOOK OF THE (BRITISH) HEATHER SOCIETY (1995-present)
BULLETIN OF THE HEATHER SOCIETY (UK)
HEATHER QUARTERLY NEWS, North American Heather
Society, (1995-present).
CASCADE HEATHER SOCIETY
HEATHER DRIFT, VIHS
HEATHER CLIPPINGS, H.E.R.E. Chapter
THE BULLETIN, BC Council of Gardens
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