Current Books & Book Reviews

Current Books on Gardening & Botany is an Internet-only journal reviewing new books and other media about gardening, horticulture, and botany. Reviews cover a wide range of new literature in print and digital form and are written primarily by the staff of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Titlesort icon Author Volume Number Publication Date
P. Allen Smith's Living in the Garden Home: Connecting the Seasons with Containers, Crafts, and Celebrations P. Allen Smith 10 2 2007 P. Allen Smith's Living in the Garden Home: Connecting the Seasons with Containe
Palms Won’t Grow Here and Other Myths: Warm–climate Plants for Cooler Areas David A. Francko 6 5 2003 Palms Won’t Grow Here and Other Myths: Warm–climate Plants for Cooler Areas
Paradise of exiles: The Anglo–American gardens of Florence Katie Campbell 12 1 2009 Paradise of exiles: The Anglo–American gardens of Florence
Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape Lynden B. Miller 11 6 2009 Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape
Passiflora: Passionflowers of the World Torsten Ulmer and John M. Macdougal 7 1 2004 Passiflora: Passionflowers of the World
Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener Dominique Browning 6 5 2004 Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener
Patio Produce: How to Cultivate a Lot of Home-Grown Vegetables from the Smallest Possible Space Paul Peacock 11 6 2009 Patio Produce: How to Cultivate a Lot of Home-Grown Vegetables from the Smalles
Patricia Johanson's House & Garden Commissions: Reconstruction of Modernity Xin Wu 10 6 2007 Patricia Johanson's House & Garden Commissions: Reconstruction of Modernity
Peaceful Gardens Stephanie Donaldson 6 3 2003 Peaceful Gardens
Peculiar Plants Anita Ganeri 15 2 2012 Peculiar Plants
Peonies Pamela McGeorge 9 1 2006 Peonies
People with Dirty Hands: The Passion for Gardening Robin Chotzinoff 3 2 1996 People with Dirty Hands: The Passion for Gardening
Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums Paul W. Bosland and Eric J. Votava 2 3 2000 Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums
Perennials Ray Edwards 2 4 1999 Perennials
Perennials Short and Tall: A Seasonal Progression of Flowers for Your Garden Moya L. Andrews 10 4 2008 Perennials Short and Tall: A Seasonal Progression of Flowers for Your Garden
Perfect Plant Perfect Place Roy Lancaster 5 3 2002 Perfect Plant Perfect Place
Perfectly Delightful: The Life & Gardens of Harvey Ladew Christopher Weeks 1 3 1999 Perfectly Delightful: The Life & Gardens of Harvey Ladew
Petal & Twig: Seasonal Bouquets with Blossoms, Branches, and Grasses from Your Garden Valerie Easton 14 2 2011
Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie 14 4 2012 Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
Pharaoh’s Flowers: The Botanical Treasures of Tutankhamun Second Edition F. Nigel Hepper 11 3 2009 Pharaoh’s Flowers: The Botanical Treasures of Tutankhamun Second Edition
Photoshop Brushes & Creative Tools: Floral & Botanical Alan Weller 12 1 2009 Photoshop Brushes & Creative Tools: Floral & Botanical
Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Peter K. Endress, and Mark W. Chase 9 6 2005 Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms
Pick of the Bunch: The Story of Twelve Treasured Flowers Margaret Willes 12 1 2009 Pick of the Bunch: The Story of Twelve Treasured Flowers
Picturing the Book of Nature: Image, Text, and Argument in Sixteenth-Century Human Anatomy and Medical Botany Sachiko Kusukawa 14 5 2012 Picturing the Book of Nature: Image, Text, and Argument in Sixteenth-Century Hum
Pioneers of American Landscape Charles A. Birnbaum and Robin Karson (editors) 4 1 2000 Pioneers of American Landscape
Pitcher Plants of the Americas Stewart McPherson 9 5 2006 Pitcher Plants of the Americas
Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens San Antonio, Tex.: Trinity University Press, 2010 Vaughn Sills 13 1 2010 Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens San Antonio, Tex.: T
Plains Apache Ethnobotany Julia A. Jordan 11 1 2008 Plains Apache Ethnobotany
Plant Arrangements: Creativity with Flowers Per Benjamin, Max van de Sluis, and Tomas De Bruyne 13 6 2011 Plant Arrangements: Creativity with Flowers
Plant Cell Biology: A Practical Approach Chris Hawes and Béatrice Satiat-Jeunemaitre (editors) 4 1 2001 Plant Cell Biology: A Practical Approach
Plant Cold Hardiness: Gene Regulation and Genetic Engineering Paul H. Li and E. Tapio Palva (editors) 6 6 2002 Plant Cold Hardiness: Gene Regulation and Genetic Engineering
Plant Combinations for your Landscape Tony Lord 13 2 2010 Plant Combinations for your Landscape
Plant Conservation: An Ecosystem Approach Alan Hamilton and Patrick Hamilton 9 1 2006 Plant Conservation: An Ecosystem Approach
Plant Genotyping II: SNP Technology Robert J. Henry (editor) 10 5 2008 Plant Genotyping II: SNP Technology
Plant Physiology Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger 9 1 2006 Plant Physiology
Plant Propagation Alan Toogood, Editor-in-chief 1 2 1999 Plant Propagation
Plant Propagation A-Z: Growing Plants for Free Geoff Bryant 5 1 2003 Plant Propagation A-Z: Growing Plants for Free
Plant Proteomics Christine Finnie (editor) 9 4 2006 Plant Proteomics
Plant Reintroduction in a Changing Climate: Promises and Perils Joyce Maschinski and Kristin E. Haskins (editors) 14 3 2012 Plant Reintroduction in a Changing Climate: Promises and Perils
Plant Resins: Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology and Ethnobotany Jean H. Langenheim 5 6 2003 Plant Resins: Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology and Ethnobotany
Plant Roots: The Hidden Half Yoav Waisel, Amram Eshel and Uzi Kafkafi (editors) 5 1 2002 Plant Roots: The Hidden Half
Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet Alan Crozier, Michael N. Clifford, and Hiroshi Ashihara (editors) 9 2 2006 Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet
Plant Systematics Michael G. Simpson 8 3 2006 Plant Systematics
Plant This! Best Bets for Year-Round Gorgeous Gardens Ketzel Levine 3 2 2000 Plant This! Best Bets for Year-Round Gorgeous Gardens
Plant Tropisms Simon Gilroy and Patrick H. Masson (editors) 10 2 2008 Plant Tropisms
Plant User Handbook: A Guide to Effective Specifying James Hitchmough and Ken Fieldhouse (editors) 6 6 2004 Plant User Handbook: A Guide to Effective Specifying
Planting a Rainbow Lois Ehlert 5 5 2003 Planting a Rainbow
Planting Paradise: Cultivating the Garden 1501–1900 Stephen Harris 13 4 2011 Planting Paradise: Cultivating the Garden 1501–1900
Planting Schemes from Sissinghurst Tony Lord 5 6 2003 Planting Schemes from Sissinghurst.
