Hi all,

This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted to know where could I purchase posters or charts of flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc).
I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and 'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer screen) to download in PDF format or others.

In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: .

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"pierrot" wrote in message
news

Hi all,

This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself
horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted
to know where could I purchase posters or charts of
flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net
addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown
plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc).
I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and
'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer
screen) to download in PDF format or others.

In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I
asked wich question. Please email me at: .


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pierrot
why not simply buy a copy of the RHS 'gardeners encyclopaedia of flowers
and plants'. I got mine secondhand and find it essential for identifying
things.

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from pierrot contains these words:


Hi all,

This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself
horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted
to know where could I purchase posters or charts of
flowers/plants/shrubs identification.

Books would be so much better than posters or pdf files. They contain
far more information in a convenient portable format. It's difficult to
carry posters around a garden or park, and unroll them to match a
picture or description to an ID.

IMO the best-value books for all kinds of plant ID are the
photographic-plants series by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix.They're easy
for beginners to navigate round but also very useful when you become
more knowledgeable. Cost around 15 pounds each but superb vale for
money.

In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I
asked wich question. Please email me at: .

This is a newsgroup for gardening discussions, not a private advisory
service.

Janet

Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from pierrot [...]
In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I
asked wich question. Please email me at: .

This is a newsgroup for gardening discussions, not a private
advisory service.

Perhaps a bit abrupt, there, Janet. But, Pierrot, if you do want to ask
a question here, you really should at least write down the name of the
group! As Janet says, this is a "place" for open discussions: you will
sometimes get an email reply if it's appropriate, but it would be a
mistake to expect it. Remember that email is private, and many of us
don't want to give our addresses to people we don't know, for reasons
you probably understand.

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Mike.

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from pierrot [...]
In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I
asked wich question. Please email me at: .

This is a newsgroup for gardening discussions, not a private
advisory service.

Perhaps a bit abrupt, there, Janet. But, Pierrot, if you do want to ask
a question here, you really should at least write down the name of the
group! As Janet says, this is a "place" for open discussions: you will
sometimes get an email reply if it's appropriate, but it would be a
mistake to expect it. Remember that email is private, and many of us
don't want to give our addresses to people we don't know, for reasons
you probably understand.

--
Mike.

Mike, this person asked for help, no flaming you prat, we should help each
other, not try to be a smart arse like you, now go into your garden and
crawl back under your stone.
we are here to help newcommers not blast them like you. To be honest all
Mike grows is a shadow of himself "weeds"

If you ask most of the time people will help on here

best wishes
john
l

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flack writes

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
...

Perhaps a bit abrupt, there, Janet. But, Pierrot, if you do want to ask
a question here, you really should at least write down the name of the
group! As Janet says, this is a "place" for open discussions: you will
sometimes get an email reply if it's appropriate, but it would be a
mistake to expect it. Remember that email is private, and many of us
don't want to give our addresses to people we don't know, for reasons
you probably understand.


Mike, this person asked for help, no flaming

That was a flame??!

you prat, we should help each
other,

Perhaps we should. I look forward to seeing the first bit of help from
you.

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Kay

On 27/1/06 20:37, in article ,
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Perhaps we should. I look forward to seeing the first bit of help from
you.

This person is posting from the area of Newcastle on Tyne. I don't think we
have any regular posters from there, do we? So it's probably another
plonkee of about 12 who got a computer for Christmas! ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

"pierrot" wrote in message
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Hi all,

This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself
horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted
to know where could I purchase posters or charts of
flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net
addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown
plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc).
I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and
'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer
screen) to download in PDF format or others.


The problem with posters is that they're not portable, and so
aren't much use for identifying plants "in the field" so to speak.
I.e. out of doors.

At a guess, posters aimed at children are educational in a wider
sense, as well as being colourful and stimulting. And so alongside
posters of flowers and maybe trees, you might also find posters
of tigers, elephants, whales or whatever.

In other words they're produced for an entirely different purpose
to what you had in mind.

The only charts you're likely to find are botanical charts or
family trees of the plant species, genera, families, classes
etc, but they're quite complex and not really of much help
with identification.




michael adams

....










In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I
asked wich question. Please email me at: .


