The New Encyclopedia of Hostas Hardcover – 15 Feb. 2010

A good comprehensive guide to growing hostas. A good compilation of some of the numerous hostas which gives an excellent coverage of many of the varieties available. I found it somewhat American in bias but otherwise an excellent reference tool. The photographs supplied alongside the descriptions was very helpful however only shows the plants in adult form. Would have been really useful to have juvenile pictures as well.

A comprehensive, but not overpowering, book that covers everything you need to know about growing these wonderful plants. Hostas listed by colour of leaves rather than alphabetically which makes looking up one of the 750 listed varieties a little bit harder but by no means difficult. With over 8000 varieties of Hosta don't expect to find all of them but the well known ones and the ones to look for are all in this book.

Superb book.A slightly odd categorisation means you have to wade through the pictures to find them(like all green Hostas are grouped together) but there is an index.I have managed to identify most of my Hostas using this book as I have lost all the plant labels!

It’s about Hostas and it’s encyclopaedic - what’s not to like? Everything you might reasonably want to know about these lovely plants, and an intro by Prince Charles who turns out to be a fan of them.

The book is very well illustrated with good information on the different types of Hostas. It is easy to understand and seems an excellent reference book and I can see it becoming invaluable in the coming months

Well written book with great hosta photographs. For the beginner to more experienced gardener this is a good book to buy on Hostas.

The book provides excellent detail, including photographs, of a very large number of hostas. It is a quality product. Very well satisfied.

This book on Hostas is the best I have read as yet, very informative, and the illustrations are second to none.