Author: Ran Levy-Yamamori & Gerard Taaffe.

Publisher/Date: Timber Press, 2004, 1st printing,

Format/Condition: New hardcover book with dust jacket in fine condition. Profusely illustrated. Measures approx 9×11 ½ inches.

Description: At once a manual for horticultural advice, source of inspiration for gardeners, and guidebook for armchair travelers, this sumptuously photographed encyclopedia explores the palette of plants cultivated in Japan. Garden Plants of Japan describes several thousand species, from mosses to hepaticas, ferns to magnolias, and bamboos to cherry trees, carefully noting which plants are authentically Japanese and which are transplants. Ran Levy-Yamamori and Gerard Taaffe even document little-known wild plants that show potential for Japanese and foreign gardens alike.