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pierrot

In message , pierrot
writes

Hi all,

This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself
horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted
to know where could I purchase posters or charts of
flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net
addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown
plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc).
I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and
'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer
screen) to download in PDF format or others.

In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I
asked wich question. Please email me at: .


There's a quarter of million (give or take a lot) species of flowering
plants, and quite possibly a comparable number of cultivars, some
exceedingly divergent from the wild type. You're not going to get a
useful poster of general utility - only ones applying to relatively
small groups of plants.

I like the Philips & Rix books, mentioned elsethread, but the best
portable single volume work for identifying garden plants that I know of
is Michael Wright's "The Complete Handbook of Garden Plants".
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

I can't believe the general response to this seemingly innocent posting.
There are many different ways of learning.....maybe a poster on a frequently
seen wall (or maybe the door of the loo) is not such a crazy idea.
When my son was learning plant ID's for his RHS course he put labels up all
over the house and it worked really well.

Good luck Pierrot!

Sue
--
Derby, England.

Don't try to email me using "REPLY" as the email address is NoSpam. Our
email address is "thewoodies2 at ntlworld dot com"


"pierrot" wrote in message
news

Hi all,

This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself
horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted
to know where could I purchase posters or charts of
flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net
addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown
plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc).
I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and
'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer
screen) to download in PDF format or others.

In advance many thanks
PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I
asked wich question. Please email me at: .


--
pierrot

On 30/1/06 21:30, in article ,
"Sue" wrote:

I can't believe the general response to this seemingly innocent posting.
There are many different ways of learning.....maybe a poster on a frequently
seen wall (or maybe the door of the loo) is not such a crazy idea.
When my son was learning plant ID's for his RHS course he put labels up all
over the house and it worked really well.

Good luck Pierrot!


I think the problem most people seem to be addressing is that posters aren't
exactly easy to carry about, unroll and hold up in windy conditions on
gardening sites or in botanic gardens etc. Books would answer his need
better and one book, such as e.g. the RHS encyclopaedia would cover most
needs for those at the start of a career in horticulture. Coming back here
with plant descriptions and locations could be another useful source,
too.....
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

Following up to Sacha :

I think the problem most people seem to be addressing is that posters aren't
exactly easy to carry about, unroll and hold up in windy conditions on
gardening sites or in botanic gardens etc. Books would answer his need
better ...

Which of course wasn't even hinted at by the OP.
--
Tim C.

On 31/1/06 7:46, in article , "Tim
C." wrote:

Following up to Sacha :

I think the problem most people seem to be addressing is that posters aren't
exactly easy to carry about, unroll and hold up in windy conditions on
gardening sites or in botanic gardens etc. Books would answer his need
better ...

Which of course wasn't even hinted at by the OP.
--
Tim C.

What wasn't hinted at? Using books? If you mean the going to gardens, he's
teaching himself horticulture and is going to start a proper course, so he
will, inevitably, be going into gardens etc. I don't think there is
anything to stop him photocopying useful pictures and articles to stick up
in his own home for his own use, thus covering all requirements, I'd think.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

The message
from Tim C. contains these words:

Following up to Sacha :

I think the problem most people seem to be addressing is that posters
aren't
exactly easy to carry about, unroll and hold up in windy conditions on
gardening sites or in botanic gardens etc. Books would answer his need
better ...

Which of course wasn't even hinted at by the OP.

Why should it? Many OP's questions contain no hint of the best
answer, just because they are so new or inexperienced in that field and
are unused to looking things up.

Janet

Sue wrote:
I can't believe the general response to this seemingly innocent posting.
There are many different ways of learning.....maybe a poster on a frequently
seen wall (or maybe the door of the loo) is not such a crazy idea.
When my son was learning plant ID's for his RHS course he put labels up all
over the house and it worked really well.

You should see my house and my verandah! It's full of lists. I carry
hundreds of little folded piece of papers with endless list of family
plants, latin names next to common names, diagrams of plant cells,
combination of bedding plants, different grass seeds for bowling greens
and winter sport fields ... it's total madness, but somehow it's the
only way to learn.

I had a think to help Pierrot, and thought about the HDRA's posters but
they are childish as he said. All I have is what I made myself, list
upon list on A3, drawings and the latest is Sacha's hanging basket
suggestions which are really fabulous because quite different to what I
see or have to learn )