Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sex in Your Garden. Angela Overy


Sex in Your Garden. Angela Overy

What a delightful book.  Talk about the birds and the bees – they are just a part of this look at pollination and reproduction in the plant world and all the partners they entice from Hummingbirds and bees to bats and wind.

Illustrated and laid out like a children’s book for adults, this book begins with botanical basics and soon takes you in to the complex forms, scents, colors, and patterns that have evolved in each flower as they compete for their patch of the world.

The author’s name almost commits her to writing a book on this topic and if so, I am pleased.  She does it with humor and a condensed text that is as filled with information as the stamens are with pollen.

You will love your garden more and you will understand the natural world better if you read this book.

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