Saxifrages. The definitive guide to 2000 sepcies, hybrids and cultivars. 2008. 320 col. photogr. 384 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This book brings together accounts of garden and wildsaxifrages, their botany, history, cultivation and propagation. All sections of genus Saxifraga are described, first discursively for the general gardener and then from a botanical viewpoint. There are the dwarf cushion saxifrages whose perfect domes of foliage are studded with jewel-like flowers, the silver saxifrages whose distinctive rosettes and fountain sprays of white flowers associate well with ordinary garden plants, and the mossy saxifrages whose highly prized cultivars have enhanced gardens since the end of the nineteenth century. Malcolm McGregor's advice on using saxifrages in different parts of the garden and his list of the top 100 saxifrages will beinvaluable to gardeners new to the genus and to experts who wish to diversify.