Welcome to the store of Ian Shenton, an amateur gardener from the South of England, who has spent the last twenty years learning the hard way about plants and their foibles. With a background education that culminated in a science research degree, and a long career that made extensive use of business and market research, Ian has latterly turned his natural inquisitiveness towards the plants that he has grown. Combining the facts and trivia thereby unearthed with an earthy horticultural experience and an equally earthy humour has resulted in a unique type of plant book. To read sample excerpts click on the titles to reach the book detail pages and then follow the links to previews, in which selected plant tales are preceded by the contents list of plants covered.