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Vireyas for New Zealand Gardens

By John Kenyon and Jacqueline Walker
Published by Godwit Press, New Zealand, 1999

Reviewed by Mike Oates

Vireyas are becoming very popular as garden plants because of the wide range of flower colour and their habit of flowering for several months of the year. This guide includes information on their discovery and history, cultural requirements, propagation, and ideas for using them in the garden. It also contains a descriptive list of hybrids and species in cultivation. Includes 80 colour photographs.

New Zealand Garden Journal: Journal of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture 1997 2(1): 26

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