The books listed on this page are mainly about heathers.
An introduction to heather gardening (The world of heathers booklet series 1). Available from The Heather Society; £3.50 (incl. post)
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ISBN Number: ISBN 0-9500412-7-0
Year published: 2000
Printed copies of the Colour Chart may be obtained from The Administrator:
for UK addresses please send one 2nd class (large) stamp
for addresses outside the UK please send 2 international reply coupons.
A copy of the chart is sent free of charge to all new members on joining The Heather Society.
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Awarded “REFERENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012″ by Garden Media Guild in November 2012
There is currently a 50% discount on this book from the Kew online shop.
ISBN Number: ISBN 978-1-84246-170-9
Year published: 2011
Publisher: Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Copies may be obtained from the NEHS; contact W. Dowley, 28 Hurricane Road, Keene, NH 03431, USA. $7.95 (in USA), $9.95 elsewhere.
ISBN Number: ISBN 0-9786079-9-6
Year published: 2011
Publisher: Northeast Heather Society, USA
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ISBN Number: ISBN 978-0-88192-782-5
Year published: 2008
Publisher: Out-of-print, but used copies are sometimes available from book dealers; for example see below
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The 100 best heathers chosen by experts (The world of heathers booklet series 2). Out of print; an updated list of recommended heathers is available here. A PDF of the complete list with descriptions, as published in Heathers 9 can be found here.
ISBN Number: ISBN 0-9500412-8-9
Year published: 1999
Out of print.
Three editions were published. There are no plans to re-issue this work, but descriptions of heathers, as listed in The handy guide, are available on this website.
Year published: 2001
Out of print.
Year published: 2000
Out of print.
Year published: 2004
Purnell, Cape Town & Johannesburg.
Year published: 1967
Year published: 1964 (revised edition)
Publisher: W. H. & L. Collingridge Ltd, London
Year published: 1987
Publisher: Ulmer, Stuttgart
Year published: 1972
Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London
Year published: 1997
Publisher: Chris Howkins, Addlestone
Year published: 1928
Publisher: The Gardeners’ Chronicle, London
Year published: 1979
Publisher: Dargaud Editeur, Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Year published: 1997
Publisher: Éditions Rustica, Paris
Year published: 1966
Publisher: John F. Letts, The Heather Specialist
Year published: 1998
Publisher: The Cornwall Garden Society
Year published: 1927
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd, London
Year published: 1966
Publisher: Macdonald & Co, London
Year published: 1991
Publisher: North American Heather Society & Frontier Publishing, Seaside, Oregon
Year published: 1997. (The new plant library.)
Publisher: Lorenz Books, London
Year published: 1974
Publisher: Blandford Press & Hippocrene Books, London & New York.
Year published: 1992
Publisher: Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg
Year published: 1971
Publisher: David & Charles, Newton Abbot
Year published: 1990
Publisher: David & Charles, Newton Abbot
Year published: 1974
Publisher: Zomer & Keuning Boeken B. V., Wageningen
Year published: 1978
Publisher: Collins, London
Year published: 1978
Publisher: Tabramhill Gardens, Ambleside