Alpine Plants of Europe : A Gardener's Guide

With this reference, gardeners can successfully replicate alpine plants' native conditions, allowing them to grow such choice alpines as gentians, daphnes, and Dianthus. Dramatic photographs and descriptions take readers through the Pyrenees, Alps, Balkans, and Carpathians to capture the charms of these unique mountain plants.

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
A History of European Alpine Plants and Their Geographical Distribution	p. 11
Ecological Zones in the European Alps	p. 21
Early Spring in the Garden	p. 29
The Pyrenees	p. 55
The Cantabrian Mountains and the Picos de Europa	p. 56
The Central Pyrenees	p. 61
Andorra and the Eastern Pyrenees	p. 84
The Western and Central Alps	p. 95
The Maritime Alps	p. 95
The Spanish Sierras	p. 116
The French Alps	p. 121
The Swiss Alps	p. 139
The Italian Alps	p. 156
The Apennines	p. 183
The Eastern Alps	p. 189
The Austrian and Bavarian Alps	p. 189
The Dolomites	p. 212
The Julian Alps	p. 250
The Balkans	p. 255
The Central Balkans, Including the Former Yugoslavian States	p. 255
Greece	p. 265
Bulgaria	p. 273
The Carpathians, Including the High Tatra Mountains	p. 283
A Practical Guide to Alpine Gardening	p. 293
Sources of Choice European Alpine Plants and Seed	p. 305
Glossary	p. 307
Bibliography	p. 310
Conversion Table for Metric Measurement	p. 312
Index of Plant Names	p. 313
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