The following is a list of our most frequently used sources for "What's in Bloom: Bloom Highlights."
Reference Books
Brickell, Christopher, and H. Mark Cathey, eds. The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 2008.
Dirr, Michael A.: Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing LLC, 1998.
Griffiths, Mark. Index of Garden Plants: The New Royal Horticultural Society. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1994.
Huxley, Anthony et al., eds. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. New York: Stockton Press, 1992.
Staff of the L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University. Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan Publishers, 1976.
Websites
Cornell University: vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/main
The International Plant Names Index: ipni.org
Missouri Botanical Garden: tropicos.org
Royal Horticultural Society: apps.rhs.org.uk/horticulturaldatabase
Royal Horticultural Society: rhs.org.uk/plants/search-form
U.S. Department of Agriculture: plants.usda.gov