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YnneadYnnead Posts: 250
edited November 2023 in Plants
Hi sorry if this has been asked before but can anyone recommend a good plant book guide for british plants. I dont get out much so not going out looking for plants. Just want to learn more about the plants we have in the UK. I'm thinking of buying the collins wildflower guide.
Thanks

London

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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    The RHS A to Z of Garden Plants is pretty comprehensive.  Another is The Oxford Book of Wildflowers. 
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 284
    edited November 2023
    pansyface said:
    First published in 1983 but still my favourite wild flower book. And at £3.34 a good bit cheaper than when I bought it 40 years ago!



    I have this book, I love the bits of info it gives you, such as how the plants were used in medicine. Great book wouldn’t be without it 🙂.
    Nottinghamshire.
    Failure is always an option.

  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Not a book but this link has lots of useful information @Ynnead:

    https://www.gardenia.net/native-plants/united-kingdom
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    My go to reference book is Keble Martin’s Concise British Flora. I’ve had it since the early 70s and have never found anything to equal it. 

    Every plant is meticulously and accurately illustrated and described … and botanical
    terms are explained … and it included grasses. 

    I find it very straightforward to use and extremely reliable. 




    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • YnneadYnnead Posts: 250
    Wow @pansyface. A lot of cheap books. Thankyou for that and everyone for the replies. I'm off to check the site out now.
    London
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