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Title: Asarum books
Post by: ellen&dan on October 20, 2008, 07:00:25 PM

Hi there
 Just wondering if anyone knows of any good Asarum books.
Thanks Dan and Ellen

Title: Re: Asarum books
Post by: Giles on October 20, 2008, 07:36:46 PM

There are a few second hand ones around, but not in English.
Try abebooks.

Title: Re: Asarum books
Post by: Carlo on October 20, 2008, 08:25:48 PM

For pictures (and that's quite literally all it is...480 of them), there is only one...see it, buy it at Asiatica. It's "Toki no Hana"--a collection of photographs of clones grown in Japan. Fantastic...   

Title: Re: Asarum books
Post by: Maggi Young on October 21, 2008, 12:50:05 PM

Carlo thanks, I found this.......http://www.asiaticanursery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=563

Title: Re: Asarum books
Post by: Carlo on October 21, 2008, 01:46:11 PM

Thanks Maggi, that's the one! There's some incredible stuff out there that we've never seen. The Japanese are doing some amazing things with these plants...I assume it's mostly selection of cultivars from what must be millions and millions of plants. It's a shame so few are available in the trade.