I basically want to know how to identify every type of flower. not purely wildflowers? i need resembling a website, or a book preferince.
i need resembling a website, or a book preferince.
Answers: There are tons of reference books available. What kind of plants are you looking to identify...perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees, grasses... I close to getting specialty books because they are more specific but I have broad books that cover a bit of everything too. Here are some of my favorites:
Royal Horticultural Society Index of Garden Plants: Mark Griffiths (I can't wait for the update to this one. If you want the proper botanical identify, this is your book.)
Hortus Third: Bailey Hortorium (I like this one too but the above book is better.)
The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs: Hillier, Coombes (Lots of concise info. beside good pictures.)
American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants: Cathey, Brickell (Pretty informative, righteous info. and lots of pictures. A good perennial citation book.)
American Horticultural Society of Herbs (I like this book because it is a honourable reference herb book. I doesn't walk into herb lore and history of herbs and stuff approaching that, it simply lists the plants and consequently the different species and varieties next to pictures.)
The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: John Greenlee (Love the layout of this book and full of great information.)
Botanica's Roses: David Austin (A good citation rose book, there is another rose book that I approaching but I can't recall the first name of it and it's not right here with me.)
Botanica: R. G. Turner (It's a suitable perennial reference book.)
Flora: A Gardener's Encyclopedia: Sean Hogan (Again, it's another apt perennial reference book. Good info. and pictures.)
Sunset Western Garden Book: Brenzell (If you are surrounded by the western U.S., this is a must have. Great local hint and more local zoning is a nice feature.)
So, these will endow with good cover a widespread plants of types: herbs, perennials, shrubs, grasses and roses... Happy hunting! :)
Another really apposite one is Sunset Western Garden. Both book & web site.