Planting the Landscape: A Professional Approach to Garden Design Nancy A. Leszczynski 1 1 1999
Planting the Natural Garden Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen 6 3 2003 Planting the Natural Garden
Planting Wetlands and Dams Nick Romanowski 12 3 2009 Planting Wetlands and Dams Second Edition
Plants Ontario Science Centre 2 4 1998 Plants
Plants and People of Nepal Narayan P. Manandhar, with the assistance of Sanjay Manandhar 6 2 2002 Plants and People of Nepal
Plants and the K-T Boundary Douglas J. Nichols and Kirk R. Johnson 10 5 2008 Plants and the K-T Boundary
Plants and Vegetation: Origins, Processes, Consequences Paul Keddy 10 5 2007 Plants and Vegetation: Origins, Processes, Consequences
Plants as Persons: A Philosophical Botany Matthew Hall 14 1 2011 Plants as Persons: A Philosophical Botany
Plants for Atlantic Gardens: Handsome and Hard-Working Shrubs, Trees, and Perennials Jodi DeLong 13 5 2011 Plants for Atlantic Gardens: Handsome and Hard-Working Shrubs, Trees, and Perenn
Plants in Spring Martha E.H. Rustad 15 2 2012 Plants in Spring
Plants of the Victorian High Country John Murphy and Bill Dowling 15 1 2012 Plants of the Victorian High Country
Poisonous Plants: A Cultural and Social History Robert Bevan-Jones 11 6 2009 Poisonous Plants: A Cultural and Social History
Portraits of Himalayan Flowers Toshio Yoshida 4 6 2002 Wildflowers Pictorial works
Possum in the Pawpaw Tree: A Seasonal Guide to Midwestern Gardening B. Rosie Lerner and Beverly S. Netzhammer 2 2 1994 Possum in the Pawpaw Tree: A Seasonal Guide to Midwestern Gardening
Practical Bamboos: The 50 Best Plants for Screens, Containers, and More Paul Whittaker 13 2 2010 Practical Bamboos: The 50 Best Plants for Screens, Containers, and More
Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers, and Citizens Dan L. Perlman and Jeffrey C. Milder 7 4 2005 Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers, and Citizens
Practical Plant Identification: Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plant Families in North Temperate Regions James Cullen 9 4 2006 Practical Plant Identification: Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Floweri
Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Theodore S. Cochrane, Kandis Elliot, and Claudia S. Lipke 10 1 2006 Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
Prairie Wetland Ecology: The Contribution of the Marsh Ecology Research Program Henry R. Murkin, Arnold G. van der Valk and William R. Clark (Editors) 3 2 2000 Prairie Wetland Ecology: The Contribution of the Marsh Ecology Research Program
Prairies and Plains: The Reference Literature of a Region Robert Balay (editor) 11 3 2009 Prairies and Plains: The Reference Literature of a Region
Primula John Richards 6 3 2003 Primula
Private Gardens of Connecticut Jane Garmey 13 1 2010 Private Gardens of Connecticut
Private Lives of Garden Birds Calvin Simonds 5 4 2002 Private Lives of Garden Birds
Professional Planting Design: An Architectural and Horticultural Approach for Creating Mixed Bed Plantings Scott C. Scarfone 9 4 2007 Professional Planting Design: An Architectural and Horticultural Approach for Cr
Provence Artists’ Gardens Julia Droste-Hennings 10 3 2008 Provence Artists’ Gardens
Pruning Plant by Plant Andrew Mikolajski 14 5 2012 Pruning
Public Garden Management: A Complete Guide to the Planning and Administration of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta Donald A. Rakow and Sharon A. Lee 13 5 2011 Public Garden Management: A Complete Guide to the Planning and Administration of
Public Parks: The Key to Livable Communities Alexander Garvin 13 2 2011 Public Parks: The Key to Livable Communities
Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscape in New Orleans Lake Douglas 13 6 2011 Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscape in New Orleans
Pulmonarias and the Borage Family Masha Bennet 6 5 2003 Pulmonarias and the Borage Family
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden George Levenson 2 2 1999 Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden