Shrubs, Rhododendrons, Azaleas 

A large format (8 1/2" x 11"), colorful (109 full-color illustrations) book that introduces the reader to men who have 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. Written by many members of the American Rhododendron Society and edited by Philip A. Livingston and Franklin H. West, it represents a long-overdue tribute to the plantsmen and provides a statistically accurate account of their plants' performance in gardens today. . Five chapters describe the lives and creations of pioneering hybridizers, Charles Dexter, Joseph Gable, Benjamin Morrison, Guy Nearing and Anthony Shammarello. ."Contemporary Hybridizers" introduces the work of approximately 100 of today's amateur and professional plantsmen. . The final chapter, "Ratings and Recommendations", is the result of exhaustive surveys that provide the reader with a wealth of information. This is a highly recommended reference book: "Its like is not to be found for this or any other genus, at any other time, in any other place, in the history of horticulture. In the scope of its concept and the comprehensiveness of its execution, it stands alone." -David G. Leach, past President of the American Horticultural Society - from Amzon